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Saudi Prosecutor Seeks Death Sentences As Khashoggi Murder Trial Opens
Saudi Arabia's attorney general sought the death penalty for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on Thursday.
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Qatar's Isolation Violates Islamic Values, Says Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighbouring states as a violation of Islamic values and tantamount to a 'death penalty' against Doha in a crisis reverberating through the Middle East and beyond.
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Turkish President Erdogan Says Qatar Isolation Violates Islamic Values
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighbouring states as a violation of Islamic values and tantamount to a "death penalty" against Doha in a crisis reverberating through the Middle East and beyond.
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Turkey Parliament To Consider Death Penalty For Coup Plotters: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty as a punishment for the plotters behind the July coup bid.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says If People Want Death Penalty Parties Will Abide
If the Turkish public want the death penalty following last month's failed coup then political parties will follow their will, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday.
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Legal Factors, Not EU Should Shape Turkey's Death Penalty Decision: Minister
The issue of whether or not Turkey should bring back capital punishment after a failed coup should be considered from a legal standpoint and not in terms of what the European Union wants, Turkey's justice minister said today.
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EU Condemns Turkey Coup Bid, Warns Tayyip Erdogan On Death Penalty
European Union foreign ministers urged Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to respect the law and human rights in dealing with defeated coup plotters, warning that reinstating the death penalty would likely end Ankara's EU membership bid.
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Turkey Shouldn't Act Hastily On Death Penalty, But People's Will Can't Be Ignored: PM Binali Yildirim
It is not correct to make a hasty decision about the death penalty, but Turkey cannot ignore the demands of its own people, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today.
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European Union Reminds Turkey It Bound By Treaty Not To Use Death Penalty
The European Union reminded Turkey today that it is bound by its commitments under the European Convention on Human Rights and as a member of the Council of Europe not to reintroduce the death penalty.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty: Spokesman Ayhan Bilgen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty
Turkey'spro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkey Presses Crackdown Against Coup Suspects Despite Concern
Turkish security forces launched fresh raids today in a relentless crackdown against the suspected plotters of a coup that left over 290 dead, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mooted reintroducing the death penalty to punish them.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says Turkey Will Consider Reinstating Death Penalty
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would consider reinstating the death penalty after the attempted coup.
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Tayyip Erdogan Says Turkey May Discuss Death Penalty After Coup Attempt
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told a crowd chanting for the death penalty on Saturday that such demands may be discussed in parliament after a coup attempt by a faction in the military killed at least 161 people overnight.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Condemns Mohamed Morsi's Death Penalty
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today condemned the death sentence handed out by an Egyptian court to former president Mohamed Morsi, saying it recalled "ancient Egypt".
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Saudi Prosecutor Seeks Death Sentences As Khashoggi Murder Trial Opens
Saudi Arabia's attorney general sought the death penalty for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on Thursday.
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Qatar's Isolation Violates Islamic Values, Says Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighbouring states as a violation of Islamic values and tantamount to a 'death penalty' against Doha in a crisis reverberating through the Middle East and beyond.
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Turkish President Erdogan Says Qatar Isolation Violates Islamic Values
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the isolation of Qatar by neighbouring states as a violation of Islamic values and tantamount to a "death penalty" against Doha in a crisis reverberating through the Middle East and beyond.
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Turkey Parliament To Consider Death Penalty For Coup Plotters: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty as a punishment for the plotters behind the July coup bid.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says If People Want Death Penalty Parties Will Abide
If the Turkish public want the death penalty following last month's failed coup then political parties will follow their will, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday.
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Legal Factors, Not EU Should Shape Turkey's Death Penalty Decision: Minister
The issue of whether or not Turkey should bring back capital punishment after a failed coup should be considered from a legal standpoint and not in terms of what the European Union wants, Turkey's justice minister said today.
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EU Condemns Turkey Coup Bid, Warns Tayyip Erdogan On Death Penalty
European Union foreign ministers urged Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to respect the law and human rights in dealing with defeated coup plotters, warning that reinstating the death penalty would likely end Ankara's EU membership bid.
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Turkey Shouldn't Act Hastily On Death Penalty, But People's Will Can't Be Ignored: PM Binali Yildirim
It is not correct to make a hasty decision about the death penalty, but Turkey cannot ignore the demands of its own people, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today.
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European Union Reminds Turkey It Bound By Treaty Not To Use Death Penalty
The European Union reminded Turkey today that it is bound by its commitments under the European Convention on Human Rights and as a member of the Council of Europe not to reintroduce the death penalty.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty: Spokesman Ayhan Bilgen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Opposition Would Not Support Death Penalty
Turkey'spro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) would not support any proposal put to parliament on the reintroduction of the death penalty following a failed coup attempt, party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen told Reuters.
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Turkey Presses Crackdown Against Coup Suspects Despite Concern
Turkish security forces launched fresh raids today in a relentless crackdown against the suspected plotters of a coup that left over 290 dead, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mooted reintroducing the death penalty to punish them.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Says Turkey Will Consider Reinstating Death Penalty
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would consider reinstating the death penalty after the attempted coup.
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Tayyip Erdogan Says Turkey May Discuss Death Penalty After Coup Attempt
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told a crowd chanting for the death penalty on Saturday that such demands may be discussed in parliament after a coup attempt by a faction in the military killed at least 161 people overnight.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Condemns Mohamed Morsi's Death Penalty
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today condemned the death sentence handed out by an Egyptian court to former president Mohamed Morsi, saying it recalled "ancient Egypt".
