Trade and security will be the dominant issues despite a crackdown by the Turkish president on thousands of opponents

Theresa May plans to focus on trade and security cooperation in talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara on Saturday, amid growing concerns about the country’s human rights record.

Thousands of journalists and political critics have been jailed in a crackdown on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s opponents that intensified dramatically after an attempted coup last year.