Turkey May Hold Referendum on Death Penalty Reinstatement – Erdogan

Turkey may seek to reinstate death penalty as there is public demand for it, country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He added that the government has been seeking to bring back capital punishment since the July 2015 coup attempt.

“The [public] demand for reinstatement of capital punishment will be brought to Parliament. I wish that the moment it is passed by Parliament, I could approve it.”

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