Brits will be welcome in Turkey

[Irish Rover]

Turkey to accept tourists based on vaccination, cases

"Stating that the vaccination program is being carried out effectively in the UK and the number of cases continues to decrease, Ersoy [Tourism Minister] said that if this trend continues, there is a possibility that negative tests may not be requested from British citizens after April 15. "

 

[Poignard]

Turkey to accept tourists based on vaccination, cases

"Stating that the vaccination program is being carried out effectively in the UK and the number of cases continues to decrease, Ersoy [Tourism Minister] said that if this trend continues, there is a possibility that negative tests may not be requested from British citizens after April 15. "

Can you say what documentary proof of having had the vaccination will satisfy the Turkish authorities, please?

 

[Sandy]

Will we need to quarantine on returning to the UK?

 

[Clancy Moped]

Mixed messages?

Turkey plans to welcome unvaccinated British holidaymakers

 

[Irish Rover]

Can you say what documentary proof of having had the vaccination will satisfy the Turkish authorities, please?

As I understand it you won't need any personal proof of vaccination. Turkey will set it's entry requirements for individual countries based on a combination of the number of new cases and the the proportion of the population which has been vaccinated.

 

[Poignard]

As I understand it you won't need any personal proof of vaccination. Turkey will set it's entry requirements for individual countries based on a combination of the number of new cases and the the proportion of the population which has been vaccinated.

Thanks. I hope other countries will follow suit.

 

[TernVI]

Will we need to quarantine on returning to the UK?

Looking at the way case numbers are rising there, I'd guess so, unless things improve greatly.

 

[st599]

Being allowed in by Turkey and being allowed out by the UK aren't necessarily related.

 

[mjcoon]

Being allowed in by Turkey and being allowed out by the UK aren't necessarily related.

It would be a strange sort of "agreement" otherwise...

 

[Irish Rover]

Being allowed in by Turkey and being allowed out by the UK aren't necessarily related.

True indeed. At the moment people are allowed to leave the UK to travel to Turkey but they're not allowed in by Turkey.

 

[st599]

True indeed. At the moment people are allowed to leave the UK to travel to Turkey but they're not allowed in by Turkey.

At the moment there's a very limited list of reasons to leave the UK. There's a form that you need to have on your person explaining why you're traveling along with authorisations from one of the named employers. I think it's even a criminal offence to be in a port or airport without these.

 

[Irish Rover]

At the moment there's a very limited list of reasons to leave the UK. There's a form that you need to have on your person explaining why you're traveling along with authorisations from one of the named employers. I think it's even a criminal offence to be in a port or airport without these.

I don't know about other destinations but I can tell you for an absolute fact there are quite a few UK residents on the Dublin to Istanbul flights every day of the week.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Dublin isn’t part of the U.K. how U.K. residents got to Dublin is another matter.

 

[Irish Rover]

Dublin isn’t part of the U.K.

Every day is a school day.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Every day is a school day.

Yes I’m sure you knew that already. The real question is how these people got to Dublin before flying on to Turkey.
I was speaking to a friend only yesterday, he and his Russian wife were in their Spanish apartment until just before Christmas. Her visa was due to expire and he didn’t at that stage have a visa to visit Russia, and she didn’t have one for the UK, so they went their separate ways, she back to Russia and he back to the U.K.. This was just before the U.K. introduced their international travel ban. So now, 3 months later, he has his visa to visit Russia and be re united with his wife, but now is not allowed to travel because that’s not one of the permitted reasons. That seems pretty unfair to me, he even has his airline ticket booked, but Aeroflot have made it quite clear that U.K. law does not allow him to travel.
I have suggested that maybe he needs some dental treatment in Russia................but he’s reluctant to play that game. Once he reflects on it, he might change his mind. Even if he decides to wait , there’s still no guarantee he will be able to leave on or after May17th.
Im really not sure how this blanket travel ban is helping reduce covid in the U.K.. Holidays, I can understand, but not where someone plans to leave and not return for many months, if not years.

 

[Irish Rover]

Yes I’m sure you knew that already. The real question is how these people got to Dublin before flying on to Turkey.
I was speaking to a friend only yesterday, he and his Russian wife were in their Spanish apartment until just before Christmas. Her visa was due to expire and he didn’t at that stage have a visa to visit Russia, and she didn’t have one for the UK, so they went their separate ways, she back to Russia and he back to the U.K.. This was just before the U.K. introduced their international travel ban. So now, 3 months later, he has his visa to visit Russia and be re united with his wife, but now is not allowed to travel because that’s not one of the permitted reasons. That seems pretty unfair to me, he even has his airline ticket booked, but Aeroflot have made it quite clear that U.K. law does not allow him to travel.
I have suggested that maybe he needs some dental treatment in Russia................but he’s reluctant to play that game. Once he reflects on it, he might change his mind. Even if he decides to wait , there’s still no guarantee he will be able to leave on or after May17th.
Im really not sure how this blanket travel ban is helping reduce covid in the U.K.. Holidays, I can understand, but not where someone plans to leave and not return for many months, if not years.

There are multiple flights and ferries operating every day. I've no idea about departure enforcement in the UK but I do know that people travelling to the UK from Ireland are not subject to testing or quarantine so lots of returning travelers are hubbing through Dublin.