After two remarkable years with Doubts, losses and limitations members of Turkish diaspora enjoy Unconstrained return to them home country. Edirne, bordering Bulgaria and Greece, is teeming with with “gurbetçi” as it is known, nowadays, seeks to spend their summer holiday in turkey.
The northwestern Turkish province is main Point of Entry for Expats who travel overland, often with their families. With the travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, both have been eased in Europe and Turkey, their numbers are expected to swell this year.
“I almost cried,” Alain Kaplan, Turkish expat living in Germany informed the Ikhlas News Agency (IHA) on Tuesday as she was driving through the Capicole border crossing in Edirne. “it has been one year since my last visit. I will see family, my friends. “I miss Turkey so much,” she said. Serpil Atasayar did not go to Turkey for Years in the midst of the epidemic, she almost cried when she entered the border crossing with to her family After arriving from Germany. She will visit her relatives before heading south for vacation. “I was not born here but I miss Turkey a lot,” she told the Demiroren (DHA) news agency.
Governor of Edirne e. Kerbeck and Abdullah Eren courses, head of The presidency of Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) They were in Kapıkule on Tuesday, to welcome summer visitors to Turkey. YTB helps both on borders and outside for Expats who drive from Europe. Kerbeek told reporters that the number of Turks from Europe countries a plus last A week and saw an influx of Vacationers, especially on weekends. “we made All preparations are at the customs gates for their smooth travel. we want To facilitate the process of Entry and Departure for Our citizens.” Kırbıyık also He called on expatriates tospend At least a few hours” in Edirne on their way to their other destinations in turkey.
Abdullah Irene said more More than 1.5 million Turks live in Europe visits Turkey every summer and strives to help it in their travel, including at a major border crossing in Serbia. Eren said they would also Organizing festivals for expatriate this year through Turkey.
About 6 million Turkish citizens live in European countries. K result of Signing business agreements with various European countries in In the 1960s, Europe experienced an influx of workers from Turkey. Germany currently hosting the largest number of Turkish immigrants, most of whom are descendants of of Host workers.
