Turkey election: Young people and the economy

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Turkey election: 5 million young people are expected to vote for the first time this weekend. We explore how the state of the economy will affect their decisions.

Victoria Craig heads to Antalya a swing city with a young population to hear how they are managing to make a living in difficult economic circumstances and how they plan to use their vote.

Presenter / Producer: Victoria Craig Image: Antalya; Credit: BBC

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0:00.0	15 years ago, 23-year-old Norwegian student Martina Vic Magnuson was killed in an apartment near Mayfair.
0:08.2	23-year-old Martinevic Magnuson was found partially buried in the basement.
0:12.3	Before being questioned, the only suspect in the case had fled the UK to Yemen.
0:17.2	I made a promise to Martina's family to find out what happened.
0:26.6	Murder in Mayfair, part of the documentary, find it wherever you get your BBC podcast.
0:36.6	Change is the word on the lips of many voters across Turkey as the clock ticks down to this weekend's crucial presidential election.
0:41.2	Religion, freedom, migration, the earthquake response.
0:44.8	These are all top issues for many voters across this country.
0:48.8	But one thing is far and away, the biggest concern.
0:55.8	The economy is very influential in our choices.
0:59.6	The country's first-time voters, which number more than 5 million,
1:03.9	have never known a Turkey without Rejip Taip Erdogan at the helm.
1:06.6	So how are they feeling about his leadership? The percentage showed us that they are unhappy with this government or this style of education and economic conditions.
1:17.1	This weekend, Turks will head to the polls for the most important leadership election in a generation.
1:22.9	And young people could be the decisive voting bloc.
1:26.1	They make up about 15% of the population a bigger proportion
1:29.7	than in any European Union nation. We're taking the temperature of the youngest demographic in
1:35.5	Antalya, a swing city on Turkey's Mediterranean coast right here on Business Daily from the BBC.
1:53.0	This is so much. on Business Daily from the BBC. Tuba is an 18-year-old woman working as an intern at the Max Hair Studio,
1:57.6	a salon that sits atop the city's craggy cliffs overlooking, sparkling turquoise waters.
2:03.0	When she steps into the voting booth on Sunday, it'll be her first time ever casting a ballot.
2:09.1	She didn't want us to use her last name out of fear of political retribution.
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