Analysing Turkey's constitutional changes the Economist...
Analysing Turkey's constitutional changes the Economist Intelligence Unit said that though "the death penalty is to be abolished for ordinary crimes, it will stay in place for those committed in the course of terrorism or in a war - a restriction tailored
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Analysing Turkey's constitutional changes the Economist Intelligence Unit said that though "the death penalty is to be abolished for ordinary crimes, it will stay in place for those committed in the course of terrorism or in a war - a restriction tailored to ensure it applies in the case of the Kurdish leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who was captured in 1999 and sentenced to death. Education in the Kurdish language, one of his demands in exchange for his movement's now two-year-old ceasefire, will still be banned."
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Economist Intelligence Unit, 09/10/2001)
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