ANKARA, Apr 30 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, for the first time since suffered from stomach flu, gives interviews to a number of Turkish TV channels, said that he feels well.
On Tuesday, Erdogan was giving an interview to local TV channels live, and it was suddenly interrupted due to the fact that the president became ill. After a long pause, he returned to the air and said that he had caught the stomach flu. On the advice of doctors, the head of state missed a number of campaign events on Wednesday. On Thursday, he took part in the videoconference mode in the ceremony of delivering nuclear fuel to the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. On Friday, Erdogan connected online to the opening ceremony of a new bridge in the city of Adana, and on Saturday he personally participated in the Teknofest festival in Istanbul.
«Better, thank God. You noticed that we have already restored our program on the ground,» Erdogan told reporters.
The presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey are scheduled for May 14. The final list of candidates included the current head of state, 69-year-old Erdogan as a candidate from the «Republican Alliance», the candidate from the opposition «People's Alliance» 74-year-old Kilichdaroglu, as well as the leader of the Memleket party, 58-year-old Muharrem Ince and 55-year-old candidate from the alliance Ata Sinan Ogan. The second round of elections, if none of the candidates receives more than 50% of the votes, will be held on May 28.