Ekmekeddin Ihsanoglu, ex-head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, said that Turkey, being a parliamentary state, needed a president without a political background, Trend reports.
Turkish Vice Prime Minister Amrullah Isler said that Turkey needed a president with a political background the ex-head of the OIC said.
Turkey will hold the first round of presidential polls on August 10 and the second round (if no candidate gets 51% of the votes cast) on August 24. According to the 2007 referendum, the population chooses the president for 5, not 7, years
