Though the information suggesting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been diagnosed with cancer hasn’t been denied, some people suffering from the same disease live quite long, turkologist Artak Shakaryan said.

“Judging by Erdoğan’s activity, we may suppose that he hopes to live until 2023. He is a charismatic and at the same time a totalitarian politician,” he told a news conference.

“Yet, there’s no one ready to continue Erdoğan’s policy line if he suddenly dies,” the expert said.