“Turquie: L’état de santé de Recep Erdogan au plus mal”

Tuesday evening, April 25, in the middle of an interview, Recep Erdogan is taken by an absence in front of the journalist. The Turkish president is as if uncomfortable, and when the presenter asks a long question, we see him embarrassed, something is happening. The camera then remains fixed on him. Recep Erdogan felt unwell. He returns a quarter of an hour later, his complexion pale. Il then state had a stomach flu. Simple virus or more serious health problem, awhen he chain meetings at rhythms frantic, Recep Erdogan canceled two days of travel.

Weakened on several points

This enforced rest is unusual especially as it is living a historic moment for Turkey: the inauguration today, Thursday April 27, of the country’s first nuclear power plant. “Our country has risen among the countries with nuclear energy“, explains the President. 17 days before the presidential election, this interruption of the ballot falls to the worst for him. Recep Erdogan is physically and politically weakened.