Turkish identity card
The Turkish ID card (Turkish: Nüfus Cüzdanı) is compulsory for all Turkish citizens from birth. Cards for males and females have a different colour. The front shows the first and last name of the holder, first names of both parents, birth date and place, and an 11 digit ID number. The back shows marital status, religious affiliation, the region of the country of origin, and the date of issue of the card. On February 2, 2010 the European Court of Human Rights ruled in a 6 to 1 vote that the religious affiliation section of the Turkish identity card violated articles 6, 9, and 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights, to which Turkey is a signatory. The ruling should coerce the Turkish government to completely omit religious affiliation on future identity cards.[1] The Turkish police are allowed to ask any person to show ID, and refusing to comply may lead to arrest. It can be used for international travel to Northern Cyprus[2] and Georgia[3] instead of a passport.
History
Identity cards, theoretically obligatory for all citizens, male and female, existed already in the late Ottoman Empire. They were known in Turkish as nüfus tezkeresi.[4] To the Slavic subjects of the Ottoman state they were known colloquially as nofuz (Bulgarian: нофуз).[5]
New identity cards
Ministry of Interior of Turkey is still working for release an EU-like identity cards for all Turkish citizens. New identity cards will be biometric as well as passport, and can be used as bank card, bus ticket or at international trips.
See also
- Turkish passport
- Visa policy of Turkey
- Turkish Identification Number
- Turkish nationality law
- Visa requirements for Turkish citizens
Notes
- ↑ Sinan Işik v. Turkey, no. 21924/05, European Court of Human Rights, 2010-I Récueil des arrêts et décisions http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Reports_Recueil_2010-I.pdf. pp. 317-364.
- ↑ http://mfa.gov.ct.tr/consular-info/visa-regulations/
- ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-georgia.en.mfa
- ↑ Chris Gratien, Ottoman Identity Card; includes images of the cards
- ↑ Kunchov, Vasil (1900), Makedonii͡a, Sofia: Bulgarskoto Knizhevno Druzhestvo, p. 135 (Bulgarian)
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2 Open border with Schengen Area. 3 Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. 4 Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. 5 Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. 6 Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. 7 Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. 8 Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. 9 Partially recognized.
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