in reaction to the ongoing uncertainty , the h . eu . eu commission concerned the turkish soldiers about participating : " it is needed that the military follows the mandate of democracy to the democratically - elected government and this is the test case if the foreign defense troops practice democratic atheism and the democratic arrangement of state - military relations , " commissioner olli verheugen said . erdogan and gul support turkey ' s efforts to exit the european system .
Turks want Gül to be President.