Austria to support Germany in barring Turks from participating in death penalty referendum

Austria would bar Turks from participating in a referendum on the death penalty if Turkey decides on such a vote, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said, Kurier reports.

German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said earlier on Friday that it would not allow Turks to vote on its territory in any Turkish referendum on reintroduction of the death penalty - a measure proposed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after July's failed army coup attempt.