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Former Turkish president Gul: 'Everyone has a choice'

16 April 2017 13:43 BST

"Everyone has a choice, said former Turkish president Abdullah Gul on Sunday. "Just like the rest of the nation, we too, made our choice behind those screens."

'There shouldn’t be a Turkish-style presidency'

- Former Turkish president Abdullah Gul

"They [choices] will all be collceted together and that will be the nation's voice," added Gul who after completing one term as president in 2014, said he was stepping away from active politics.

Turkey's former President Abdullah Gul at The Tbilisi Summit 2014 on 6 May (AFP)

Talking about the constitutional amendments in 2015, Gul said: "My thoughts on this topic are already known. These topics need to be debated knowledgeably."

"The type of presidency is important. We have experienced a Turkish-style parliamentary system and seen its problems. There shouldn’t be a Turkish-style presidency."