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Turkey, Russia to lift visa requirement
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08 May 2010 Sat 08:19 pm |
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As of next week there will be no need for Turks to stand on long visa queues, when going to Russia.
Turkey and Russia will sign a visa removal agreement next week. Turkey and
Russia are expected to sign the agreement during Russian President Dmitriy
Medvedev´s visit to Turkey on May 11-12.
"The consulates of the two countries have initialed the agreement to lift
visa procedures," Turkey´s Ambassador to Russia Halil Akıncı told the
Anatolia news agency.
Akıncı said Russia had requested small changes in the editing of the
agreement.
However, Medvedev and Turkish President Abdullah Gül could sign the
agreement without waiting for domestic approval process to end, Akıncı said.
Transitions between Turkey and Russia without any visa are expected to begin
within this year.
Removal of visa procedures first came up during Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan´s visit to Moscow last January. Two countries have launched
necessary studies as Russia was also positive towards the move.
The initialed agreement foresees tourist visits for up to one month between
the two countries to be exempted from visa.
Turkish citizens earning their living in Russia and Turkish students having
education in Russia are expected to be out of this implementation.
According to Turkey, 2.6 million Russian people visited Turkey last year.
This figure was 1.9 million according to Russia´s statistics.
Turkish citizens preferring Moscow as a tourist destination is around
30,000-40,000.
Quoted from: here
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08 May 2010 Sat 10:24 pm |
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Good luck Russians is all I can say, unfortunately our perception of the Russian people seems to be weird and wrong. 
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09 May 2010 Sun 03:52 am |
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Since a couple of decades ago, Turkey has been seeking to establish partnerships alternative to the make believe EU integration. Futurologists see no future in Europe. Russia with all its rich energy resources and rapidly increasing purchasing power is too hot a prospect to miss for Turkey.
There are a few more great things about being friends with Russians: e.g they do no threaten us when our parliament don´t let them attack other nations using our territory which is something that the US takes for granted.
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09 May 2010 Sun 09:31 am |
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According to Turkey, 2.6 million Russian people visited Turkey last year.
This figure was 1.9 million according to Russia´s statistics.
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09 May 2010 Sun 11:21 am |
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Since a couple of decades ago, Turkey has been seeking to establish partnerships alternative to the make believe EU integration. Futurologists see no future in Europe. Russia with all its rich energy resources and rapidly increasing purchasing power is too hot a prospect to miss for Turkey.
On April 18 Mr Dervis Eroglu, who opposes reunification, was elected
President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and for all
practical purposes the long story reached its end. The island will
remain permanently divided along the current lines, although it may
be many years before other countries acknowledge that fact by
formally recognising the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
This fact will have far-reaching consequences, for it means that
Turkey will never join the EU. Without a settlement in Cyprus, the
Greek veto on Turkish membership is permanent -- but Greece´s
leverage over Turkey will vanish once Ankara abandons its quest to
join the EU.
There is no reason to believe that the present Turkish Government
would do anything to disturb the status quo in Cyprus. Perhaps no
Turkish Government ever will. But Turkey is re-emerging as the
dominant regional power after a century-long gap: Greece is no match
for it, and the EU is not a military organisation.
There are a few more great things about being friends with Russians: e.g they do no threaten us when our parliament don´t let them attack other nations using our territory which is something that the US takes for granted.
Right
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09 May 2010 Sun 12:04 pm |
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Why can´t a post about Turkey and Russia not be about Turkey and Russia? It has to be anti-EU anti-US again 
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09 May 2010 Sun 12:17 pm |
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Why can´t a post about Turkey and Russia not be about Turkey and Russia? It has to be anti-EU anti-US again
All political things are related to each other like the branches on one big "tree of politics" maybe?
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09 May 2010 Sun 12:26 pm |
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Why can´t a post about Turkey and Russia not be about Turkey and Russia? It has to be anti-EU anti-US again
Maybe it´s your perception. I think we have only described the current situation. It´s it and that´s that.
What do you think is anti-EU here for example?
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09 May 2010 Sun 01:51 pm |
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Why can´t a post about Turkey and Russia not be about Turkey and Russia? It has to be anti-EU anti-US again
where is it anti-eu or anti-us?
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09 May 2010 Sun 08:09 pm |
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Since a couple of decades ago, Turkey has been seeking to establish partnerships alternative to the make believe EU integration. Futurologists see no future in Europe. Russia with all its rich energy resources and rapidly increasing purchasing power is too hot a prospect to miss for Turkey.
There are a few more great things about being friends with Russians: e.g they do no threaten us when our parliament don´t let them attack other nations using our territory which is something that the US takes for granted.
That´s negative, right?
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