Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay said the initiative of the leader of National Movement (MHP) Turkish opposition party, Devlet Bahceli to pray October 1 namaz on the ruins of Ani is unconstitutional, Habergec reported.

According to the earlier report of Sabah Turkish newspaper, the decision to open the parliament’s fall session with a prayer in Ani was adopted at МНР meeting in Istanbul.

Sabah characterized this step as Bahceli’s response to Akhtamar’s Holy Cross liturgy on September 19.