The number of Turkish nationals who have been granted entry clearance to the UK under the Turkish European Community Association Agreement, also known as the Ankara Agreement, in each year since 2004 is shown in the following table. The number of entry clearance applications received in each of these years is also shown. Reliable information for previous years is not held. We do not keep a separate record of people who have actually been admitted under the agreement.
Applications received Visas issued 2004 1 0 2005 3 1 2006 3 0 2007 7 3 2008 23 2 2009 54 10 2010 (January-February) 41 0
These data are unpublished and should be treated as provisional.