European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said during a visit to Ankara on Thursday 1 September that he was confident and optimistic that Turkey would soon be granted visa-free travel for its nationals. He assured Turkish European Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik that the EU would provide Ankara with all the support necessary for it to achieve the final outstanding benchmarks. Among the remaining problems are the Turkish anti-terrorist laws.
In what is being seen as an encouraging...