A moment of weakness on TV has done nothing for the president's strongman image in a country already tiring of authoritarian rule Turkey's strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is looking a little weaker this weekend after dramatically falling ill on live television during campaigning for 14 May presidential and parliamentary elections. Erdoğan, 69, has ruthlessly wielded power, as prime minister and president, for 20 years. His carefully cultivated image is of a tough, indestructible leader. Yet s...
The Observer view on Turkey: Erdoğan looks more fragile | Observer editorial
The Guardian - 30 Apr 2023 07:31
A moment of weakness on TV has done nothing for the president's strongman image in a country already tiring of authoritarian rule Turkey's strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is looking a little weaker this weekend after dramatically falling ill on live television during campaigning for 14 May presidential and parliamentary elections. Erdoğan, 69, has ruthlessly wielded power, as prime minister and president, for 20 years. His carefully cultivated image is of a tough, indestructible leader. Yet s...
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