| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a funeral ceremony for 11-month old Bedirhan Mustafa Karakaya and his mother Nurcan Karakaya, two civilians who were killed in a roadside bomb in southeastern Hakkari province, on August 1, 2018. (Turkish Presidential Palace) |
ANKARA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he would certainly approve the death penalty law once the parliament submits it.
Erdogan said this after a deadly bomb attack allegedly made by Kurdish militants stirred up outrage across the country.
Speaking on funeral of the mother and infant who were killed by the bomb attack on Tuesday, Erdogan vowed to press ahead with the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) "until the last terrorist remains."
He also stressed that he will approve the reinstatement of death penalty if parliament submits such a proposal, responding for mourners' call for reintroducing the death penalty.
On July 31, a roadside bombing killed the wife and 11-month-old baby of a Turkish soldier in the southeastern province of Hakkari, the local governor's office said.
Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004 as part of its bid to join the European Union.