Visa requirements for Turkish citizens

A Turkish passport

Visa requirements for Turkish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Turkey. In 2015, Turkish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 102 countries and territories, ranking the Turkish passport 49th in the world.

The tables indicate visa requirements for normal passport holders for tourism and other visiting purposes but do not imply entry for work, journalism etc. Most of the countries below which are labeled as "not requiring visa", request a valid return ticket, documents for confirmed accommodation arrangements and evidence of adequate funds to self-support.

Visa requirements map

Countries and territories with visa-free or visa-on-arrival entries for holders of Turkish normal passports

  Republic of Turkey

  Visa free

  Visa issued upon arrival

  Electronic authorization or eVisa

  Visa required

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required
Albania	Visa not required	90 days
Algeria	Visa required
Andorra	Visa de facto required
Angola	Visa required
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	30 days
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days
Armenia	Visa on arrival
Australia and territories	Visa required	May apply online.
Austria	Visa required
Azerbaijan	Visa on arrival	30 days, only if arriving at Heydar Aliyev International Airport directly from Turkey.
Bahamas	Visa not required	8 months
Bahrain	Visa on arrival	14 days; may apply for eVisa
Bangladesh	Visa required
Barbados	Visa not required	6 months
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days
Belgium	Visa required
Belize	Visa not required
Benin	Visa required
Bhutan	Visa required
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days
Brunei	Visa required
Bulgaria	Visa required
Burkina Faso	Visa required
Burundi	Visa on arrival	3 months
Cambodia	Visa on arrival	30 days. Visa is also obtainable online.
Cameroon	Visa required
Canada	Visa required
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival
Central African Republic	Visa required
Chad	Visa required
Chile	Visa not required	90 days
China	Visa required
Colombia	Visa not required	180 days
Comoros	Visa on arrival
Republic of the Congo	Visa required
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required
Costa Rica	Visa not required	90 days
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa
Croatia	Visa required
Cuba	Tourist Card required
Cyprus	Visa required
Czech Republic	Visa required
Denmark	Visa required
Djibouti	Visa on arrival
Dominica	Visa not required	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	90 days; must purchase tourist card valid for 30 days on arrival
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days
Egypt	Visa required	Visa not required when travelling as part of the tourist group that consists of at least 10 persons. Visa on arrival for Turkish citizens younger than 20 or older than 45 years.
El Salvador	Visa not required	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required
Eritrea	Visa required
Estonia	Visa required
Ethiopia	Visa required
Fiji	Visa not required	4 months
Finland	Visa required
France	Visa required
Gabon	e-Visa	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required	360 days
Germany	Visa required
Ghana	Visa required
Greece	Visa required	A 72-hour visa on arrival for Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and the Aegean Islands is proposed by the Government of Greece.
Grenada	Visa required
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days
Guinea	Visa required
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	90 days
Guyana	Visa required
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required	3 months
Hungary	Visa required
Iceland	Visa required
India	Visa required
Indonesia	Visa not required	30 days. Select ports of entry.
Iran	Visa not required	3 months
Iraq	Visa not required	Visa not required only if arriving at Baghdad Airport directly from Turkey or visa on arrival at Najaf, Erbil and Sulaimaniyah Airports.
Ireland	Visa required
Israel	Visa required
Italy	Visa required
Jamaica	Visa not required	90 days
Japan	Visa not required	90 days
Jordan	Visa not required	3 months
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days
Kenya	eVisa	3 months; also visa on arrival until 1 September 2015
Kiribati	Visa required
North Korea	Visa required
South Korea	Visa not required	90 days
Kuwait	Visa on arrival	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	30 days
Laos	Visa required
Latvia	Visa required
Lebanon	Multiple-entry visa on arrival	3 months extendable for 1 additional month; granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	Visa required
Liberia	Visa required
Libya	Visa required
Liechtenstein	Visa required
Lithuania	Visa required
Luxembourg	Visa required
Macedonia	Visa not required	60 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	30 days free of charge
Malawi	Visa required
Malaysia	Visa not required	3 months
Maldives	Visa on arrival	30 days
Mali	Visa required
Malta	Visa required
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days
Mexico	Electronic Authorization System	30 days
Micronesia	Visa not required	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days
Monaco	Visa required
Mongolia	Visa not required	30 days
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required	3 months
Mozambique	Visa on arrival	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa	28 days
Namibia	Visa required
Nauru	Visa required
Nepal	Visa on arrival	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required
New Zealand and territories	Visa required
Nicaragua	Visa not required	90 days
Niger	Visa required
Nigeria	Visa required
Norway	Visa required
Oman	Visa on arrival
Pakistan	Visa required
Palau	Visa on arrival	30 days
Panama	Visa not required	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days
Peru	Visa not required	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days
Poland	Visa required
Portugal	Visa required
Qatar	Visa not required	90 days
Romania	Visa required
Russia	Visa not required	Visa-free regime to be abolished on 1 January 2016.
Rwanda	eVisa
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	1 month
Samoa	Entry Permit on arrival	60 days
San Marino	Visa required
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa
Saudi Arabia	Visa required
Senegal	Visa on arrival	3 months
Serbia	Visa not required	90 days
Seychelles	Visitor's Permit on arrival	1 month
Sierra Leone	Visa required
Singapore	Visa not required	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required
Slovenia	Visa required
Solomon Islands	Visa required
Somalia	Visa required	Visa on arrival if an invitation letter issued by the sponsor has been submitted to the Airport Immigration Department at least 2 days before arrival.
South Africa	Visa not required	30 days
South Sudan	Visa required
Spain	Visa required
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization	30 days
Sudan	Visa on arrival	Only if arriving directly from Turkey.
Suriname	Visa required
Swaziland	Visa not required	30 days
Sweden	Visa required
Switzerland	Visa required
Syria	Visa not required	3 months
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival	45 days
Tanzania	Visa on arrival
Thailand	Visa not required	30 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival	7 days
Tonga	Visa on arrival	31 days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	90 days
Tunisia	Visa not required	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival	3 months
Ukraine	Visa not required	60 days
United Arab Emirates	Visa required
United Kingdom excluding some Overseas territories	Visa required
United States and territories	Visa required
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa required
Vanuatu	Visa not required	30 days
Vatican City	Visa required
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days
Vietnam	Visa required	Prearranged visa obtained online through travel agencies available at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc or Da Nang airports. Phú Quốc without a visa for up to 30 days.
Yemen	Visa required
Zambia	Visa on arrival	up to 90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa

Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories

Visa requirements for Turkish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Europe

• Abkhazia — Visa required.
• Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
• Republic of Crimea — Visa regime of Russia is applied.
• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — unlimited access.
• UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
• Faroe Islands — Visa required.
• Gibraltar — Visa required.
• Guernsey – Visa required.
• Alderney – Visa required.
• Sark – Visa required.
• Isle of Man — Visa required.
• Jan Mayen — Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
• Jersey – Visa required.
• Kosovo — Visa free for 90 days.
• Nagorno-Karabakh Republic — Visa required (issued for single entry for 21 days/1/2/3 months or multiple entry visa for 1/2/3 months). Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.
• Closed cities and regions in Russia — special authorization required.
• South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
• Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.

Africa

• Eritrea (outside Asmara) — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — Visa not required up to 3 months.
• Somaliland — Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).
• Sudan — All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.

• Darfur — Separate travel permit is required.

Asia

• Hong Kong — Visa not required for 90 days.
• India — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Mizoram, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
• Kazakhstan — Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
• Kish Island — Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
• Macao — Visa not required for 30 days.
• Sabah and Sarawak — These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
• Maldives — With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.
• Palestine — Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
• Taiwan — Visa not required for 90 days.
• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
• Turkmenistan — A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
• Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
• Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
• UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
• Phú Quốc — can visit without a visa for up to 30 days.
• Yemen — Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.

Caribbean and North Atlantic

• Anguilla — Visa required.
• Aruba — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.
• Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.
• Bermuda — Visa required.
• British Virgin Islands — Visa not required - 30 days.
• Cayman Islands — Visa required.
• Colombia — Visitors arriving at San Andrés must buy tourist cards on arrival.
• Curacao — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit .
• Montserrat — Visa required - eVisa Application Possible.
• Greenland — Visa required.
• Margarita Island — All visitors are fingerprinted.
• Puerto Rico — Visa required.
• Saint Barthelemy — Visa required.Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.
• Saint Martin — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit..
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon — Visa required.Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.
• Sint Maarten — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.
• Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa required as of 1 April 2015.
• U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa required.

Oceania

• American Samoa — Visa required (entry permit).
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.
• Clipperton Island — special permit required.
• Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days.
• Lau Province — Special permission required. If you are traveling to the Lau group of islands by yacht, you need special permission from your first port of entry into Fiji.
• French Polynesia — Visa required.
• Guam — Visa required.
• New Caledonia — Visa required.
• Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
• Northern Mariana Islands — Visa required.
• Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
• Tokelau — Visa required (entry permit).
• United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
• Wallis and Futuna — Visa not required.

South America

• Galápagos — Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.

South Atlantic and Antarctica

• Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Ascension Island — Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).
  • Saint Helena — Entry Permit (£25) for 183 days is issued on arrival.
  • Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
• Antarctica and adjacent islands — special permits required for French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.

• Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.

Non-ordinary passports

In addition to countries that provide visa-free access to all Turkish passport holders, holders of diplomatic or service Turkish passports have visa-free access to the following additional countries:

Type of passport	Visa-free access
Diplomatic passports only	Afghanistan,Chad, India, Mexico, Niger, Senegal, United Kingdom,Uzbekistan
Diplomatic, special and service passports	Austria, Azerbaijan,Bangladesh,Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,Namibia, Netherlands (including the Caribbean), Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Cambodia and South Sudan allow holders of diplomatic, official, service and special passports issued to nationals of any country to obtain a visa on arrival. Yemen allows holders of diplomatic and service passports of Turkey to obtain a visa on arrival.

Some of the countries that exempt Turkish citizens from visa requirement offer longer period of stay or more beneficial terms to diplomatic or service passport holders than to the ordinary passport holders.

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.

Passport validity

Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.

See also

• Turkish passport
• Foreign relations of Turkey
• Visa policy of Turkey