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The media landscape is shifting in Turkey, with 90% of news media tilting towards being pro-government. Audiences are searching for different views, and for trusted sources and outlets. With this election there is a void in the mainstream media, and 麻豆约拍 News Turkish seems to be filling that void.

We know this because we launched a on 11 June, the first time we’ve done this, and the response has already gone way beyond our expectations. In a 24-hour period our video content had half a million views, which is not something that we’re used to.

The live blog, with updates all the time from nine reporters roving all over Turkey every day, is a new thing. Our initial plan was to focus on overarching themes, but the election campaigning had been so fierce that we decided instead to focus on the electorate. The reporters are also be providing video content, including via Facebook Live, textual analysis, features and human interest stories.

Where they report from has not been chosen arbitrarily. Each city and area has a different story, and we have identified swings from previous elections, and shifts in voting patterns. For all regions, we wanted to understand what’s happening, what the trends are, what areas are becoming increasingly polarised.

The race seems to be between President Erdo臒an and main opposition centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate, Muharrem 陌nce. It is set to be different from the previous ones as Mr Erdo臒an’s victory is not seen as a foregone conclusion.

There is also a new party, the 陌yi (Good) Party, which is a splinter from the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) – President Erdo臒an’s current ally. We wanted to see how this new party, with its leader, Meral Ak艧ener, standing as the first and the only female candidate, could split the vote based on previous election results and voter swings. In the south-east of Turkey, the presidential candidate from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirta艧, is standing for election from a prison cell – his campaign is being run by his lawyers, family and friends, via their social media accounts.

In terms of logistics, and our covering the election campaigns, another difference is that usually there would be international election rallies, canvassing, and meetings taking place in places such as the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, and France, for Turkish expatriate voters. This year, however, most of the countries – specifically, the Netherlands and Germany – aren’t allowing this because of diplomatic spats. However, Mr Erdo臒an held a rally in Bosnia last month, inviting the Turkish expats of Europe. An estimated 15,000 attended.

Launching soon on our website is a tool showing how the distribution of votes would affect the distribution of seats in Parliament. In this election the system has changed, and it’s the first time people will be voting under it. We will be the only news outlet going into this much detail, which is quite exciting.

Other materials 麻豆约拍 News Turkish has published online include a glossary of election keywords, the party manifestos, and interactive content. To ensure people can find our content easily, we are participating in a pilot SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) project.

The backbone of this is that we are doing it to better engage with people, with women and young people in particular, and our users can see that in the subjects of our reports and videos.