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Weekend: Polls open in Turkey's crucial elections

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Polls open in Turkey's crucial elections

14/05/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Polls open in Turkey's crucial elections

Voting has begun in Turkey's crucial presidential and parliamentary elections

Voting has begun in Turkey's crucial presidential and parliamentary elections.

Polls have now opened in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections.

Also in the programme: we hear from Berlin, where there are big differences among the Russian expat community about the invasion of Ukraine; and the Korean novel that is up for the International Booker Prize almost 20 years after it was first published.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss these and other issues are Dr Jade McGlynn from the War Studies Department at King's College London; and Dr Dimitar Bechev from the School of Global and Area Studies at the University of Oxford.

(Image: People arrive to cast their votes at a polling station during Turkey's General Election on May 14, 2023 in Ankara, Turkey. Credit: Burak Kara/Getty Images)

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