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Article: Turkey barring Turkish Cypriots from travelling with Cyprus passports.
- Article from:
- Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2008
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Byline: Jean Christou
TURKISH Cypriot holders of a Republic of Cyprus passport are not being allowed to exit Turkey for a third country unless they have a CyTRNCCO passport, reports from the north said yesterday .
The new CyruleCO came into effect from July 1 and Turkish Cypriots have complained they were not informed they needed a CyTRNCCO passport to go on to another country.
A number of families going on holiday were not allowed to leave Turkey with their Cyprus passports and did not have CyTRNCCO ones so they could exit ports and airports in Turkey.
Most Turkish Cypriots can enter Turkey with an identity card but if they want to ...