Turkish first lady hosts luncheon in honor of wives of diplomatic mission heads

ANKARA (A.A) - January 26, 2012 - Turkey's First Lady Hayrunnisa Gul on Thursday hosted a luncheon for wives of the diplomatic mission heads and women representatives of foreign mission in Ankara. The new year's luncheon at the Cankaya Presidential Palace was held closed to the news media and it welcomed women ambassadors in the Turkish capital, wives of chief diplomats and women representatives from international institutions. Turkish foreign minister's spouse Sare Davutoglu and European Union minister's spouse Beyhan Bagis was among the guests as well. Spouse of the ambassador of France, which had recently adopted a bill penalizing denial of Armenian allegations on Ottoman era incident of 1915, was not invited to the luncheon.