Gul: There Is Not Such A Secret Decree

ANKARA - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday, ''there is not such a secret decree preventing citizens of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) from proceeding to another country with passport of the Greek Cypriot side.''
Upon a question about news stories claiming that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had released a secret decree preventing Turkish Cypriot citizens using passport of the Greek Cypriot side as they leave Turkey, Gul said that there was not such a secret decree.
Sources had claimed that TRNC citizens could not proceed from Turkish border gates to another country with passport of the Greek Cypriot side according to a decree which was sent to customs gates by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The decree brought forth the rule to ''leave the country with the same passport used when entering the country,'' sources had added.
(UK-AÖ) 11.08.2003