Britain sells Turkey £330m-worth of arms since 2015
Britain has sold almost £50m-worth of arms to Turkey since the crackdown on opposition groups by the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after last year’s failed coup attempt.
The Turkish state's repression of all opponent circles and countrywide abuse of human rights apparently do not bother the British government.
A report by The Guardian, based on a newly published export statistics, reveals that Turkey is now a major buyer of UK-made weapons.
According to The Guardian report, the UK has sold Turkey £330m-worth of arms since 2015. The country is on the Department for International Trade’s list of “priority markets” for arms exports.
Britain has sold almost £50m-worth of arms to Turkey since the crackdown on opposition groups by the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after last year’s failed coup attempt.
Between 1 July and 30 September, 2016 the UK sold Turkey £26m-worth of ML13 licences, which relate to exports of armoured plate, body armour and helmets. In addition, Britain sold Turkey £8.5m-worth of ML10 licences, for aircraft, helicopters and drones, and almost £4m-worth of ML4 licences, for missiles, bombs and “counter-measures”.
