The leader showed up at the aerospace and technology festival Teknofest in Istanbul. His wife, Emine Erdogan, also attended the event, along with the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, with his wife, Mehriban, and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Al-Dbeibeh, Sputnik reported.
On Tuesday, Erdogan abruptly interrupted a live television interview as he fell ill. Following a long break, the Turkish president returned on air and said that he had caught stomach flu. The next day, he canceled several election campaign events on doctors’ advice. Some media reported that Erdogan had suffered a heart attack, but the president’s office dismissed the reports.
On Thursday, the Turkish head of state took part in the nuclear fuel delivery ceremony at Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant via videoconference. On Friday, Erdogan made a video appearance at the opening ceremony for the bridge over River Seyhan in Adana.
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