The UK\u2019s new deal with Turkey ignores appalling human rights abuses and should have been scrutinised by parliament <\/p>
The UK\u2019s new trade agreement with Turkey, signed last week<\/a>, ignores the Turkish government\u2019s continuing human rights abuses, boosts its dangerous president, and undermines ministerial pledges that \u201cglobal Britain\u201d will uphold international laws and values. The deal took effect on 1 January without even rudimentary parliamentary scrutiny. Here, stripped of lies and bombast, is the dawning reality of Boris Johnson\u2019s scruple-free post-Brexit world.<\/p> Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, Turkey\u2019s \u201cstrongman\u201d leader, is pleased as punch. He\u2019s the new, biggest fan of Britain\u2019s international trade secretary, Liz Truss, whose shabby work this is. Erdo\u011fan hailed the deal as the start of a \u201cnew era\u201d and a landmark for Turkey. After years of disastrous economic mismanagement and fierce rows with the US and EU over Turkish policy towards Russia, Syria, Libya, Greece and Cyprus, Erdo\u011fan badly needed a win. Hapless Truss delivered.<\/p> Related: <\/span>UK signs free trade agreement with Turkey<\/a> <\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n