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The Haarlem court ruled that Turkish nationals are exempt from visa requirements during travel for tourism purposes of up to three months, upholding an earlier European Court of Justice’s ruling on the highly controversial issue. The court said the visa requirement was in violation of Article 41 of the Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between Turkey and the European Economic Community (EEC).
Turkish officials have long criticized the EU member state’s slow pace of processing visa applications, high application fees and much higher rate of rejection than that of other EU countries. Turkey and the EU, known as the European Economic Community at the time, signed a protocol titled the Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between Turkey and the EEC in 1970 that was approved by the EEC in 1972 and which states that EEC states and Turkey will refrain from introducing any new restrictions on the freedom of establishment or the freedom to provide services from the time of the protocol’s entry into force in the signatory countries. Citizens are also allowed to stay in the country for up to three months without having to apply for a residence permit.
Thanks for that dear dutch authorities I am hapy to spend my holiday in Turkey ..!!
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