Ankara Agreement case to be appealed in UK courts

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United Kingdom's Court of Appeal hasapproved the request of a group of Turkish businesspeople to appeal adecision from the country's High Court regarding a case it filed inobjection to changes made to the Ankara Agreement, the groupannounced on Tuesday.

Prior to March 2018, the AnkaraAgreement enabled Turkish nationals who maintained businesses in theUK to obtain free, permanent residence permits after they had livedin the country for four years. The changes lengthened the period ofstay to five years, and made the cost of the application 2,389pounds. The Home Office also suddenly stopped accepting permanentresidence applications after the changes to the Ankara Agreement weremade in 2017.

“The Court of Appeal has just grantedus permission to appeal the High Court's judgement. We will have ourcase heard at the Court of Appeal at a date that's not yetannounced,” said the Alliance of Turkish Business People (AOTB) ina tweet on Tuesday.

“The Court of Appeal has just grantedus permission to appeal the High Court's judgement. We will have ourcase heard at the Court of Appeal at a date that's not yetannounced,” said the Alliance of Turkish Business People (AOTB) ina tweet on Tuesday.

The AOTB, which was formed in opposition to the amendments in the Ankara Agreement, took legal action against Home Office in March of this year, but the High Court ruled against their favor in June.

“We hope that the High Court will replace its unjust ruling with a fair and equitable ruling that will put an end to this aggrievement,” said AOTB's lawyer Yaşar Doğan in a statement on Tuesday.