Mehmet Ali Talat undergoes heart surgery

27.02.2006 09:30

Mehmet Ali Talat undergoes heart surgery

Mehmet Ali Talat undergoes heart surgery

The leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot republic in northern Cyprus underwent heart bypass surgery Monday in Istanbul , his private secretary said.

President Mehmet Ali Talat, 54, was being operated on at Istanbul 's Florence Nightingale hospital after an angioplasty on Sunday revealed a blockage in one of his main arteries, his private secretary, Asim Akansoy, told reporters.

Akansoy said Talat is expected to return to Cyprus within 10 days, reports the AP.

D.M.

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