Turkey starts deporting Russian tourists

Turkey has started deporting Russian tourists with invalid passports, according to Irina Tyurina, spokeswoman of the Russian Tourism Industry Union, ITAR-TASS reports.She noted that Ankara had offered to postpone the coming into force of the new passport rules. According to the new rules, tourists need to have passports that will not expire 4 months from arrival (3 months according to the old rules).

Turkey has started deporting Russian tourists with invalid passports, according to Irina Tyurina, spokeswoman of the Russian Tourism Industry Union, ITAR-TASS reports.

She noted that Ankara had offered to postpone the coming into force of the new passport rules. According to the new rules, tourists need to have passports that will not expire 4 months from arrival (3 months according to the old rules).