Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pictured here at a video conference on Thursday, is ill for the third day in a row and has canceled election campaign events. It is expected to be even in the election on 14 May. Photo: Mikhail Klimentjev / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool via AP / NTB
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28. apr. 2023 09:38 – Updated Apr 28 2023 09:38
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has canceled election campaign events for the third day in a row after falling ill with what is believed to be a stomach infection.
Erdogan, who has led Turkey for 20 years, is seeking re-election to a third presidential term in the May 14 election. According to the plan, he was supposed to be present on Friday at the opening of a bridge in the city of Adana in the south of the country, but his plans have been changed, and the president will instead participate digitally.
The 69-year-old fell ill during a TV interview on Tuesday with what Health Minister Fahrettin Koca later said was a stomach infection. Election campaign work on Wednesday and Thursday was consequently cancelled.
He nevertheless unveiled a nuclear power plant via video link on Thursday, looking pale. It is expected to be an even election between Erdogan and the opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
2023-04-28 07:38:06
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