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Gary Born, one of the leading figures in international arbitration, is becoming the new member of the Istanbul Arbitration Center's (ISTAC) prestigious International Arbitration Board, Ziya Akıncı, the president of the center has announced.

Following the Turkish delegations' call to solve visa-related problems, especially faced by Turks, the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved a resolution envisaging reform in the Schengen Information System (SIS).

The Schengen visa-related problems of Turkish citizens, which has turned into an ordeal recently, are on Oct. 11's agenda of the General Assembly of The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Türkiye presented a report on the visa difficulties experienced by Turkish citizens when entering European Union member countries to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Schengen visa refusals to Turkish citizens rose from 4 percent in 2014 to 12.7 percent in 2020, according to the report.

Turkey is prepared to submit a report titled "The Abuse of the Schengen System as a Political Sanction by the Member States of the Council of Europe" to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe (PACE) in June.

Turkey's Green Development Revolution offers huge opportunities for the country to become a center of significant economic activities, such as production, trade, and energy, Ziya Altunyaldız, the head of the parliamentary industry commission, has said.

The murderer of Sarai Sierra, a U.S. traveler who was found dead near Istanbul's old city walls in 2013, has once again been sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison during his retrial.