Gul: "Chancing article 301 is parliament's business"

President Abdullah Gul yesterday received a delegation led by Ramiz Rzayev, the chief justice of Azerbaijan's Supreme Court, with Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Justice Hasan Gerceker also in attendance. Asked about his view on proposed changes to Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which is set to give the president the responsibility to file charges for denigrating Turkish identity or insulting the country's institutions, Gul said that changing the law is Parliament's business. In related news, Gul yesterday also met with a delegation led by Eskisehir Chamber of Commerce Chairman Cemalettin Sarar.