A handout photograph taken and released on April 29, 2023 by the Press Office of the Presidency of Türkiye, shows Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), flanked by his wife Emine Erdogan (R), waving to citizens upon his arrival on stage for an electoral rally at Gundogdu Square in Izmir, on April 29, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Press Office of the Presidency of Türkiye / AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dives Sunday into the final two-week stretch before a momentous election that has turned into a referendum on his two decades of divisive but transformative rule.
The 69-year-old leader looked fighting fit as he strutted back on stage after a three-day illness and tossed flowers to rapturous crowds at an Istanbul aviation fest on Saturday.
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