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M’SIAN TOURISTS ASSURED TURKEY NOT AFFECTED BY MIDDLE EAST UPRISING - EMBASSY
KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- The Turkish embassy here assured Malaysians wanting to visit Turkey that the country is peaceful and not affected by the uprising in several countries in the Middle East.
"We would like to bring to the attention of the Malaysian people that Turkey is not affected and is not expected to be affected by the ongoing instability in the region," the embassy said in a statement to Bernama Tuesday.
It issued the statement following information received from several travel agencies that a number of people have cancelled trips to Turkey due to the recent developments in the Middle East.
The embassy said that the nature of the domestic uprisings in several countries suggest that they would not pose any security threat to third countries.
There was also no travel warning issued by any country for their citizens not to travel to Turkey, where security was intact and peace prevailed, it added.
"Turkey, with its democratic regime, stable political and economic
environment, advanced infrastructure and high-class facilities welcomes its guests any time of the year," the embassy said.
Meanwhile, according to the embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Yasin Temizken, some 32,000 Malaysians visited Turkey last year compared with 29,000 in 2009. The number of Turks who visited Malaysia also increased to 9,000 last year from 8,000 in 2009, he told Bernama recently.
Temizken also said that with the agreement to abolish visa requirement between Malaysia and Turkey, which took place during the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to Turkey in February, visa would no longer be restricted to tourism purpose.
Prior to the agreement the two countries had agreed to issue visas only for tourism purpose of not more than 90 days for each visit.
Temizken said that the lifting of visa requirement between Turkey and Malaysia would widen the visa practice between the two countries and result in the abolishment of visa requirement for all purpose of visits.
"Turkish and Malaysian citizens holding all kinds of passports would benefit from this, for example, currently diplomats who are appointed to other countries need to get visa.
Similarly, airplane or ship crew need visa now. They won’t after the agreement," he said. Businessmen too would benefit as it would be easier for them now to visit Turkey for business purposes, he said when asked who would benefit from the abolishment of the visa requirement.
"We would like to bring to the attention of the Malaysian people that Turkey is not affected and is not expected to be affected by the ongoing instability in the region," the embassy said in a statement to Bernama Tuesday.
It issued the statement following information received from several travel agencies that a number of people have cancelled trips to Turkey due to the recent developments in the Middle East.
The embassy said that the nature of the domestic uprisings in several countries suggest that they would not pose any security threat to third countries.
There was also no travel warning issued by any country for their citizens not to travel to Turkey, where security was intact and peace prevailed, it added.
"Turkey, with its democratic regime, stable political and economic
environment, advanced infrastructure and high-class facilities welcomes its guests any time of the year," the embassy said.
Meanwhile, according to the embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Yasin Temizken, some 32,000 Malaysians visited Turkey last year compared with 29,000 in 2009. The number of Turks who visited Malaysia also increased to 9,000 last year from 8,000 in 2009, he told Bernama recently.
Temizken also said that with the agreement to abolish visa requirement between Malaysia and Turkey, which took place during the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to Turkey in February, visa would no longer be restricted to tourism purpose.
Prior to the agreement the two countries had agreed to issue visas only for tourism purpose of not more than 90 days for each visit.
Temizken said that the lifting of visa requirement between Turkey and Malaysia would widen the visa practice between the two countries and result in the abolishment of visa requirement for all purpose of visits.
"Turkish and Malaysian citizens holding all kinds of passports would benefit from this, for example, currently diplomats who are appointed to other countries need to get visa.
Similarly, airplane or ship crew need visa now. They won’t after the agreement," he said. Businessmen too would benefit as it would be easier for them now to visit Turkey for business purposes, he said when asked who would benefit from the abolishment of the visa requirement.
