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		</div><p>British Prime Minister Theresa May has travelled to Turkey on a mission to prepare the way for trade deals following Britain&#8217;s withdrawal from the European Union.</p>
<p>As Mrs May arrived in Ankara, Downing Street announced that the UK and Turkey have agreed to set up a new joint working group to carry out the groundwork for a deal.</p>
<p>In her one-day visit, Mrs May was set for talks with the country&#8217;s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and PM Binali Yildirim.</p>
<p>Mrs May&#8217;s arrival, straight from her White House meeting with US president Donald Trump, comes at a tense moment, with Turkey threatening to tear up a migration agreement with EU member Greece because of a row over its refusal to extradite troops allegedly involved in last year&#8217;s botched coup.</p>
<p>She is under pressure to confront Mr Erdogan over human rights, following his crackdown on dissent in the wake of the coup, which has seen a wave of arrests, the closure of numerous media outlets and the removal of thousands of public officials &#8211; including judges, academics and teachers &#8211; from their jobs.</p>
<p>Amnesty International said the human rights situation has &#8220;deteriorated markedly&#8221; during the state of emergency imposed by Mr Erdogan.</p>
<p>The organisation&#8217;s UK director Kate Allen said the visit was a &#8220;vital opportunity&#8221; for Mrs May to ask &#8220;probing questions&#8221; about allegations of excessive use of force and ill-treatment in detention.<br />
Downing Street was unable to confirm whether human rights would be raised during the talks, though aides did not rule it out.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Prime Minister&#8217;s approach is quite clear &#8211; she thinks it&#8217;s important, and in the UK&#8217;s national interest, to engage with Turkey on a range of issues, from defence and security co-operation to capitalising on trade opportunities,&#8221; said a Number 10 source.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have already expressed our strong support for Turkey&#8217;s democracy and institutions following the coup &#8211; but we have also been clear that we urge Turkey to ensure that their response is proportionate, justified and in line with international human rights obligations.&#8221;</p>
<p>Number 10 said Mrs May was keen to take advantage of the opportunities for increased trade with Turkey that will become available after Britain&#8217;s exit from the EU.</p>
<p>Already, working groups have been set up with around a dozen countries around the globe to pave the way for free trade agreements, though formal negotiations cannot take place until the UK has left the EU.</p>
<p>Mrs May also wants to discuss increased security co-operation particularly in the areas of aviation security and counter-terrorism. She and Mr Erdogan are expected to agree to closer collaboration through a strategic security partnership.</p>
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