What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is facing the toughest election of his 20-year rule, canceled planned campaign events Wednesday after falling ill during a live TV broadcast Tuesday night. Erdoğan, 69, has been in power since 2003 and is set for a tough reelection battle in the general election on May 14. Although Kılıçdaroğlu has not formally been backed by the main pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), it has not nominated a presidential candidate incidentally boosting his cause