Elections for the head of state will be held in Turkey on May 14, and for the first time after two decades in power, Erdogan will face an opponent who has a chance of defeating him – opposition candidate Kemal Kiliçdaroglu.
Erdogan’s health has been monitored by the Turkish public since Tuesday, when the taping of a live television interview had to be stopped due to his illness.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca later said the president was suffering from a digestive tract infection and doctors had advised him to rest.
Erdogan’s infection has passed, the minister claimed. The President had a telephone call with Putin
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Erdogan then did not attend election events on Wednesday or Thursday, on Friday he canceled his participation in a rally in Adana, where he was supposed to open a new bridge. He only attended via videoconference, as he did on Thursday when he remotely attended a nuclear fuel transfer ceremony for the new nuclear power plant in Akkuyu.
In the election, the 69-year-old Erdogan may face a tough fight with Republican People’s Party (CHP) chief Kiliçdaroglu, who on Friday was openly supported by the second-largest opposition formation, the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party. (HDP).
According to the latest polls, the opposition leader will now narrowly defeat Erdogan in the first round. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round, the winner will be determined in a second round at the end of May.
So that the earth comes out of darkness. Kurds will support Erdogan’s challenger
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