For the first time since he canceled several campaign dates due to illness, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appeared in public again.
TV pictures showed the 69-year-old attending an air show at Istanbul’s old Ataturk Airport on Saturday. According to Ankara, this is considered “the largest in the world” and is used by the Turkish military industry to present its aircraft and drones.
Erdogan had not appeared in public for several days. On Tuesday evening, the Turkish head of state had to interrupt a live interview on television, after which he disappeared from the scene. Erdogan gave a gastrointestinal virus as the reason for his illness.
Before his illness, Erdogan had made numerous campaign appearances in the past few weeks given the falling poll numbers. Polls predict a neck-and-neck race in the May 14 presidential election with opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, or a victory for the Social Democrat challenger. (AFP)
