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YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck an area of western Turkey near the town of Duzce, about 210km (130 miles) east of Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, BBC reports.
electoral commission saying that this time round it should be faster because there are only two candidates in the running. let's talk now to selin girit from the bbc turkish service. how did we get here? this is the very first time that parrots are voting for the second time in a presidential election. —— that turkish people are voting. fix, that turkish people are voting. presidential election is a new conceptin presidential election is a new concept in turkey as well. the presidential system was introduced just a few years ago by recep tayyip erdogan when he got rid of the parliamentary system. until now the were two presidential elections and this was the third one. two weeks ago the first round was held, and because no candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the votes, today there is the first ever run off that turkey has ever seen in its history. we are talking about two
domestically for turkey but internationally as well. what happens in the next 2a hours well change the track of this country, erdogan and power for 20 years, change the track of this country, erdogan and powerfor 20 years, an authoritarian leader, he presents it as a powerful position, somebody who can lead the country to greater things and the challenger, who the opposition parties have coalesced around as a single candidate, kemal kilicdaroglu, a former civil servant who talks about a more secular turkey and a democracy, a return to free speech for example. he is not as experienced according to critics and we will see who voters choose. let's talk now to selin girit from the bbc turkish service.how did we get here?
that my country knows peace. the establishment . of a true democracy. this is all i wish for. i have reached a certain age. i want nothing else for myself, my my grandchildren. - i want a good life, good country. our country faced a lot of things. covid, earthquakes, but we are still fine. we're not going to the kind of shortages that we hear about happening in other countries. we still get to eat, wear, buy what we want. this is what we are voting for. let's talk now to selin girit from the bbc turkish service. the county is ongoing, where do things stand at the moment? more than 9096 of _ things stand at the moment? more than 9094. of the _ things stand at the moment? more than 9096 of the ballot _ things stand at the moment? more than 9096 of the ballot boxes - things stand at the moment? me than 90% of the ballot boxes have been opened, at the state news agency, report. initially, the figures they were providing were
turnout is expected to be huge. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country's modern history, with mr erdogan�*s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. president tayyip erdogan cast his vote in istanbul. and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu. he's the leader of a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan�*s time in power. as polls closed, president erdogan tweeted: "the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy." "now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people." let's talk now to our correspondent, selin girit at the opposition�*s headquarters in istanbul. hello to you. i suppose we can talk
of the air defence so that social life in ukraine can continue. and also, your financial help is very important. next — let's get some analysis from our berlin correspondent jenny hill. he could not been in any doubt of german levels of support that's because on the eve of his visit the german government announced it would send weapons worth 2.7 billion euros to kyiv including more tanks, more anti—aircraft, sorry, air defence systems, so he was aware of that support would be coming. he knows that germany already has sent quite a lot after an albeit, extremely hesitant to start in terms of financial aid, hesitant to start in terms of financialaid, military aid hesitant to start in terms of financial aid, military aid to forget that also of germany hosted well over i forget that also of germany hosted well overi million ukrainian well over i million ukrainian refugees. well overi million ukrainian refugees. but these visits are all about sending messages. and the message of course to the creamy people has been one of reassurance and that's why we heard the german
it's literallyjust picking up one of your citizens. the fighting still hasn't stopped and at night, power cuts blanket the capital with blackness. unless this deal is serious, things will get worse quite quickly. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, nairobi. in turkey, president tayyip erdogan will be facing his biggest challenge on the ballot on sunday. recent polls show erdogan's biggest rival kemal kilicdaroglu, who is a career politician, has a slight lead in the first round of voting. 0ur seniorjournalist selin girit reports from istanbul. this is one of the most important elections in modern turkish history. for the very first time in decades, there's a real possibility that president recep tayyip erdogan's rule could come to an end. he has won five parliamentary elections, two presidential elections, three referendums. he even survived a coup attempt.