Turkey’s anti-terror law to be amended for EU visa deal: Officials

Turkey has submitted a proposal to overcome a longstanding stalemate over its definition of terrorism with the EU for the realization of visa-free travel for its nationals wanting to travel to the Schengen zone, ahead of an EU-Turkey summit in March, senior Turkish officials announced on Feb. 7.

“Certain arrangements were made in a way that will not pave to way to weaken Turkey’s struggle against terrorism and these were submitted to the EU,” İbrahim Kalın, spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said at a press briefing on Feb. 7.