Şerafettin Aras, head of the International Transporters Association, said that because of the Schengen 90/180-day rule, about 25,000 of nearly 50,000 Turkish truck drivers were turned back at EU border gates. Aras asked for a D-type work visa agreement.
Drivers who have exhausted the 270-day rule are forced to return from Trieste, Italy and Kapıkule, Bulgaria. About half of Türkiye's exports to the EU are transported by road.