Germany will not allow Turkish vote on death penalty
‘The German government says that it wouldn’t allow voting in Germany in any possible referendum on whether to reintroduce the death penalty in Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken of reinstating the death penalty – a move that would effectively finish off Ankara’s faltering bid to join the European Union – since narrowly winning expanded powers last month. Germany and other European countries vehemently oppose executions.
The German government says that its permission is required for voting in foreign elections or referendums to take place at embassies, consulates or elsewhere on its territory. It permitted polling stations for Turkish nationals in last month’s Turkish constitutional referendum.
Germany has a large ethnic Turkish minority and about 1.4 million people living in Germany are eligible to vote in Turkish elections and referendums.’
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