Britain accuses of complicity in Turkish war crimes by selling weapons to Erdogan's despotic regime
Members of Kurdish Community Scotland during a demonstration in Edinburgh yesterday protesting against Turkish air raids in Iraq
THE British government was accused today of complicity in Turkish war crimes by supplying weapons to the despotic regime as it heightened attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan this week.
Since the weekend, Turkey has launched multiple attacks in northern Iraq, destroying 81 sites in Kurdish and Yazidi refugee camps protected by the UN.
Britain has licensed £1.1 billion worth of arms to Turkey since Recep Tayyip Erdogan became president in 2014, according to the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT).
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