his opponent has large support from secular turks and young people. he says he would win the election in a second round, saying mr erdogan failed to get a vote of confidence from the people. anna foster reports from turkey. they came home in their thousands. friends, families, precious cargo. for many, it was the first return since february s devastating earthquakes. but they wanted to vote, and this was the place to do it. translation: we are coming | from istanbul for the elections. we left yesterday and arrived here just now. it s crucially important for us. i hope for the best. with school buildings still too dangerous to use, containers became polling stations. all day, the lines were long. turnout across the country was high. more than 85%. but as the counting started, hopes of a decisive result faltered. both sides traded accusations of vote tampering and the presidential challenger urged his supporters not
in the capital ankara he was confident he d win the run off in two week s time. his opposition rival, kemal k l cdaro lu, who has big support from secular turks and young people, says mr erdogan has failed to get a vote of confidence from the people. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin has the latest from ankara. i think it ll be very tough. in effect, president erdogan confounded most of the opinion polls, confounded most of the analysts. they had been predicting that we would be in the territory of a second round for the presidency, but they expected that the lead would be the opposition candidate, kamel kilicdaroglu. well, what we saw yesterday was the reverse of that. the president came out ahead. he s ahead by about 2.5 million votes. and in addition to being in the lead for the presidency, his allies and his party have retained control of parliament. so in two weeks time when turks go back to vote, he will be
of the 50% vote share required for a first round victory. it will be the first time a challenger has taken mr erdo an to a head to head second round in a presidential contest. he earlier told supporters in the capital ankara that he was confident he d still be president in two weeks time. that s when the runoff vote will take place. his opposition rival kemal kilitch darolu who has big support from secular turks and young people, has also expressed confidence that he ll win the second round. he says mr erdogan has failed to get a vote of confidence from the people. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin is in ankara. she says sunday s result was unexpected there was a lot of speculation here that it might or might not go to a second round, but what has been a surprise is who has wound up in the top position. most of the polling coming up to voting day show that there was a narrow lead for the
his opposition rival kemal k l cdaro lu, who has big support from secular turks and young people, says mr erdogan has failed to get a vote of confidence from the people. our correspondent orla guerin has the latest from ankara. i think it will be very tough. in effect, presidentjuan confirmed most of the opinion polls and found that most of the analyst, they had been predicting that we would be in the territory of a second round for the presidency, but they expected that the lead would be the opposition candidate come out. but what we saw yesterday was the reverse of that. the president came out ahead. he s ahead by about 2.5 million votes. and in addition to being in the lead for the presidency, his allies and his party have retained control of parliament. so in two weeks time, when turks go back to vote, he will be the incumbent controlling parliament, controlling all of the levers of
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