AKP ally to introduce capital punishment bill to Turkish parliament in October

Turkey ultranationalist Grand Unity Party (BBP) leader and deputy Mustafa Destici announced on Sunday that he would introduce a bill to parliament in October to reinstate the death penalty in Turkey, the Diken news website reported.

Destici and his party were part of an alliance with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the June 24 general election.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Aug. 1 vowed to take steps to reinstate capital punishment during a speech at the funeral of a mother and an infant who were killed in an attack carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Accoring to Turkish Minute website he repeatedly said he would immediately approve such legislation if passed by parliament.
“As the BBP, we will keep our promise to the public and fulfill what our belief requires,” Destici said, adding that he wanted the reinstatement of capital punishment particularly for terrorists and rapists.
“We will introduce the bill and see the stance of the various groups in parliament,” he added.
Turkey had stopped carrying out the death penalty 34 years ago, and in 2002 it was removed from the Turkish constitution.
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