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Turkey: Erdogan defends Istanbul election re-run

President Erdogan has decided to re-run the mayoral election which the opposition won.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Istanbul's mayoral election was affected by "organised crime and serious corruption". He defended the decision to re-run the election in which the opposition candidate won. We get the latest and hear from Turkish voters.

Also, we hear the stories of people in Great Yarmouth, a town on England's east coast which suffers from deprivation and poverty. It's part of a series of BBC reports looking at the issues facing Britain's coastal towns.

And, we speak to a woman who removes tattoos from survivors of human trafficking and abuse.

(Photo: An election banner with the pictures of Turkish President Erdogan and AK Party mayoral candidate Yildirim is seen over the Galata bridge in Istanbul 07/05/2019. Credit: Reuters)

53 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 May 201916:06GMT

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  • Tue 7 May 201916:06GMT

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