EU Countries and Visa Exemption for Turkish Nationals

Yıl 2008, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 86 - 89, 01.01.2008

Hamdi Pınar

Öz

The partnership between Turkey and the European Union, which commenced with the Association Agreement signed in 1963, has been adding a new dimension with each and every new ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ). The latest one of these rulings is the ‘Tüm and Darı’ decision that was delivered on the 20th of September, 2007. Regarding these discussions, the Turkish Foreign Ministry, in its announcement on 29 September, unlike the media frenzy, took a position on the judgement that ‘it does not enable nationals of the Turkish Republic to travel to EU countries without a visa and to freely move among the member countries of the Union.”