Despite earlier claims that the president's televised health scare was "a mild inconvenience," Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the day off from active campaigning and will attend a high-profile ceremony at Turkey's new power plant through a video link on Thursday.
Despite earlier claims that the president's televised health scare was "a mild inconvenience," Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the day off from active campaigning and will attend a high-profile ceremony at Turkey's new power plant through a video link on Thursday.
Mesut Özil, a German footballing legend with Turkish roots, has been friends with Recep Tayyip Erdogan for years. Opinion polls show Erdogan, who has hinted fielding some ‘unexpected names’, faces an uphill battle in his bid for re-election