A suspected deliberate wildfire is under control after burning 4,500 hectares of forest over three days on Turkey's southwest coast, the government said on Saturday.
Capital punishment was struck from the constitution in the early years of Erdogan's rule. But after a suspected deliberate blaze destroyed 4,500 hectares of Aegean coastal forest, Erdogan said tougher justice was needed.
Speaking to reporters in the eastern town of Agri on Saturday, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said the president's comments "are instructions to us."
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