What do Turkish shopkeepers say who believe that the Mitsotakis-Erdogan visa-express agreement for Turkish citizens will hurt them financially
The Athens-Ankara agreement has received a lot of publicity in the Turkish media visa – express to Turkish tourists in ten Greek islands, which was sealed with yesterday’s visit of Erdogan to our country.
Based on the Greek-Turkish agreement, which was also approved by the EU as it is an exception to the conditions of countries outside the Schengen area, Turks who want to visit the islands of Lemnos, Lesbos, Chios, Rhodes, Symi, Kastellorizos, of Samos, Leros, Kalymnos and Kos, will receive a seven-day, one-year visa upon arrival.
As reported by Manolis Kostidis, the agreement was presented extensively by the presenter of HALK TV, Fatih Portakal.
“We are talking about ten islands that are close to Turkey… You can go there from Izmir, Bosporun, Kusadasi and Symi, which is also a pleasant island. Opposite the coast of Halicarnassus. From now on there will be no need for Schengen, you will go to the gate and get the 7-day visa” said the journalist.
Orange gave one though different parameter, as Turkish shopkeepers do not see the agreement with a “good eye” like other compatriots. And this, because they think that the Mitsotakis-Erdogan agreement on express visas for Turkish citizens will hurt them financially:
“I talked to shop owners on the coast… They told me that with the visa issue, we will step on it. Because in Turkey everything is expensive, accommodation and food. Everyone will take their euros and go across to the islands. They will live on the islands, they will eat on the islands. Cheaper and they will say they went abroad. They will understand the value of the euro. Because Turkey is very expensive…“
“The application of the visa will begin at the entrance. Chios, Mytilini, Rhodes, Samos, Kos, Katelorizo, Patmos, Leros, Kalymnos and Symi. In these islands there will be this possibility of the visa at the entrance, and it will probably cost 60 euros. This is the information from the Greek press, we will wait for the announcements of the Foreign Minister of Turkey. But Greece gave the green light” said the presenter of the Turkish FOX.
Source: Skai
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