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Turkey to reinstate ‘limited use’ of death penalty – PM
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkey is considering reinstating limited use of the death penalty if there is an agreement between political parties.
“If there is consensus with other political parties on this demand of the people… limited arrangements can be made,” says Yildirim in a speech in Ankara.
He says it would not be used retroactively, but did not elaborate further.
Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004 as part of reforms introduced in its bid to join the European Union. It has not executed anyone since 1984.
But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested Turkey could bring back the death penalty in the wake of the failed July coup.
— AFP
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