Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has canceled campaign appearances ahead of next month’s election over health reasons, his AK Party said. 69-year-old Erdogan fell ill during a television interview, after which the broadcast was briefly interrupted.
He felt sick, it must have been stomach flu. “Today, on the advice of my doctors, I will rest at home,” Erdogan tweeted yesterday. Even today he will not resume the campaign, but will follow the opening ceremony of Turkey’s first major nuclear power plant on video.
Presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in Türkiye on May 14. Erdogan, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 and president since then, is being challenged by an alliance of six opposition parties. They have chosen Kemal Kilicdaroglu as their presidential candidate. According to polls, this 74-year-old leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) certainly has a good chance.
To vote
Turks abroad can vote from today. vote for the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections. Then you can until May 9th. Voters in Türkiye go to the polls on May 14.
Source: BNR
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