2023-04-26 14:11:39
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is campaigning for his re-election on May 14, canceled his public engagements on Wednesday April 26 due to an intestinal virus. The 69-year-old Turkish head of state had already had to interrupt a live television interview on Tuesday evening because of ” stomach flu “.
“I will rest at home today on the advice of the doctors”announced on Twitter the Turkish leader. “Unfortunately, we will not be able to meet with our brothers from Kirikkale, Yozgat and Sivas today. I apologize to everyone”tweeted Mr. Erdogan, listing localities in central Anatolia where he was to speak.
The head of state had delivered three campaign speeches on Tuesday, less than twenty days before the presidential and legislative elections, which the polls announce as hotly contested. Tuesday evening, after an interruption of about fifteen minutes of the live broadcast, Mr. Erdogan returned to the antenna, pale complexion and reddened eyes, apologizing for having been ill.
“Yesterday and today there was a lot of work. Because of this, I caught a stomach flu”he justified. “At one point, I wondered if it would be bad if we canceled the show. But we promised. I ask for your forgiveness and that of your viewers”he added, his features drawn.
A possible resumption of the program on Thursday
His main rival, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, 74, candidate for the National Alliance which brings together six opposition parties, immediately wanted a ” get well soon “ to the head of state. Several other leaders of the Alliance sent their wishes of recovery to the Turkish president.
“I wish Mr @RTErdogan to recover soon and wish him a speedy recovery,” has in particular tweeted Meral Aksener, president of the Bon Parti, the second largest party in the opposition coalition.
The Head of State, with a sometimes slow approach, aligns two to three daily meetings for his campaign and during Ramadan, he also shared iftar every evening – the meal for breaking the fast – in a different locality. He plans to maintain a high fixture tempo across the country in the final stretch before the May 14 double ballot.
The Head of State said on Wednesday that he would resume ” God willing “ its program from Thursday. In particular, he must inaugurate Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, built by the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, in Akkuyu (South).
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The Turkish leader’s health had fueled speculation after a large intestine operation at the end of 2011, followed by further surgery the following year. Mr. Erdogan, then Prime Minister, had publicly denied suffering from colon cancer, explaining that the operations were aimed at removing polyps.
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