3. Free Access to EU Schengen Zone and EU Membership Will Make The Program Attractive
This is one of the key things you need to know about citizenship by investment in Turkey. If EU Commission grants Turkey free access to the EU Schengen Zone or if Turkey acquires EU Membership, Turkish citizenship by investment program will become very tempting. Turkey was promised the free access to the EU Schengen Zone in exchange for dealing with the immigration crisis. If this happens, holders of Turkish passport will be able to travel to 26 countries in EU Schengen Zone. This is important; because, currently, Turkish passport is ranked 79th when it comes to passport power and holders can only travel to 103 countries without a visa. The EU membership would bring even more benefits since the Turkish citizens would be able to travel and work in Europe without visas. Unfortunately, at the moment, both free access to the EU Schengen Zone and EU membership aren’t so close to happening due to several reasons like government’s oppression towards media, lack of freedom of speech, controversial anti-terror laws, and possibility of reinstating the death penalty.
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