Possibly significant news out of Turkey. Will the people contirnue to vote for the Islamists, post Erdogan, should he die?
Erdogan's illness impacts events around Syria and Iran
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
December 18, 2011, 10:48 PM (GMT+02:00)
Extreme concern was quietly voiced Sunday, Dec. 18, by American and European official circles over the state of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's health – and especially its impact on present and impending events in Syria and other parts of the Middle East, including Iran, debkafile's Western intelligence sources report. Those sources say Erdogan is suffering from Rectosigmoid cancer, but were not sure if it had reached the advanced Stage TIII (spread out of the colon to regional lymph nodes).
They also said they did not know what treatment he had received at the Istanbul hospital where he was first admitted and latterly at the Hacettepe Hospital in Ankara.
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http://www.debka.com/article/21581/