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Ankara bombing: Erdogan seeks to widen terrorism definition
Source: BBC
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it is necessary to redefine terrorism to include those who support such acts.
He said there was no difference between "a terrorist holding a gun or a bomb and those who use their position and pen to serve the aims" of terrorists.
Mr Erdogan added that this could be a journalist, a lawmaker or an activist.
He was speaking a day after a bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara that killed 37 people.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35807987
Well, that would 'handy' politically, wouldn't it?
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"What we did bothered me this much." "That much, huh?"
