Ziya Altunyaldız

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 Turkish parliament's industry commission on June 13 announced that it omitted a contentious article that would have enabled the building of industrial facilities on olive groves in the country if "public interest" can be imputed under the supervision of a preservation board from the draft law, less than a week after it had been withdrawn for a review amid rising concerns.