03/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - "If we want to join the EU, we must rid ourselves of the death penalty", Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said in an interview about the Ocalan affair by the daily paper "Radikal" published on Sunday. Due consideration must be given to the European Court of Human Rights' demand to postpone the execution of the Kurdish leader, he added and predicted that "the public's reactions could subside with time" (the victims of terror attacks by the PKK are demanding...