Monday, February 27, 2006

[Turkey] Kurdistan Region Seal on Passports Ratified / ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER, 26 Feb 2006

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=national&alt=&trh=20060226&hn=30220Mustafa Gun
"The Interior Ministry has begun to permit the entrance of passports with the Kurdistan Region seal.
The ministry, issuing a circular order on the subject, announced that the people coming from Bagdat (Baghdad), Erbil and Amman and having passports with the Kurdistan Region seal is permitted to enter Turkey. However, those with 'Kurdistan' printed as the place of birth are to be prevented entry. Air transport issues between Turkey and the Kurdistan Region also came up when Fly Airlines launched flights to Erbil and Suleymaniye. "