E-ISTANBUL, eTurkey – Umongameli waseTurkey u-Rejep Tayyip Erdogan ulumkise ngelithi ulawulo lwakhe lusenokusirhoxisa isivumelwano sokubhaca esinempikiswano kunye ne-European Union (EU) ukuba i-bloc ayihlangabezani nemfuno yokurhoxiswa kwe-visa ye-Ankara.
Umongameli Erdogan uxelele Iphephandaba laseFransi iLe Monde ngoMvulo ukuba i-EU ayizange isigcine isithembiso sayo sokukhaba isicwangciso sokuhamba se-visa-free kubemi baseTurkey ngoJuni.
Umongameli ukwatyityimbisele umnwe ngelithi ukuba amabango eTurkey akafezekiswa, eli lizwe liza kumisa ukwamkelwa kweembacu ezisingise eYurophu.
"I-European Union ayiziphathanga ngokunyanisekileyo neTurkey," utshilo u-Erdogan, esongeza, "Ukuba amabango ethu awanelisekanga ke ukwamkelwa akusayi kuphinda kwenzeke."
Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti, uMphathiswa Wezangaphandle waseTurkey u-Mevlut Cavusoglu woyikisa ngokuyikrazula isivumelwano kwaye athumele amakhulu amawaka eembacu kunye nabafuna indawo yokukhosela eYurophu ukuba abemi bayo abanikwa uhambo lokungena-visa ukuya kwi-EU's Schengen Area kwisithuba seenyanga. UCavusoglu ufune ukuba i-EU ilahle iimfuno ze-visa kubemi baseTurkey ngo-Okthobha.
I-EU ibambene neTurkey kwikamva lesivumelwano esisayinwe ngoMatshi ukunqanda ukuhamba kweembacu kunye nabafuna indawo yokukhosela eYurophu.
Ngaphantsi kwesivumelwano, iTurkey izinikele ekubuyiseleni bonke abafuna indawo yokukhosela kunye nababaleki abasebenzise uLwandle lwe-Aegean ukufikelela ngokungekho mthethweni eGrisi. Ukubuyisela, i-Ankara yathenjiswa ngoncedo lwezemali, ukukhawuleziswa kweentetho zokukhulula i-visa kunye nenkqubela phambili kuthethathethwano lobulungu be-EU.
Uthethathethwano malunga nesivumelwano sokuhamba nge-visa-free buye bungaqinanga. ITurkey kubikwa ukuba iyala ukwenza utshintsho kwimithetho yayo yokulwa nobugrogrisi, njengoko ifunwa yi-EU.
Amakhulu amawaka eembacu abaleka kwiindawo ezineengxabano e-Afrika nakuMbindi Mpuma, ngakumbi eSyria, kwaye azama ukungena eYurophu ngaphandle kokufaka isicelo se-visa. Ukuthontelana kubethe ngamandla iblokhi, ngakumbi amazwe akwimida yawo yangaphandle.
Ukuchasana kwakhona phakathi kwe-EU kunye neTurkey
Ukuma okuhlaziywayo kuza ngokuchasene nemeko ekhulayo yokungazinzi kwi-EU ngenxa yokuqhekeka kuka-Erdogan kulandela ubhukuqo-mbuso olungaphumelelanga kwinyanga ephelileyo.
ITurkey ithi inokuphinda ibuyisele isigwebo sentambo emva kobhukuqo lwe-15 kaJulayi olungaphumelelanga ngokuchasene no-Erdogan.
Isithethi sikarhulumente waseJamani sithe i-Ankara ayizukuba nayo indawo kwi-EU ukuba ibuyisela isigwebo sokufa ukuze ijezise abatyholwa ngamayelenqe obhukuqo-mbuso.
Ukukhathazeka malunga nokuwa kwesivumelwano kunye neTurkey kuye kwabangela ukuba amagosa e-EU athathele ingqalelo "isicwangciso B" - ukubetha isivumelwano esifanayo neGrisi, endaweni yeTurkey.
Umphathiswa wezokuFudukela eGrisi uYannis Mouzalas kutsha nje uxelele iBild yemihla ngemihla yaseJamani ukuba i-EU kufuneka ize nesinye isicwangciso sokujongana nengxaki yeembacu.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I-EU ibambene neTurkey kwikamva lesivumelwano esisayinwe ngoMatshi ukunqanda ukuhamba kweembacu kunye nabafuna indawo yokukhosela eYurophu.
- In early August, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu threatened to tear up the deal and send hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers to Europe if its citizens are not granted visa-free travel to the EU's Schengen Area within months.
- Umongameli Erdogan uxelele Iphephandaba laseFransi iLe Monde ngoMvulo ukuba i-EU ayizange isigcine isithembiso sayo sokukhaba isicwangciso sokuhamba se-visa-free kubemi baseTurkey ngoJuni.
