Turkey Abolishes Death Penalty
Date: Saturday, August 03 @ 05:21:13 BST
Topic: In the News
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament abolished the death penalty and legalized education and broadcasts in Kurdish on Saturday, moves aimed at improving the country's chances for joining the European Union.
Parliament sounded more like a soccer stadium than a legislative body during a marathon debate that began Friday, with pro-EU legislators and nationalists opposed to the reforms shouting at each other through the night.
Finally, Saturday morning, legislators voted in a show of hands in favor of the reforms
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