This is CBS I On The World. I'm John Batchewith Sinan Chitty of the Foundation for the Defensive

Democracies, helping me to understand the pending election, the critical election in Turkey.

Erdogan is a President Erdogan standing 21 years in power standing for another term,

challenged by a man who is collectively understood as representing all the opposition parties.

Which, Dorolu is a man, a senior political figure who represents the opposition.

And the question here is leading by the polls, ten points.

But at the time of the recovery from the earthquake, if there is such a thing, at the time of

very high inflation and economic instability, if it's not worse.

And also the question of Erdogan leading the country for another year is what's he going

to do for us, we're already in trouble.

So your measure of the election with weeks to go, ten points, is that demonstrate a general

understanding that Erdogan has lived out his youthfulness?

Is this particular to one issue or another, the earthquake, the economy?

What drives this polling Sinan?

So if it wasn't anomaly, then I would sort of sit back and say we should be careful.

But if you look across the board at all poll, and carried out on Turkey, most, you know,

the vast majority of polls conducted in Turkey in the last several weeks or months.

But let's just say since the earthquake, you know, these new polls are showing that they

all show to be the opposition candidate, Mr. Dorolu, basically quite a handsomely leading

Erdogan across the political domain.

And to that end, you know, polls suggest that if there was an election held tomorrow or

on May 14th, if nothing changes by then, that Erdogan would be depleted in a landslide.

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