VISA POLICY OF MEMBER STATES AND THE EU TOWARDS TURKISH NATIONALS AFTER SOYSAL (2011)
THE SECOND REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION OF VISA POLICY OF MEMBER STATES AND THE EU TOWARDS TURKISH NATIONALS AFTER SOYSAL (2011)
The second updated edition of “Visa Policy of Member States and the EU Towards Turkish National After Soysal” is written by two distinguished experts on European Immigration Law, Prof. Dr. Kees Groenendijk from Radboud University Nijmegen Center of Immigration and Prof. Dr. Elspeth Guild.
This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the ruling of European Court of Justice in February 2009 regarding the Soysal case and its impacts on the domestic law of Member States as well as the implementation of this Decision by Member States. The authors point out that the visa obligation applied by Member States within the framework of the provision of services is in breach of the EU Association Law. This publication also provides detailed information about the latest developments occurring in Member States, European Union institutions and Turkey regarding the visa procedures applied to Turkish citizens after the entry into force of the Visa Code in April 2010.
This report also includes some examples of the complaints received during “The Visa Hotline Project” carried out by IKV between January 2010 and June 2011. This project was supported by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Brussels-based European Citizen Action Service (ECAS). Five striking sample of complaints were enclosed in the report to draw the attention of the readers on the gravity of the situation.
Publication number: 249
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