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At 5 pm, the volume of the editorial television increases. Muharrem Ince speaks, the main face of opposition to Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the head of the Chp (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican People's Party). Publishers gather in front of the screen. After an afternoon spent between cigarettes and predictions, it's serious. The polls are closed, Turkey counts the ballots.
DAILY WITH IDEALS FROM THE LEFT BirGun is now one of the few newspapers out of government control. The Istanbul newspaper was born in 2004, has no owner and inspires ideals of the left. Like all independent media in Turkey, BirGun suffered, especially after the failed coup d'etat in July 2016, from the pressure of the Ankara government
REDUCTION IN INCARCERATION FOR A YEAR. The journalist Burak Abatay explains: "One of our editors was in prison for a year, and the use of news from the only news agency made it difficult for us ] Anadolu . "The situation is widespread, the sentences of life imprisonment of journalists Cumhuriyet in April are only the last stage of a rapid and peremptory approach to freedom 120 journalists are behind bars, nearly 160 companies in the closed sector and thousands of unemployed, a situation that has put the country at 157th place in the world press freedom ranking. [19659005] The election marathon of BirGun begins at noon, when most journalists arrive at the editorial office.The relaxed climate hides some concern. "It will be a long day, very long," are the words of Mustafa, one of the newspaper editors. Coffee, tea and food, hour after hour, the editorial team gets up. The graphics prepare the menabò for the release, while online journalists have already started the long run. "Normally we get to 400 thousand hits, we are already 250 thousand, today we will exceed a million," says Aydin who takes posts on the social networks of the newspaper .
FIRST MEETING WITH URN CLOSED. The 17th is the turning point. The ballot boxes close and there is the first real editorial meeting around the table in the central hall. Once the pieces are sorted, the reporters return to their posts, waiting for the room to be cut off and watch the news coming from the agencies. Meanwhile, television is being tuned to Fox Turkey and the volume remains high. Expect the first results, there is still an hour before you know the progress of the vote.
FORT BROGLI'S SUSPECT. Burak lights a cigarette and slowly inspires: "There are already cases of fraud, especially in southeastern Turkey.In Soruc, the police stopped a car with envelopes full of cards already voted." The reporter runs the Twitter display board looking for similar news: "They stopped the car, but those who were carrying the cards did nothing," he says
Tense moments also in Istanbul where Umit Ozdag – the regional representative of the new Bonaire party (IYI), nationalist and right-wing, whose leader is the "iron lady" Meral Aksener – was attacked by some supporters of the AKP ( Adalet ve Kalkinna Partisi, the Party for Justice and Development), Erdogan's conservative political party In Turkey's southeastern city of Sanliurfa, tellers reported moving entire packets of ballots But the most serious episode concerns Erzurum, in Ana tolie, where a shootout occurred at the exit of a siege that caused the death of three people
SHOCK AFTER THE FIRST PARTIAL RESULTS. Meanwhile, in the central hall, Fox announces the first results. Around the television responds to all the writing, which is complete. The partial results are a shock. Erdogan exceeds 60% in the presidential race, while Ince stops at 25%. Even parliamentary results do not make people smile. The percentages show a victory of the AKP and its main ally, the MHP ( Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, Party of the Nationalist Movement), respectively at 49% and 12%. Emre, another journalist, explains, "It's time, we are only at the beginning of the account.To get the most reliable results we should wait until 9pm or even midnight."
"FANTA ELECTIONS" TOO OPTIMISTIC . On the board at the entrance of the editorial office, there are the "fanta elections": a little hope of BirGun and some opinions of journalists. Applicant to the candidate, each publisher has expressed his prediction. In any case, except one, Erdogan is less than 50%, minimum threshold to win in the first round and not risk a second round. Burak explains the figures given by his colleagues: "If during the 2017 referendum, the opposition has not become so compact, today, it seems to have done so. meetings of Ince in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. "
In the meantime, the counting of the votes continues. Having achieved 55% of scrutinized polls, Erdogan is down 56%, while Ince reaches 29%. The situation of parliamentarians, at 41% of the total votes, sees the Akp-Mhp alliance at 58%, while Chp, Iyi and Vatan (Patriotic Party, heir to the Workers' Party) at 30%, with Hdp ( Halkların Demokratik Partisi, Democratic Party of Peoples, Kurdish and Left), which runs alone, nearly 10%
FIRST MOMENTS OF FRUSTRATION. Now a small group has formed, watching TV and commenting on the results, while the exam continues on the screen. The first moments of frustration are felt, on the other hand, the consequences of the vote are profound. With this election, Turkey is moving from a parliamentary system to a presidential system. A victory of Erdogan as head of state and an absolute majority in parliament would give the former mayor of Istanbul a very broad decision-making power
COLORED YELLOW-ERDOGAN CARD . A ghost that begins slowly in the halls of BirGun . The newspaper's graphs use few words and seraphic comments: "Let's hope". The journalist Bulut says: "This card is too yellow", watching the projections online where the name of each candidate is badociated with each color. The yellow is that of Erdogan
And while the editorial team begins to complete the articles, the first parades form in the streets. Cars and scooters with the Turkish flag or the AKP sound the horn as a sign of victory. People leave the house recalled by the festivities. A few hundred meters from the seat of BirGun you can breathe another air. A van is parked on the sidewalk and one side projects bad images. Around the vehicle, a small crowd of flags and scarves dance and sing. Only the official has disappeared, but Erdogan is now in the hands of the presidency.
THE SULTAN SAYS A WINNER. On the other hand, the Chp representatives report a huge gap between the actual counted cards and the published results. According to Kemalists, Erdogan would favor Ince for 51.7% to 33.6%, but only 39% of the polls would have been opened. Bulut is always full of hope for a different end: "We have a chance, these figures are partial". Even the independent press agency Adil Secim seems to confirm the percentages, though with different numbers. To put the word "end" is the same Erdogan, appearing in front of live cameras and declaring themselves winner
Slowly the lights on BirGun turn off. The newspaper is in press. In reporters, there is a feeling of resignation mixed with frustration and hope of a possible surprise. The closing of the day does not archive however the question. If we badyze the events by confirming the result and accepting the verdict, then we are facing the victory of a man who has managed to capture the mood of the majority of Turks.
DEFINED THOUGHT BEHIND THE CHP. From this point of view, the big loser, except for unforeseen events, is the thought behind Chp: Kemalist, layman and socialist. According to Anadolu Trt and other government media, he won Turkey that he designed Erdogan. A country that relies on religion, nationalism and the defense of Turkish identity. The movements of Afrin, Syria and the grandiose economic projects were therefore the likely Trojans to enter the minds and hearts of the voters. On the other hand, if we choose the version of a large fraud in the account, we are facing a Turkey that has made another step, perhaps decisive towards the "democratic dictatorship".
ON THE ROAD SUPPORTERS OF THE AKP. And while the rides continue in Istanbul, Taksim, a place of control and police for years to avoid the new Gezi Park, magically opens to supporters of Erdogan. Supporter often waving Palestinian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi flags and having Arabic features.
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