Just read the link you provided (thankyou) and if it's right mine should not have been refused as old one was issued 2012. Will call consulate on Monday to see if they can help
Have just been reading through the rules the harbour police are going by and Article 33 (c) are what they are looking at :
http://goc.gov.tr/files/files/YUKK_I%CC%87NGI%CC%87LI%CC%87ZCE_BASKI(1)(1).pdfRefusal, non-renewal or cancelation of short-term residence permits
ARTICLE 33 –
(1) Under the following cases a short-term residence permit shall not be
granted, shall be cancelled if has been issued, and shall not be renewed
when:
a) one or more of the conditions provided for in Article 32 are not met or
no longer apply;
b) it is established that the residence permit is used outside the purposes
of those it is issued for;
c) [the foreigner] lived outside of Turkey for longer than one hundred
and twenty days in total during the preceding year;ç) there is a current removal decision or an entry ban to Turkey in respect
to the foreigner.
I cant find anything reference permits issued before April 2014, any idea where Yelali got this info from?