**Kilicdaroglu: Our citizens will enter the European Union visa-free in three months**
05/04/2023 20:52
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of the People’s Alliance, said that citizens will be able to enter Europe visa-free in three months as a result of the ‘democratic’ steps they will take when they win the election.
Kılıçdaroğlu was the guest of ‘Events and Opinions’ programme moderated by Serap Belet and Kürşad Oğuz on Habertürk. The highlights of Kılıçdaroğlu’s speech are as follows:
*We are currently working for a joint list. This is an important election for us and for Turkey. It is also very important for our neighbours. We need politics based on science, reason, common sense, not polarising, embracing politics
*What we will do in the first week, what we will do in the first month are all written. It is a text agreed upon by six leaders. I will say the same thing, the other partners of the nation alliance will say the same thing. There, they all surrender to whatever Erdoğan says. Surrender is not politics. If you are a party, you write your politics clearly. What will you do in the next 5 years?
*We prepared a proposal on the earthquake. They did nothing about the earthquake zone. They distributed tents and containers half-assedly. When we come to power, we will deal with the earthquake region as a whole. We will turn it into a production base, people will come here and work. Great employment will be provided here. This region will also be a centre of employment and production.
**Promise of visa-free entry to Europe in three months**
*We do not look at the position of other parties and formulate a policy for ourselves. We will come to power, we will win the Presidency, we will turn this country into a country where people can breathe easily within a year at the latest. We will solve visa problems. Within three months, our citizens will enter Europe visa-free.
*(When reminded that the visa decision is in the EU) We will make the necessary arrangements. We will bring democracy to this country in the real sense. If you impose restrictions on freedom of thought, there is no democracy in your country. We will say, “In our country, all kinds of thoughts can be shared freely, media can publish freely.” ***We will bring all democratic rules envisaged by the EU to our country.***
**Offer to Ince**
Before and after 14 May, an offer was made to Muharrem İnce, but no consensus was reached. In my opinion, we did our part. There was no offer on the day of the meeting. I don’t want to blame the other side or go into details. I have to respect everyone’s will. Most probably there will be four candidates. This will be over in the first round.
*The ‘gang of five’ never wanted me to be a presidential candidate. Those who took 418 billion dollars, those who ate servants’ rights, those who were corrupt never wanted me to run for President. They wanted to be an obstacle. They have money power, they have opportunities, they think they can buy everyone. I know very well where that 418 billion went. I met with lawyers abroad. Whose money is in which bank? I know it to the penny, including those who have served as mayor and those who have served as mayor. We will bring all of that money. I know them very well. I know very well where and what they have done. I know very well who they have bought. When the time comes, we will announce them.
It was visa free before but Turkey itself asked to be removed from Schengen after the coup in 1980. So that communists and Kurds could not flee the country.
It doesn’t sound very realistic but ok, I am all for it.
populist rhetoric for the election is nothing more. The Eu had previously asked Turkey to apply visas to many countries. If they provide this first, there will be negotiations. I don’t find that convincing either. Currently, the visa issue is extremely difficult. Even Turkish academics and businessmen find it difficult to obtain visas. I think there is an additional excuse or problem for eu. That is, Turkey gives too much citizenship to foreigners. This is also a problem for Türkiye. They even granted citizenship to people whom the gendarmerie reported as suspected of Isis. They bypass security checks. An alleged terrorist sought by Turkey with a red notice worked for years in a factory in Turkey with a fake refugee document. If even a terrorist wanted with a red notice comes and lives comfortably as a refugee, I cannot think of others.
Lmao nah, imagine believing turkey will get any deal close to that within a decade is pure delusion.
Bet quite a few member nations are eager to have turkey experience their own kind of “negotiation” tactics before even considering not vetoing the shit out of them.
Unrealistic.
I remember when I was in Turkey over 20 years ago, they already had the blue strip on their cars’ license plates without the stars. I thought, damn, they must be like.. about to join, they are so far ahead of us (Slovakia before we became a member). Narrator: They weren’t.
Thanks Kenan Evren 😞
For many years 2023 was actually the target year within which Turkiye was supposed to join the EU, here are some old articles about it:
Even if it’s not realistic any more, considering everything that has happened since, a decisive defeat for Erdogan and a solid rapprochement between Turkiye and the EU after his defeat would be a good way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the republic.
Worst thing about opposition is that htye still think with optimistic political atmosphere of early 2000s. That world is dead.
look at the absolute delusion on this man
Well, we thought we would tell you this later… Now you know :)))
^(please let us in)
Delusional. First we need send temporary asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. Otherwise EU will not even consider that but wait a second, EU also send their illegal immigrants to us. They made a “shame” agreement with Erdogan about immigrants and keep telling us stories about human rights.
Not gonna happen. The EU doesn’t want much to do with us, it’s as simple as that.
I mean, if you have a special Turkish passport right now, you can. I think Kilicdaroglu means he’ll increase the number of special passport holders.
EU got a list of rules for that.
He seems optimistic, to get the requirements done in 3 month.
Then again a stable democracy is way better than some visa for a trip.
I expect it to happen some time in his term but certainly not in three months however Its already visa-free with special passports that can expanded to be easier to obtain as well.
I hope not
He looks like some famous European, but I can’t remember who.
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Translation from Turkish:
**Kilicdaroglu: Our citizens will enter the European Union visa-free in three months**
05/04/2023 20:52
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of the People’s Alliance, said that citizens will be able to enter Europe visa-free in three months as a result of the ‘democratic’ steps they will take when they win the election.
Kılıçdaroğlu was the guest of ‘Events and Opinions’ programme moderated by Serap Belet and Kürşad Oğuz on Habertürk. The highlights of Kılıçdaroğlu’s speech are as follows:
*We are currently working for a joint list. This is an important election for us and for Turkey. It is also very important for our neighbours. We need politics based on science, reason, common sense, not polarising, embracing politics
*What we will do in the first week, what we will do in the first month are all written. It is a text agreed upon by six leaders. I will say the same thing, the other partners of the nation alliance will say the same thing. There, they all surrender to whatever Erdoğan says. Surrender is not politics. If you are a party, you write your politics clearly. What will you do in the next 5 years?
*We prepared a proposal on the earthquake. They did nothing about the earthquake zone. They distributed tents and containers half-assedly. When we come to power, we will deal with the earthquake region as a whole. We will turn it into a production base, people will come here and work. Great employment will be provided here. This region will also be a centre of employment and production.
**Promise of visa-free entry to Europe in three months**
*We do not look at the position of other parties and formulate a policy for ourselves. We will come to power, we will win the Presidency, we will turn this country into a country where people can breathe easily within a year at the latest. We will solve visa problems. Within three months, our citizens will enter Europe visa-free.
*(When reminded that the visa decision is in the EU) We will make the necessary arrangements. We will bring democracy to this country in the real sense. If you impose restrictions on freedom of thought, there is no democracy in your country. We will say, “In our country, all kinds of thoughts can be shared freely, media can publish freely.” ***We will bring all democratic rules envisaged by the EU to our country.***
**Offer to Ince**
Before and after 14 May, an offer was made to Muharrem İnce, but no consensus was reached. In my opinion, we did our part. There was no offer on the day of the meeting. I don’t want to blame the other side or go into details. I have to respect everyone’s will. Most probably there will be four candidates. This will be over in the first round.
*The ‘gang of five’ never wanted me to be a presidential candidate. Those who took 418 billion dollars, those who ate servants’ rights, those who were corrupt never wanted me to run for President. They wanted to be an obstacle. They have money power, they have opportunities, they think they can buy everyone. I know very well where that 418 billion went. I met with lawyers abroad. Whose money is in which bank? I know it to the penny, including those who have served as mayor and those who have served as mayor. We will bring all of that money. I know them very well. I know very well where and what they have done. I know very well who they have bought. When the time comes, we will announce them.
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It was visa free before but Turkey itself asked to be removed from Schengen after the coup in 1980. So that communists and Kurds could not flee the country.
It doesn’t sound very realistic but ok, I am all for it.
populist rhetoric for the election is nothing more. The Eu had previously asked Turkey to apply visas to many countries. If they provide this first, there will be negotiations. I don’t find that convincing either. Currently, the visa issue is extremely difficult. Even Turkish academics and businessmen find it difficult to obtain visas. I think there is an additional excuse or problem for eu. That is, Turkey gives too much citizenship to foreigners. This is also a problem for Türkiye. They even granted citizenship to people whom the gendarmerie reported as suspected of Isis. They bypass security checks. An alleged terrorist sought by Turkey with a red notice worked for years in a factory in Turkey with a fake refugee document. If even a terrorist wanted with a red notice comes and lives comfortably as a refugee, I cannot think of others.
Lmao nah, imagine believing turkey will get any deal close to that within a decade is pure delusion.
Bet quite a few member nations are eager to have turkey experience their own kind of “negotiation” tactics before even considering not vetoing the shit out of them.
Unrealistic.
I remember when I was in Turkey over 20 years ago, they already had the blue strip on their cars’ license plates without the stars. I thought, damn, they must be like.. about to join, they are so far ahead of us (Slovakia before we became a member). Narrator: They weren’t.
Thanks Kenan Evren 😞
For many years 2023 was actually the target year within which Turkiye was supposed to join the EU, here are some old articles about it:
https://www.politico.eu/article/why-turkey-should-join-the-eu-in-2023/
https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/feuture_1.pdf
https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-will-lose-turkey-if-it-hasn-t-joined-by-2023-erdo-an-says/
Even if it’s not realistic any more, considering everything that has happened since, a decisive defeat for Erdogan and a solid rapprochement between Turkiye and the EU after his defeat would be a good way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the republic.
Worst thing about opposition is that htye still think with optimistic political atmosphere of early 2000s. That world is dead.
look at the absolute delusion on this man
Well, we thought we would tell you this later… Now you know :)))
^(please let us in)
Delusional. First we need send temporary asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. Otherwise EU will not even consider that but wait a second, EU also send their illegal immigrants to us. They made a “shame” agreement with Erdogan about immigrants and keep telling us stories about human rights.
Not gonna happen. The EU doesn’t want much to do with us, it’s as simple as that.
I mean, if you have a special Turkish passport right now, you can. I think Kilicdaroglu means he’ll increase the number of special passport holders.
EU got a list of rules for that.
He seems optimistic, to get the requirements done in 3 month.
Then again a stable democracy is way better than some visa for a trip.
I expect it to happen some time in his term but certainly not in three months however Its already visa-free with special passports that can expanded to be easier to obtain as well.
I hope not
He looks like some famous European, but I can’t remember who.
yeah keep dreaming mate..