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TURKEY: Erdogan vows to reintroduce death penalty ‘if Turks want’

08 August 2016

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"Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday (7 August) hinted at the return of death penalty which he said was a matter of “people’s will”.

Speaking to more than 1 million supporters in Istanbul, Erdogan stressed that if the nation made such a decision (in support of death penalty), then “political parties will abide by this decision”.

“It is the Turkish parliament that will decide on this (death penalty) given the sovereignty rests with the nation… I declare it in advance, I will approve the decision made by the parliament,” Erdogan noted."

See the article: Erdogan vows to reintroduce death penalty ‘if Turks want’ (EurActiv, link)

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