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Turkiye bins ‘baseless claims’ on Erdogan’s health

Communications director says president will attend nuclear power plant opening via video

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 27 Apr 2023 10:30AM

Turkiye bins ‘baseless claims’ on Erdogan’s health
Turkiye has denied a recently circulated rumour that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's health is declining, saying that the claims were baseless. – AFP pic, April 27, 2023

ANKARA – Turkiye yesterday has rejected “baseless claims” about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's health.

“We categorically reject such baseless claims regarding President @RTErdogan’s health. The president will attend tomorrow’s nuclear power plant opening via video conference,” according to Anadolu Agency, citing the country’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun’s tweet.

“No amount of disinformation can dispute the fact that the Turkish people stand with their leader and @RTErdogan and his AK (Justice and Development) Party are set to win the May 14 elections,” Altun added. 

The directorate’s centre for combating disinformation also said the claims shared on some social media accounts that President Erdogan “had a heart attack and was hospitalised” did not reflect the truth. – Bernama, April 27, 2023

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