Last Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry opened its doors to grant visa-free travel to six more European countries; Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the UK. Has this anything to do with the visa liberalization program that was prepared in 2013, to prepare a route for Turkish citizens to gain visa-free access to the Schengen zone?
Mr. Erdogan has expressed his wish to finalize this process as soon as possible.
Whilst the above step was taken to improve tourism, trade, and relations between Turkey, the EU, and the UK – it must also be looked at as another step closer to the visa liberalization agreement with the EU, allowing Turkish passport holders to travel visa free throughout Europe.
The process to attain a Turkish passport via their new immigration program starts at only $250k into Turkish real estate.
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