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The live TV program that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan participated in was interrupted suddenly yesterday evening, cutting into the words of the program host Hasan Öztürk while he was asking a question.
The program broadcast jointly on Kanal 7 and Ülke TV channels started not at 22:00 pm as announced before, but at 23:30 pm.
During the program, Hasan Öztürk suddenly stopped at a point when the cameras were shooting him asking President Erdoğan a question.
Öztürk attempted to stand up and said "advertisement" addressing the video mixing desk. The program was interrupted without the cameras returning to Erdoğan.
???? Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın katıldığı Ülke TV yayınında yaşanan bir sorun nedeniyle yayına ara verildi.
— THE TURKISH TIME (@THETURKISHTIME) April 25, 2023
???? Yayın kesilmeden önce kamera arkasından "eyvah eyvah" sesleri duyuldu.#Sondakika #Erdoğan #Canlı pic.twitter.com/yFmJ8IHSKk
Erdoğan returned to the program soon afterwards, and said he had seriously upset his stomach and left the program.
"There is the election campaign and due to the campaign activities, I have seriously upset my stomach. I also thought if we should cancel the program, but then I said, we have promised we have to go. Such things can sometimes happen when we have a very tight schedule," Erdoğan said here.
Erdoğan cancels program and thanks all who wish him a speedy recovery
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance of six opposition parties and Erdoğan's leading rival in the elections, immediately shared a post from his Twitter account and wished Erdoğan a speedy recovery.
Erdoğan announced today at 11:35 am from his Twitter account that his daily program for today was canceled "with the advice of his doctors."
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's program announced before for today included visits to Kırıkkale, Yozgat, and Sivas.
Erdoğan also thanked everyone wishing him a speedy recovery and informed that Vice-President Fuat Oktay was going to participate in the programs in these three provinces. (AEK/VC/PE)
