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People in southern Turkey remember the time 4:17.
土耳其南部的人们会一直记得4:17。
It was that hour in the morning when their homes started shaking and the region's worst natural disaster in a century began.
就在早上的这个时间，他们的房子开始摇晃，一个世纪以来该地区最严重的自然灾害发生了。
When the earthquake happened, everything was shaking a lot.
地震发生时，一切都在剧烈摇晃。
It was throwing us from one side to the other.
我们从一边被扔到另一边。
We got out of bed and the wardrobe fell within the distance of just one hand span.
我们从床上爬起来，衣柜就倒在我们伸手可及的距离内。
After that we fled and buildings collapsed.
然后，楼房倒塌，我们连忙逃走。
The earthquake and its aftershocks killed more than 50 000 people in Turkey and Syria, and displaced millions.
地震及其余震造成土耳其和叙利亚5万多人死亡，数百万人流离失所。
Many analysts predicted this tragedy and Turkey's ongoing economic crisis could sway the vote, potentially unseating Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been in power for 20 years.
许多分析人士预测，这场悲剧和土耳其持续的经济危机可能会影响投票结果，导致执政20年的雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安下台。
But in the 11 provinces impacted by the earthquake, Erdogan finished with a higher percentage of the vote, compared to the share he received nationwide.
但在受地震影响的11个省份，埃尔多安的得票率高于他在全国的得票率。
With almost all of the votes counted, Erdogan garnered 49.5 percent of the vote compared to 44.9 percent received by opposition candidate Kemal Klychdaroglu.
几乎所有的选票都已清点完毕，埃尔多安获得49.5%的选票，而反对派候选人凯末尔·克里奇达洛格鲁只获得了44.9%的选票。
And while the vote began amid fears that a clear win for the opposition could spark violence some voters defended the elections.
虽然投票是在人们担心反对派大获全胜可能引发暴力的情况下开始的，但一些选民为选举进行了辩护。
Everything in our country is fair.
我们国家的一切都是公平的。
All elections have been fair always, they have been so for 20 years and they will continue to be so.
所有的选举一直都是公平的，20年来一直如此，今后也将继续如此。
But as the two main candidates prepare to face off in a may 28 runoff, opposition supporters here say they want a new government, criticizing the earthquake response and the soaring prices of food and rent nationwide.
但是，就在两位主要候选人准备在5月28日的终选中进行角逐之际，反对派支持者说，他们希望组建新政府，并批评地震后的政府反应以及全国粮价和房租的飙升。
First of all, the economy should improve, everybody should continue their lives freely, oppression should end.
首先，经济应该改善，每个人都应该继续自由地生活，压迫应该结束。
He says Turkey is suffering because it hosts millions of refugees more than any other country in the world.
他说，土耳其正在遭受苦难，因为它容纳了数百万难民，比世界上其他任何国家都多。
