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Eugene

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Thu Jan 4, 2018, 01:19 PM Jan 2018

Turkey minister Soylu tells police to break drug dealers' legs

Source: BBC

Turkey minister Soylu tells police to break drug dealers' legs

4 January 2018

Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has been criticised for saying police should break the legs of drug dealers who are seen outside schools.

The Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) and secular opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet both accused Mr Soylu of incitement to commit a crime.

He pledged to take the blame for it.

"If a dealer is near a school the police have a duty to break his leg. Do it and blame me. Even if it costs five, 10, 20 years in jail - we'll pay."

He was speaking at a public meeting on security, at a hall in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42563865
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