Turkey's Erdogan falls ill on TV and cancels election rallies

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fivepennytwammer on April 27th, 2023 at 13:25 UTC »

Could this be a precursor to postponing the election?

wopwopdoowop on April 27th, 2023 at 13:15 UTC »

President Erdogan initially cancelled three appearances in central Anatolia on Wednesday, saying he had been advised to stay home on the advice of doctors.

He then cancelled his scheduled events on Thursday, too, including the opening of Turkey's first nuclear power station at Akkuyu on the Mediterranean coast. Akkuyu's four nuclear reactors, largely owned by Russian firm Rosatom, have taken several years to build and the opening had been timed to coincide with the election.

Instead, both Mr Erdogan and Russia's Vladimir Putin will attend the inauguration online.

Within hours of the broadcast, speculation appeared on some social media accounts outside Turkey that Mr Erdogan had suffered a heart attack.

Oh no, I hope this doesn’t hurt Erdogan’s election campaign /s

amewingcat on April 27th, 2023 at 12:57 UTC »

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...