Passports

As part of preparations for the prospective lifting of visa regulations for Turks traveling to the EU's Schengen countries, starting from late 2016, Turkey is expected to renew both its official identity cards and passports.

To get a fake Syrian passport isn’t all that difficult in Istanbul, Turkey – a place where there are many Syrian and Iraqi refugees. There are forums on Facebook and Twitter full of posts and ads offering refugees of any nationality a fake passport, birth certificate, international driving license, even a college degree.

An Istanbul prosecutor's office has launched an investigation against a journalist on the charge of "fabricating false documents" after he got a fake passport while reporting on how to get a fake passport.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn has said it is "completely realistic" to believe that a visa-free regime could be implemented with Turkey over the next two years.

In interview with German daily Die Welt, Hahn has explained this could happen if Ankara meets "a number" of criteria, including stricter border controls and biometric passports.

The European Commission issued a reasoned opinion on Wednesday asking four member states, including Bulgaria, to ensure the mandatory exchange of information, which is required under the EU document security legislation and the integration of biometric features in residence permits.

Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have arrested two people after they were found to be carrying counterfeit passports and other bogus travel documents.

The shooting suspect of a Danish writer was released in Turkey more than two months before the reported prisoner swap with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Hürriyet has learned.

Two men and three women from Laos were arrested on Friday at Kalamata Airport in the southern Peloponnese for trying to travel to Austria using forged passports.

The five passengers presented passports identifying them as being Chinese nationals but staff realized the documents were fakes.

A Canadian police investigation into a racket producing fake Canadian passports for underworld figures has been linked to two brothers believed to be major players in the cocaine trade.