February 17, 2012 - 14:04 AMT
Erdogan’s first photo after surgery released

Turkish Prime Minister’s Office released the first photograph taken of PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after his second surgery that took place Feb 11.

The photograph was taken inside the PM’s home in Istanbul’s Kısıklı province during a get well visit by Bakir İzzetbegoviç, a Bosniak member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Presidential Council Bakir İzzetbegoviç’s visit reportedly lasted for 30 minutes.

A group of Kasımpaşaspor football team fans were also present in front of Erdoğan’s house, holding “get well” signs. Erdoğan was in his youth a football player for Kasımpaşaspor, the team representing his hometown of Kasımpaşa.

Erdoğan is expected to give a speech Feb 19 during a meeting of the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) youth branch in Istanbul.

The Turkish PM’s subsequent surgeries fueled rumors that he has cancer, the information he flatly denies.