Gul: "Implementation of new TCK was delayed due to technical problems"

Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Thursday that implementation of new Turkish Penal Code (TCK) was delayed due to technical problems. Holding a joint news conference together with Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada of Republic of the Congo, who is currently in Turkey on an official visit, Gul said, “Turkish parliament will make the final decision. We held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan overnight and decided to postpone implementation of the new TCK. It is not clear yet whether postponement will take 45 days or 2 months.”