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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jasper Jolly and Patrick Wintour

UK in £8bn deal to sell Typhoon jets to Turkey despite human rights concerns

Keir Starmer speaks to British personnel in front of a Typhoon fighter at Tusas airbase in Ankara
Keir Starmer speaks to British personnel in front of a Typhoon fighter at Tusas airbase in Ankara. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters

Britain has agreed to sell 20 Typhoon fighter jets to Turkey in an £8bn deal despite concerns about alleged human rights violations by its government.

Keir Starmer signed the deal during a visit on Monday to Ankara to meet the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The prime minister said the deal would boost the Nato alliance, despite criticism of Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian administration.

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