12.04.2010 • News

Biometric passports start in Turkey on June 1

Turkey's Interior Minister Beşir Atalay announced that the country will start to use passports with biometric elements on June 1. He told the press: "Regular passports will be red ...

Turkey's Interior Minister Beşir Atalay announced that the country will start to use passports with biometric elements on June 1. He told the press: "Regular passports will be red and diplomatic passports will be black". Atalay said actual passports could also be used till 2015, and the government had prepared a bill to raise passport validity term to ten years from five.

 

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MIBA Levante Debuts in Bari on November 18–19, 2026

The construction market in Southern Italy is worth more than €90 billion, with Puglia among the regions most involved in the development of modern and sustainable building. In this context, MIBA Levante is launched as a unique showcase of know-how and technological and design solutions, both in the field of building envelopes and building systems, available to all industry professionals.