[CNN] Exclusive: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
, speaking to CNN's Becky Anderson on Monday through his translator, said he would approve reinstating the death penalty if politicians approved the measure in parliament and called the attempted coup on Friday a "clear crime of treason."
| Who in parliament is going to vote 'no'? |
Just days after a failed military coup that broke out into deadly violence, talks of reintroducing the death penalty have revived, more than 7,000 people have been tossed in the clink
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
and some of the very institutions responsible for the country's security have been gutted. |