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including a look ahead to the nail—biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence — and difficult economic times — the future of turkey is today being decided in the run—off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote — turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% — and they have a choice between two veteran candidates. immigration has been top at the topics of discussion for the last few weeks...

hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. this is the opposition party headquarters in turkish biggest city and boats are being counted in the turkish presidential runoff election. the country hasn't seen anything like this before. in previous residential elections president one has one outright. this time it was different. he was run close by and opposition unity challenge with kemal kilicdaroglu presenting the opposition party and drawing together of other opposition parties as a candidate to try and remove the long—standing leader for power. the situa...

of the votes in the run—off election over the weekend. it's the first run—off ever seen in a turkish presidential election. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul and ankara as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters after winning around 52% of the vote. thousands gathered on the streets, waving flags and singing songs. erdogan gave a victory speech in front of the crowds gathering at the presidential palace in the capital. he spoke about stability and prosperity, building stronger economy and leaving disputes behind. our senior international correspondent, orla gu...

we meet the south african woman who used her own experiences of period poverty to help empower girls in hundreds of schools by delivering free pads. hello, i'm nancy kacungira. turks have gone back to the polls for the second round of the turkish presidential election with voting now under way in a presidential election run—off between the long—time authoritarian leader, recep tayyip erdogan and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote — just over 4% more than his rival. bot...

coming up, all the sport including the look ahead to the relegation battle dominating the final day of the english premier league season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. i want to talk you through what is happening here because this is the moment the two candidates and turkey's 64 million voters have been waiting for. all these people crowding in here. let me show you into this room. it looks like quite a crowd of people. they are the election observers and you can see the ballot box is going to be lifted into the corner of the room and in the ne...