Dutch scholar calls EU visa rules "illegal"

The European Union's visa system for Turkish citizens is illegal, but there is still an unwillingness by politicians in EU member states to accept this and implement recent court rulings, according to a Netherlands-based academic. "We can certainly say the visa requirement [for Turkish citizens to enter EU member states] is illegal, but cannot be sure whether the border authorities will accept this," said Piet Jan Slot, a law professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands, at a press conference yesterday in Istanbul organized by the Economic Development Foundation (IKV).