Visa exemption under the European Union Turkey relations

Turkish citizens are required for entry to the EU member states for which visa is not a new problem in Turkey-EU relations. Turkish citizens since the 1980s, and are subject to a visa when entering EU member states. After the Second World War by the European Council has introduced a visa-free concept in Europe. This concept is aimed at the citizens of the member states to know and understand each other better. Turkey has asked the Council of Europe became a member in 1949 and the beginning of restoring peace in Europe have undergone two major wars. Turkey and the EU case, for instance as a result of negotiations with the Council of Europe Member States between the Free Movement of Persons Agreement 'was signed in 1957. Following agreement entered into force on January 1, 1958 between Turkey also found that the vast majority of the Council of Europe has put an end to a mutual visa application. However, since the second half of the 1970s, political instability erupted in Turkey and Turkey in the 1980s, "Visa-free Europe" is advanced to be removed from the dream. On July 9, 1980 Federal Republic of Germany, France agreement in the Council of Europe on September 24, 1980 were reported to the Council would suspend for Turkey. On 5 September 1980 the first visa requirements for Turkish citizens "temporary measure", the Federal Republic of Germany has begun to be re-evaluated after three years. For many years, it is subject to legal visas for Turkish citizens, social, diplomatic, bureaucratic, is a topic that covers a wide range of international and humanitarian dimensions