We'll flee Turkey if Erdogan wins, say young voters as polls put election on a knife edge

'There will be no hope for us' if the president is re-elected, says Halil, 25, amid fears of violence from ruling AKP party's supporters

Berfe and their friends, all in their twenties, say they voted for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the main opposition candidate and leader of the Republican People’s Party , who has gathered together a coalition of six parties to try to end Mr Erdogan’s increasingly autocratic rule.

Voters queue at a polling station in Hatay, south-east Turkey – a city that was devastated by the earthquake “We want to be able to talk about our ideas and be free to criticise our leader,” says 25-year-old Irem, another student, drinking tea at a nearby café after voting. The faltering economy and rising living costs are among the key concerns for them and for a lot of young people across Turkey. Berfe said their rent had doubled in the last few months.

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