Unfortunately, “travel”, which is one of the greatest freedoms for human beings, does not offer very good opportunities to its citizens due to Turkey’s slippery political axis.. The Turkish passport, which burns hands with its price, cannot pass the class when evaluated functionally.
According to the 2012 Henley Visa Restrictions Index, our travel document lags behind all European countries in visa-free travel convenience.. We are the 48th in this index with the visa-free or door-to-door visa application applied by 95 countries.. The fact that we can both use the most expensive passport and not travel freely touches our blood.
The foreign policy process with zero problems, aimed with our neighbors since the AK Party Government took office in 2002, at first brought us all from 7 to 70 with visa-free joys.
On the other hand, holders of special (green) and service (grey) passports with certain privileges are still at the entrance gates of countries where these privileges should be applied. encounters incredible oppression and harassment.
Georgia entry
Turkish tourists in the solitude of a zero-problem foreign policy, with their travels to Georgia, which is lonely like Turkey due to the troubles they have with Russia, It gives the neighbor a breath of fresh air.
Despite all the ups and downs of Turkish foreign policy, we can still enter the Republic of Turkey with the identity of the Republic of Turkey. Despite all the turmoil, Georgia can be considered a success.
Georgia, which the people of the Eastern Black Sea Region bought gasoline, cigarettes and all kinds of products with added tax at the cost of nothing, had the Republic of Turkey change its practices after the events.. With the agreement between the two countries, Georgian and Turkish citizens were able to cross the border with their vehicles or on foot by showing their country ID during visits not exceeding 30 days.. In practice, on the Turkish side of the border, 1 TL was charged to Turkish citizens under the name of document fee.
When the products in the tax items imposed by the state began to be brought from Georgia, more than expected, our state elders took one more step and discussed their existence and violated the freedom of travel article of the constitution. It started to collect the 15 TL fee for Turkish citizens on their transit to Georgia by bringing the international exit fee, which is used as a national holiday, to the agenda.
As long as there is an element of curiosity, a 9 TL pack of cigarettes costs 1.5 TL in Georgia. As long as it continues to be sold, I think the 15 TL international exit fee will not affect Turkish people much.
Sarp Border Gate
A cafe on the border of Netherlands and Belgium. While a world where a table and two chairs are located within the borders of two separate states is possible; we are still in a neighborhood geography where walls separate people, wire fences and mines keep people away from each other…
Despite the existence of all these separating elements, we say effort and get closer to the Sarp Border Gate… Batumi, located on the sacred borders of the National Pact. In order to see the Black Sea from a different city, we are getting ready to step into Batumi, which has become a weekend entertainment for the Eastern Black Sea residents…