Turkish MP suffers heart attack while speaking at Global Baku Forum in Azerbaijan
15:03, 16 March 2018
YEREVAN, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS. Turkish MP Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu from the Nationalist Movement Party suffered a heart attack while speaking at the 6th Global Baku Forum, the Azerbaijani APA news agency reported.
Ihsanoglu’s health drastically deteriorated while making a speech at the Regional Security and Peace: Middle East discussion. The MP stopped his speech and was immediately hospitalized. Doctors said he suffered a heart attack.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu served as Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from 2004 to 2014.
English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan