In reaction to the ongoing uncertainty, the E.U. enlargement commissioner warned the Turkish Army about interfering: "It is important that the military leaves the remit of democracy to the democratically-elected government and this is the test case if the Turkish armed forces respect democratic secularism and the democratic arrangement of civil-military relations," commissioner Olli Rehn said. Erdogan and Gül support Turkey's efforts to join the European Union.
Turks want Gül to be President.