EU making ‘major effort’ to address visa issues for Turkiye, says bloc’s envoy

The EU is focusing on ironing out problems and facilitating visa access for Turkish citizens, according to its ambassador to Ankara, stressing that the bloc has as much interest in fostering the exchange of people as Turkiye. Many Turkish citizens have been facing problems in securing visas, such as increased scrutiny of applications and months of waiting to get an appointment, hampering essential movement of businesspeople, academics, students and others. “The EU has as much interest in furthering the exchange of people as Turkiye. We want Turkish businessmen to come to Europe. We want Turkish students to study at European universities, and we want to facilitate the people-to-people exchange,” Thomas Hans Ossowski, the EU envoy to Turkiye, told Anadolu. He […]