The tweet has been deleted — and we don’t speak Turkish — but according to numerous Twitter users, Emrullah İşler, the former deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, really did say that.
See this: #Turkey #AKP Gov'ts Vice PM: "#ISIS kills, but at least "does not" torture" – He later deleted the tweet. pic.twitter.com/G9lvI0aoKb
— Kgthetweet (@Kgthetweet) October 8, 2014
Turkey akp mp Emrullah İşler: #ISIS does not torture anyone, just kills them which is better@CNN @BBCWorld @RT_com pic.twitter.com/tCCCu4V4uj
— 库尔德人 (@XiJeen) October 8, 2014
"ISIS kills but does not torture" Turkey's former deputy PM & AKP MP Emrullah İşler's praise for humane slaughter! pic.twitter.com/lsrMZFT969
— Aykan Erdemir (@aykan_erdemir) October 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/aydinaksu/status/519819633193664512
https://twitter.com/FercanY/status/519810232839831552
Today’s Zaman translates İşler’s comments as follows:
“What was the crime of the youth who died after he was struck by stones in the head? Even ISIL cannot hold a candle to those who did this. ISIL also kills, but at least does not torture.”
İşler posted the tweet after Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) sympathizers reportedly “threw stones on the head of a 16-year-old teeenager, leading to his death.”
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