12/25/2023 0 Comments Are we done yet cast kids![]() ![]() Part of the "Are We" series that began with 2005’s Are We There Yet?, Nick Persons (Ice Cube) is back once again to live out every family’s horror situations. On the other hand, Ice Cube has formed quite the fan base for himself with the Friday and Barbershop series, so maybe there’s hope for Are We There Yet? after all. Not since Cheaper by the Dozen 2 has a sequel been so little anticipated. ![]() Physical slapstick comedies with a few heartfelt family moments thrown in for redemption are about as fresh a concept as a romantic comedy where the boy and girl end up together. “In Turkey, you are not a valuable person because you can be called a traitor any time.”Īssociated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, and Andrew Wilks in Istanbul contributed to this report.Movie of the Day for Friday, March 9, 2007 “In Germany or in any Western country, you are a valuable person,” he said. He said 6,000 had returned under the scheme.īut Buyukdag, the teacher, said he and his wife have stepped up their efforts to leave a country where he said he could lose his job for saying the “wrong things.” ![]() Erdogan has pressed a campaign for return, offering grants and positions to academics working abroad. His government has vowed to reverse the brain drain and sees the alleged visa rejections as a move to undermine Erdogan’s popularity by making Turks feel they can’t travel freely to Europe. This creates confusion and wariness in the West toward Turkish applicants, he said.Įrdogan has accused the EU of “political blackmail” in restricting travel for Turkish nationals, without providing evidence of those alleged restrictions. The high demand has led to applicants having trouble finding visa appointments, Cetinalp told the AP outside VfSGlobal, a processing center which helps with visas for France and Poland.Ĭetinalp said some people were applying for political asylum even though their reason for wanting to leave is economic. Kerem Cetinalp works as a consultant for Turks applying for visas through such processing centers, advising them on documents they need to put together and how to submit their applications. Often, where demand is high like in Turkey, diplomatic missions outsource the visa application process to third-party companies. “The European Union has no policy of preventing visas from being issued to Turkish citizens,” he told the Hurriyet newspaper in June. Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, the EU envoy to Turkey, said rejections in Turkey were below the global average. However, the AP found no evidence of this, and EU officials have denied it. He said the visa process now requires more documents amid stricter checks by European Union countries. “All this treatment makes you feel like you are living in a Third World country,” said Ahmet Batuhan Turk, who recently applied to travel to Denmark. In particular, the rate of visa rejections has spiked, and the application process has become more complex, they say. Reports in Turkish media and many would-be emigrants interviewed by the AP say European countries have tightened visa restrictions for Turkish travelers. Some aspiring emigrants suggest that these days, even getting tourist visas - seen as a stepping-stone to emigration - has become a challenge for Turks. The growing discontent comes as Turkey marks the 100th anniversary of Ataturk's proclamation of a secular republic, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.įor his part, Erdogan has heralded the next era as the “Century of Turkey,” promising to make Turkey a global power. The brain drain is separate from the hundreds of thousands of irregular migrants and those escaping wars and troubles at home, like in Syria or Iraq, who use Turkey as a route to Europe, often setting off on dangerous voyages across the Mediterranean Sea with the help of people smugglers. The numbers are a significant increase from 77,810 Turks who left in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was at its peak. Those aged 25 to 29 formed the biggest group. TurkStat, the government’s statistics bureau, said 139,531 Turkish citizens left the country in 2022, compared to 103,613 in 2021. Turkey, a country of over 84 million people hit by a series of crises in recent years, saw the official annual inflation rate at 61% last month, though some economists believe the real figure is double that number.įor many, the way out is through education visas to study abroad or work permits. It’s enough to make ends meet in their border province but far short of what is needed in big cities like Istanbul or the capital, Ankara, and nowhere enough for a young couple to save or start a family. ![]()
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