Demirel stated that he never gave up on newspapers despite the invention of the radio and then the television.
"I love reading and therefore I didn't give up my newspaper reading habit despite technological advances. I follow the developments both in Turkey and abroad every day," Demirel said.
Demirel said that there is only one newsstand where he lives thus he has to walk the way.
Saying that at times, the drivers of the passing by vehicles offer to take him to the district center but he refuses the offers for not to lose his walking habit, Demirel added that he cannot go to the center only when there is snow.
He said that the first order of his religion [Islam] is "to read" thus he is trying to fulfill the order and further aims to be an example for the young people.
His son Hüseyin Demirel said that his father is being loved very much in where they live due to his reading habits and he always encourage those around him to read.
