The Turkish Presidency has denied that the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered a heart attack, after rumors about it spread on social networks after the president canceled his electoral program on Wednesday for health reasons.

“We categorically reject the unsubstantiated rumors regarding the health of President Erdogan“, indicated this Wednesday the head of the presidential communication office, Fahrettin Altun, along with screenshots of messages that spoke of an alleged myocardial infarction of the Turkish president

“The president will participate tomorrow [jueves] at the opening ceremony of the nuclear power plant via videoconference”, added Altun, referring to the Akkuyu plant in the southeast of the country.

erdoğan had to briefly interrupt an interview on live TV Tuesday night and Wednesday morning he canceled his work schedule, which included rallies in three central Anatolian provinces ahead of the May 14 presidential election. “Today I will rest at home in accordance with the advice of our doctors,” Erdogan, 69, announced on Twitter.

However, a interview that the president planned to offer this Thursday night jointly with several large Turkish broadcasters has been canceledaccording to the Turkish newspaper ‘Cumhuriyet’.

Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey since 2002, is currently facing his toughest electoral race in the last two decades, while most polls predict a defeat against his rival, the Social Democrat Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, joint candidate of an alliance opposition.