[Leaders attend the opening session of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Ulaanbaatar]By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - Turkey should exercise restraint and avoid restoring the death penalty after last week's failed military coup, Greece's foreign minister said in remarks published on Saturday. Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004, bolstering its long-running bid for European Union membership. "The winners of the internal conflict in Turkey must show magnanimity towards the defeated, (show) self-restraint and not reinstate the death penalty," Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told Realnews newspaper in an interview released ahead of Sunday's publication.
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