Pakistan and Turkey mulls Dual Nationality Agreement

Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui on Thursday confirmed that the talks were underway with the Turkish government over dual nationality agreement, adding that the details will be disclosed as soon both countries will reach over final conclusion.

Earler, Turkish ambassador to Pakistan, Mustafa Yurdakul on Saturday in an answer to a question said that Turkey and Pakistan were indeed thinking about the prospect of dual citizenship.

Taking to Twitter, the Turkish ambassador said that the proposed idea is about starting to work on mutual recognition of dual citizenship between Turkey and Pakistan.

Yurdakul said that providing citizens with dual citizenship was not being discussed rather the idea was to add Turkey in the list of countries where Pakistanis may apply for citizenship and be deemed eligible.