Erdogan promised to resolve the issue with Mir cards at a meeting on September 23

Turkish authorities will discuss problems with the use of cards of the Russian payment system "Mir" at a meeting on September 23, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

According to him, the use of these cards is a common decision between Turkey and RUSSIA, Anadolu agency reported.

“This issue is being analyzed. The relevant authorities will take appropriate steps. Of course, there are alternatives. This is a separate issue. The whole problem lies in the various manifestations of sanctions, which, of course, does not correspond to friendly relations and the normalization of ties. Representatives of our ministries continue discussions. At a meeting in Istanbul on Friday, we will discuss this issue and make a decision,” the president said.

Two large private banks in Turkey stopped accepting Mir cards Finance

The difficulties in the work of the Mir cards in Turkey have been known for a long time. Back in July, the HEAD of the National Payment Card System (Mir card operator), Vladimir Komlev, told RBC TV that Turkish acquiring banks may not accept cards from the Russian Mir payment system if the bank that issued them is under Western sanctions.

“In some countries - first of all, we can talk about Turkey here - we know cases when in ATMs and POS-terminals of specific banks, they (local banks. - RBC) made a distinction between cards of sanctioned and non-sanctioned Russian banks, but it’s not a mass story,” he said.

On September 19, Turkish Isbank and Denizbank announced the suspension of the use of the Mir payment system. At the same time, the banks referred to the statement of the US Treasury regarding the cooperation of financial organizations with the Mir payment system and decided to suspend operations with it. The Tourdom portal also wrote about problems with accepting Mir cards in Turkish hotels. He said, citing one of the hotel chains, that Vakif Bank stopped serving them due to instructions from the Central Bank of Turkey. A representative of the Titanic network, in turn, told the portal that payments with Mir cards are no longer carried out by Ziraat Bankasi, Is Bank, Deniz Bank due to the threat of sanctions.

The Russian Embassy in Ankara has advised Russians who are going to visit Turkey to bring cash with them due to problems with Mir cards. “We advise Russian tourists and, in general, those who are going to visit Turkey, to have enough cash with them for everyday expenses,” the embassy said in a statement.
 

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