Turkey says it wants the European Union to drop visa restrictions on its citizens seeking to travel to the bloc after restrictions for three other non-EU countries were lifted Saturday. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says the country deserves to have visa restrictions against it dropped by the EU after Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian citizens were granted visa-free travel rights to the Schengen area. Davutoglu said the visa waiver should be granted despite little progress being made with Brussels on Ankara's EU membership aspirations. "It's unacceptable that certain Balkan countries that are in the initial stages of the membership process and have not begun negotiations have been given the Schengen privilege, while Turkey, considering the level that Turkish-EU relations have reached, has not," Davutoglu said at a news conference. "We will follow this closely from now on," he said, according to the state-run Anatolian news agency.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says the country deserves to have visa restrictions against it dropped by the EU after Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian citizens were granted visa-free travel rights to the Schengen area.
Davutoglu said the visa waiver should be granted despite little progress being made with Brussels on Ankara's EU membership aspirations.
"It's unacceptable that certain Balkan countries that are in the initial stages of the membership process and have not begun negotiations have been given the Schengen privilege, while Turkey, considering the level that Turkish-EU relations have reached, has not," Davutoglu said at a news conference.
"We will follow this closely from now on," he said, according to the state-run Anatolian news agency.
Turkey are within their rights. keep to the Fen Causeway
I see no difficulty in allowing the Turkish people to enter without a visa. It's right to work/of residence that's the issue and here the EU systems are demonstrably incapable of checking this. keep to the Fen Causeway
