Turkey: Erdogan’s wildfire comments spark concern over revival of death penalty
INTERNATIONAL Turkey will reconsider a 2004 decision to abolish capital punishment, the justice minister has said, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the death penalty in connection with the cause of this week's wildfires. Capital punishment was struck from the constitution in the early years of Erdogan's rule. However, after a suspected deliberate blaze destroyed 4,500 hectares (11,119 acres) of Aegean coastal forest, Erdogan said tougher justice was needed. Authorities have […]
