2023-04-26 20:59:00
Confusion regarding the health of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (69). A government spokesman has denied speculation of a heart attack and hospitalization.
Communications director Fahrettin Altun shared images of tweets on Wednesday evening claiming that Erdogan is in hospital. He wrote: “We categorically reject such unsubstantiated claims regarding the health of the President.”
Erdogan will attend the opening of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant via video conference on Thursday. According to the state news agency Anadolu, Vice President Fuat Oktay said Erdogan was doing well. “We are in constant contact. He’s caught a cold.”
A good two weeks before the elections in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (69) interrupted a live interview on Wednesday due to brief health problems. After a brief pause, the head of state reappeared on screen and said he had had a busy day of campaigning. He spoke of “stomach problems”.
But according to reports on social media, the Turkish president’s health is said to be much more serious: Erdogan is said to have suffered a heart attack and been treated in hospital. He is in critical condition, it said.
It was also mentioned that the doctors called his family to the hospital. Several election dates are said to have been canceled. There was no official confirmation of the reports. The AFP news agency, citing the Turkish government, initially only reported that another campaign day had been canceled.
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