Visa good news came to Turkish citizens from Athens, where President Erdoğan went for an official visit.
President Erdoğan’s official visit to Athens, the capital of Greece, our Aegean neighbor, “Opposite on the basis of good faith There is no problem that we cannot solve through dialogue.” He went to Athens with a delegation, including ministers, to hold talks with his Greek counterpart. In response to Erdoğan’s visit The statement was made by Greece as a sign of goodwill.
Used in the past but later abolished 7-day tourist visa It was claimed that the practice would be brought back with this visit as a sign of goodwill. Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis made statements on the issue.
7 days visa-free travel to the islands
Mitsotakis In their statement, “In the previous months, we decided to rekindle our relationship. We talked about the steps we would take in our previous meetings. We talked about the economy, small-scale units and the goal of increasing bilateral trade. on immigration We also achieved a very important result. These relations, which have developed thanks to the cooperation between the police and the coast guard, will progress further in the future.
Greece will support Turkey in the EU process support issue We also discussed. We also discussed closer cooperation on the visa issue.
We discussed visa exemption for Turkish citizens. Turkish citizens on 10 Greek islands 7 days visa-free travel We have decided on this.” he said.
Although it has not been announced yet which islands they are, they can be visited with a visa at the door. 6+1 island will probably be included in this application. These islands were as follows:
- Rhodes Island
- Lesvos Island
- Chios Island
- Samos Island
- Kos Island
- Meis (Megisti) Island
- Simi Island
The other 3 islands have not been announced yet.
Editor’s note: If I were to choose, I would choose the islands of Santorini, Naxos and Paros, but from a geographical perspective, we can expect the visa exemption to include the islands of Patmos, Karpathos and Astipalata.