Turkey tells Gaddafi to appoint a president to end crisis

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip  Erdogan has told Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi he should name a  president with popular support as a way to end his country’s  crisis, an Arab television network reported today.
Erdogan told Al Arabiya television in an interview he  expected Gaddafi to take “positive steps in this direction”.
“We want a halt to the fighting by both of the sides, both  in the east and west of Libya,” Erdogan said.
Gaddafi has been Libya’s leader for four decades but does  not carry the title of president.
“I called Gaddafi three times and I proposed to him that all  the while he says that he is not a president, that he nominates  someone picked by him who enjoys the support of the Libyan  people to be the president for the coming period,” Erdogan said.
Speaking about his proposal, Erdogan said: “I requested that  from him and I spoke to his son.” His quotes were translated  into Arabic by Al Arabiya.