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Tuesday, October 01, 2013

BARÇIN YİNANÇ - Why are Turks paying the budget deficit of EU countries?

Why are Turks paying the budget deficit of EU countries?

As a diplomatic reporter working in Ankara and knowing diplomats, I had not endured visa torture until I moved to Istanbul. The first time I had to renew my Schengen, I was heading to Spain for a holiday; but since I had several old Schengens in my passport, it appeared easier to go to the Dutch consulate; I happened to apply there. In fact one of the friends with whom I was going to Spain with was a Turk working in the Dutch Embassy in Ankara while the other one a Dutch diplomat who, at that time, was working in the Dutch Foreign Ministry’s consular section.

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