Catwoman, the reason why EU and US citizens are asked a visa is based on a principle called reciprocity. It is a hypocratic way of organizing matters so they look right on paper. For example, Germany requires a visa of Turkish citizens and so does Turkey. As a result, the principle of mutuality is technically not violated.
As for the reason why it has become more difficult for non-Europeans to enter the country: you know Turkey has been (hypocratically) granted the status of accession into European membership. Therefore like all other members, all the legal procedures, regulations, laws and a plethora of other formalities need to go through a process of compliance. Since Turkey will (God knows when) become European land,
non-European people entering the country will in fact enter Europe. Since Europe is quite conservative about its borders, Turkey must be equally conservative.
Excuse me but we shouldn´t come to quick conclusions like Turks not being so benevolent... I know they are not at all, but if you criticize Turks in this regard, you are actually criticizing the European stand point..
Only the EU and US citizens have ´visa at the airport´ convenience in Turkey. Turks are not so benevolent and lovely to take anybody to their country, because they love diversity. They only give easy visas to people who they believe will spend in Turkey and improve their economy.
I doubt that they would take a person whom they know that the government will have to support and who will only contribute to more social problems that the country can already barely handle.
Edited (8/23/2009) by vineyards
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