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ISTANBUL — Turkey Thailand After President Yip Erdogan raised the death penalty in connection with the cause of this week's wildfire, the Minister of Justice said he would reconsider the 2004 decision to abolish the death penalty.
The death penalty was struck by the Constitution early in the reign of Prime Minister Erdogan. But after 4,500 hectares (11,119 acres) of forest on the Aegean coast were destroyed on suspicion of intentional fire, Erdogan said more stringent justice was needed.
Authorities say they admitted that the suspects detained in connection with the fire caused the fire. Officials said on Saturday that the flames in the woodlands near the Marmaris resort had been contained.
After visiting the scene on Friday, Prime Minister Erdogan said that the punishment for burning the forest was "intimidating, and if it was a death sentence, it was a death sentence." ".
"We have begun to work as a ministry," Bozdag said, and the current punishment for starting a wildfire is 10 years in prison and life imprisonment if it is part of organized crime. You may be sentenced.
The country's first summer fire began on Tuesday, recalling memories of last year's fire that struck the worst 140,000 hectares of countryside ever.
Interior Minister Süleyman Soyle said Thursday that he admitted that the detained suspect had burned the forest out of frustration due to family problems.
Local officials recently told Reuters that authorities lacked the equipment and personnel needed for the next summer fire.
On Friday, Forestry Minister Vahit Kirisci said that 88% of Turkey's forest fires were caused by people. (Report by Azra Ceylan; edited by Jonathan Spicer and Mike Harrison)
