The claim in X that “The government does not want a visa to be issued” caused confusion on social media. Let’s take a look at this claim and how the visa issue has changed from yesterday to today…
Recently, there has been a significant growth visa problem It is a known fact. Turkish citizens who want to go to Europe face problems when obtaining a visa. In the last year, many people, whether athletes, students or celebrities, have not been able to make an appointment, let alone receive negative results.
While the problem was still ongoing, a claim made stirred up social media. The claim stated that the visa problem did not end because the Turkish governments wanted it to.
“He wants visas not to be issued so that foreign currency does not escape.”
“Hunting. An X user named “Sebastian Trudeau” made such a claim in response to a statement by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel. In his statement, Özel claimed that visa liberalization with the European Union could be resolved in 15 days if they were in power.
While the user claimed that the European Union imposed visas because the Turkish government wanted it to, he also suggested that the problem could be easily solved if desired: ““The government supports not granting visas so that people do not go to Europe, do not see those places, and do not lose foreign currency.”
Of course, these statements are just claims and no evidence has been provided. However, as you can imagine, such a claim created a lot of controversy on social media. So, what were the visa applications like in Turkey in the past? Has there been a recent move to remove it? Let’s take a look.
Turkish citizens could travel to Europe without a visa before the 1980s
There was once a time when there was no obligation to travel to European countries with a visa. Until the end of the 70s, citizens in our country could freely travel around European countries. The Council of Europe, to which Turkey joined in 1949, stated that citizens of member states should be able to travel without a visa after World War II. In 1957, the “Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons among the Member States of the Council of Europe” was signed on this subject. done. Afterwards, citizens began to travel freely.
This situation continued until the 70s. in Turkey internal political turmoilThe practice that allowed visa liberalization was implemented towards the end of the 1970s. to end caused. It is said that the government of the period also had an influence on the visa requirement. Accordingly, it was requested that visa requirements be introduced so that entry and exit to European countries can be controlled. On July 9, 1980, Germany suspended visa-free travel “in order to ensure public order”. After the September 12 Coup, France also made such a decision on September 24. With the participation of other European countries, the visa-free travel period has ended.
Afterwards, the Schengen Agreement emerged, which eliminated the borders within the EU. After this development Schengen Visa came into our lives. This visa, which was initially given free of charge, later became paid.
What was done to abolish the visa?
Türkiye-European Union full membership negotiations started in October 2005. However, there was no gesture from the EU on the visa issue at that time. In 2016, Türkiye signed an immigration agreement with the EU. It was stated that in this way visa convenience and exemption would be provided. However, nothing came of this.
In addition, in 2013, with Europe,Visa Liberalization Dialogue” was launched. The purpose of this was to abolish the Schengen visa applied to our citizens for short-term visits. However, we have not seen any progress in this regard so far.
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