A visa facilitation scheme that would allow Turkish citizens to visit 10 Greek islands, announced late last year during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Athens, is due to commence as of next month, the Greek authorities said earlier.
The scheme would permit Turkish citizens to visit 10 Greek islands – including Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros, Kalymnos, Kos, Rhodes, Symi and Kastelorizo – for up to seven days throughout the year, by having a special type of visa issued by the Greek police upon their arrival, after their data is checked on the Schengen visa and Europol databases, instead of going through a cumbersome regular visa application process.
The fast-track visa process, initially announced by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the historic meeting with Erdoğan last December, will facilitate Turks’ access to the islands, all near the Turkish coast, and is considered as one of the signs of the ongoing good spirit in…
