Abdullah Gul called on the security forces to refrain from excessive measures against demonstrators

Turkish President Abdullah Gul, in connection with the mass protests in Turkey, called on the security forces to be more sensitive in exercising their powers.

Gul called natural occurrence in Turkey, which is a pluralistic state, respecting the rule of law, different views and approaches. "This is the greatest wealth of a democratic society," said Gul.

In his view, the main thing is keeping the discussions in a civilized manner, be open to dialogue, to listen to different views.

According to Gul, the events in Taksim Square on June 2 reached a disturbing level, and to put an end to this, the President called on all to show restraint.

The President called on the security forces in the exercise of the powers to be more sensitive than usual and during the intervention to act appropriately, and to prevent the appearance of "dismal picture."

Gul said that he talked about it also to the Prime Minister of Turkey, and other authorized persons. -05D06 -