Toptan hosts holiday reception at parliament

Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan yesterday hosted a reception at Parliament in honor of April 23, National Sovereignty and Children's Day. Attending the reception were President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Hasim Kilic, Democratic Society Party (DTP) group leader Ahmet Turk, representatives from non-governmental organizations and trade unions, and many foreign ambassadors.