シリア・トルコ間パスポートなし相互訪問制度の利用者が減少
シリア・トルコ両国の間には、国境をまたがって住んでいる一族が、ラマダーン開けの休日期間にパスポートなしで訪問できる制度があり、今年はトルコのAkçakaleアクチャカレ地区に1万人の枠が与えられたが、シリアの政治情勢が影響して、これまでのところ申請者は4800人程度に留まっている。昨年の記事
ハサケ県のある検問所では、同制度利用者の受け入れ準備をシリア側に確認したが、返事が来ない。
Fewer people to cross Syrian-Turkish border this bayram
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=fewer-people-to-cross-syrian-turkish-border-this-bayram-2011-08-26
Thursday, August 25, 2011
ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires
Fewer people have applied to cross the Syrian-Turkish border for the coming Ramadan bayram holiday this year, despite an accord that allows relatives who live on both sides of the border to visit each other during the holiday without passports.
Quotas were raised to allow more people to cross the border, but the decision has not resulted in an increase in applications, Akçakale District Governor Şefik Aygöl said.
"It was requested that the quotas be raised this year. Deliberations with Syria have enabled the quota to be raised to 10,000 [people,] but appeals were fewer than expected this year due to the developments in Syria," Aygöl said.
A protocol signed in Ceylanpınar district on Dec. 27, 1999, between the governors' offices in the provinces of Şanlıurfa in Turkey and Haseki in Syria have since enabled relatives living in both provinces to pay 48-hour-long visits to each other on religious holidays by means of an administrative letter. The first such border crossings on a religious holiday took place between Jan. 9 and 12, 2000.
Border crossings without the use of passports were also put into effect in the district of Akçakale in 2005. Warming relations between the two countries in recent years also contributed to an increase in the number of such border crossings, but the tumult that began in certain regions of Syria six months ago have caused fewer people to make the cross-border journey, according to Anatolia news agency.
"Some 4,800 of our citizens have issued their applications. Procedures and work relevant to this have been enacted and presented to the approval of the Syrian Arab Republic. We will decide on whether our citizens will be going [to Syria] or not when the result [of our application] becomes clear," Aygöl added.
The Ceylanpınar District Governor's Office has also transmitted its administrative request to the Rasulayn Regional Directorate in the Syrian province of Haseki so that 2,500 people can cross the border for next week's holiday but the office has not yet received a clear answer, according to reports.
ハサケ県のある検問所では、同制度利用者の受け入れ準備をシリア側に確認したが、返事が来ない。
Fewer people to cross Syrian-Turkish border this bayram
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=fewer-people-to-cross-syrian-turkish-border-this-bayram-2011-08-26
Thursday, August 25, 2011
ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires
Fewer people have applied to cross the Syrian-Turkish border for the coming Ramadan bayram holiday this year, despite an accord that allows relatives who live on both sides of the border to visit each other during the holiday without passports.
Quotas were raised to allow more people to cross the border, but the decision has not resulted in an increase in applications, Akçakale District Governor Şefik Aygöl said.
"It was requested that the quotas be raised this year. Deliberations with Syria have enabled the quota to be raised to 10,000 [people,] but appeals were fewer than expected this year due to the developments in Syria," Aygöl said.
A protocol signed in Ceylanpınar district on Dec. 27, 1999, between the governors' offices in the provinces of Şanlıurfa in Turkey and Haseki in Syria have since enabled relatives living in both provinces to pay 48-hour-long visits to each other on religious holidays by means of an administrative letter. The first such border crossings on a religious holiday took place between Jan. 9 and 12, 2000.
Border crossings without the use of passports were also put into effect in the district of Akçakale in 2005. Warming relations between the two countries in recent years also contributed to an increase in the number of such border crossings, but the tumult that began in certain regions of Syria six months ago have caused fewer people to make the cross-border journey, according to Anatolia news agency.
"Some 4,800 of our citizens have issued their applications. Procedures and work relevant to this have been enacted and presented to the approval of the Syrian Arab Republic. We will decide on whether our citizens will be going [to Syria] or not when the result [of our application] becomes clear," Aygöl added.
The Ceylanpınar District Governor's Office has also transmitted its administrative request to the Rasulayn Regional Directorate in the Syrian province of Haseki so that 2,500 people can cross the border for next week's holiday but the office has not yet received a clear answer, according to reports.
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