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Turkey Undecided on Reinstating Death Penalty Post-Coup Attempt - Deputy PM

© REUTERS / Murad SezerPolicemen protect a soldier from the mob after troops involved in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016.
Policemen protect a soldier from the mob after troops involved in the coup surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Turkey has not yet decided on the reinstatement of the death penalty following a coup attempt that took place this month, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said Tuesday.

A soldier protects himself from the mob after troops involved in the coup attempt surrendered on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A coup attempt took place in Turkey on July 15 and was suppressed the following day. Over 240 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured during the failed coup excluding the victims among the coup plotters, according to the country's authorities.

“The decision is still pending,” Simsek told reporters on a visit to Russia as head of the Turkish delegation.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the country would have capital punishment back on the law books if the people demanded this.

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