Turkish citizens abroad begin voting in national election

Some 3.4 million Turkish citizens living abroad began voting Thursday in national elections that will decide whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can continue governing Turkey after two decades in power.

The overseas balloting began amid concerns over Erdogan's health after he was forced to cancel election rallies on Wednesday and Thursday. However, the 69-year-old leader was scheduled to attend a Thursday ceremony via video link to mark the inauguration of Turkey's first nuclear power plant.

Turkey's health minister said Erdogan's condition was improving.

"I was with him this morning. His health is fine," Fahrettin Koca, a physician by training, said Thursday. "The effect of his gastrointestinal infection has decreased. He will continue his schedule."

The biggest contingents of overseas voters include 400,000 Turks in France and 1.5 million in Germany...