“Turkish Presidential Election Updates: Erdogan Cancels Campaign Due to Stomach Flu”

2023-04-26 10:08:18

After he withdrew from a television interview due to his “malaise”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he would cancel his election activities scheduled for Wednesday, due to his stomach flu, less than a month before the presidential elections in Turkey.

Erdogan, 69, wrote on his official Twitter account: “Today (Wednesday) I will rest at home on the advice of our doctors.“.

What happened in the TV interview?

• Erdogan interrupted, on Tuesday, a live television interview, before returning and apologizing for having stomach flu.
• The Turkish president was scheduled to end the evening with a direct joint interview with my channel Country Andchannel 7.
• He started his TV appearance after a delay of more than 90 minutes, then cut it off after 10 minutes when he was asked a question.

Determined efforts and “unresolved” elections

• The Turkish president is campaigning tirelessly, ahead of presidential and legislative elections on May 14, the results of which seem inconclusive..
• Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party have dominated Turkish politics for 20 years.
• But the current election campaign is one of the biggest challenges for the outgoing president, as opinion polls show that the competition will be intense between him and opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

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