Erdogan strives at re-working with execution law

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The president has previously spoken about a referendum on the reinstatement of the death penalty after the failed military coup d’état in 2016. The European Union pointed out that such a step would end Turkey's attempt to become a member of the union.

The Turkish president said, “I would like you to know that in this regard (the death penalty), we do not consider what Hans or George says (in an indication to the West). We consider what God Almighty says.”

When did Turkey cancel the death penalty?

In 1948, the first serious step was taken to abolish the death penalty as the right of life was recognized as a fundamental right in the universal declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations’ general association. In 2004, during the period of rapprochement with the European Union, the death penalty was officially cancelled from the Turkish laws, and Turkey signed an additional protocol for the European Court of Human Rights in which the execution was banned.

The Jurists believe that the restoration of the death penalty in Turkey is legally difficult but possible.

Turkey must withdraw from the additional protocol in order to restore the death penalty. However, the jurists reject Turkey's withdrawal from any international convention under the principle of fulfilling the covenant included in the agreements’ law.

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