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| Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit the UK next Tuesday for talks with Theresa May, Downing Street has said. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit the UK next Tuesday for talks with Theresa May, Downing Street has said. |
| Number 10 said his trip would be an opportunity for Britain and Turkey to demonstrate their “close relationship”. | |
| Ms May met the Turkish premier in Ankara on a one-day visit in January last year, when they agreed a £100m defence deal that helped develop fighter jets for the Turkish air force. | |
| Mr Erdogan has been widely accused of a brutal campaign of repression against perceived opponents in the press, academia and judiciary following an unsuccessful coup in 2016. | |
| The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The visit is an opportunity for the UK and Turkey to demonstrate our close bilateral relationship and to have important discussions about issues of shared interest.” | |
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