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cantonal authorities his written declaration of 
renunciation of his rights to communal, can¬ 
tonal, and, in general, Swiss citizenship, with 
documents showing that he has obtained for¬ 
eign citizenship for himself, wife, and minor 
children, and receive the sealed document of 
release from Swiss citizenship through the Di¬ 
rection of Justice of the canton of his origin. 
If he neglects to do this, he will be regarded 
by the Swiss Government as a Swiss citizen 
under Swiss law and as such will be held liable 
to the performance of military service, or to 
payment of the military tax, or to arrest and 
punishment in case of nonpayment of the tax 
for so long as he continues to remain liable to 
the payment of military taxes. 
54. TURKEY. Under Turkish law a person 
born of Turkish parents, whether in Turkey or 
abroad, is a Turkish citizen, and if on Turk¬ 
ish territory is considered by the Turkish Gov¬ 
ernment to owe all the obligations of Turkish 
citizenship. 
The right of Turkish citizens to acquire for¬ 
eign nationality is not recognized under Turk¬ 
ish law except upon the following conditions: 
(a) Prior consent of the Turkish Government, 
which is only granted to persons who have per¬ 
formed their active military service; (&) per¬ 
manent removal by the naturalized person of 
himself, his goods and chattels from Turkish 
territory, and the liquidation of all his business 
and property in Turkey within one year. A 
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person thus naturalized may only return to 
Turkey once for a sojourn of not longer than 
three months and by special permission of the 
council of ministers granted on the basis of an 
application made at a Turkish consulate abroad. 
Natives of Turkey not naturalized in accord¬ 
ance with the procedure outlined above are not 
recognized by the Turkish Government as hav¬ 
ing lost their Turkish nationality. Accord¬ 
ingly, if such persons enter Turkish territory, 
their foreign passports and, whenever possi¬ 
ble, their naturalization certificates are taken 
up and temporarily retained by the Turkish 
authorities, and a record of their cases is kept. 
They are thereafter duly deprived of their 
Turkish citizenship and required to leave the 
country. The formality of declaring such per¬ 
sons deprived of their Turkish citizenship may 
take several months, and during that time they 
are unable to travel. 
The fact that a person has obtained a Turkish 
visa does not exempt him from the liabilities 
above described. 
55. UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST RE¬ 
PUBLICS (RUSSIA). A visa is required for 
entry into the Soviet Union. Inquiries for in¬ 
formation regarding regulations governing the 
issuance of such visas should be addressed to 
the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics, Washington, D.C., the Consulate 
General of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 
