Erdogan Urges Restoring Death Penalty in Violation of EU
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey should consider lifting its ban on capital punishment, a move that may deal a further blow to its stalled European Union membership bid.
“In the face of killings, if needed the death penalty should be brought back to the table,” Erdogan said on his Twitter account today. “We do not think the state is entitled to forgive a killer. This authority belongs to the family of the victim and it can’t belong to us.”