Turkey's president said on Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be affirmative towards demands of his people, Anadolu reported.
President Abdullah Gul, who spoke to journalists, said, "Syrian President Al-Assad should clearly and definitely say everything has changed, and that everything would be arranged in line with the will of Syrian people".
Asked to comment on speech of Syrian president, Gul said, "al-Assad can control everything starting at the moment he says those. Time has come. Al-Assad should also say Syria will pass to multi-party system. He should say Syria will hold elections in line with all universal and democratic criteria and everything will be in line with the demands of people and he will lead this change."