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 February 2016, Turkish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to more than 102 countries and territories, ranking the Turkish passport 51st in the world.^[1]

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[2]
Albania	Visa not required[3]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa required[5]
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[7]	30 days
Argentina	Visa not required[8]	90 days
Armenia	Visa on arrival[9]
Australia	Online Visitor e600 visa[10]	May apply online.[11]
Austria	Visa required[12]
Azerbaijan	Visa on arrival[13][14][15][16]	30 days, only if arriving at Heydar Aliyev International Airport directly from Turkey.
Bahamas	Visa not required[17]	8 months
Bahrain	Visa on arrival[18]	14 days; may apply for eVisa
Bangladesh	Visa required[19]
Barbados	Visa not required[20]	6 months
Belarus	Visa not required[21]	30 days
Belgium	Visa required[22]
Belize	Visa not required[23]
Benin	Visa required[24]
Bhutan	Visa required[25]
Bolivia	Visa not required[26]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[27]	90 days
Botswana	Visa not required[28]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[29]	90 days
Brunei	Visa not required[30]	30 days
Bulgaria	Visa required[31]
Burkina Faso	Visa required[32]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[33]	3 months
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[34]	30 days. Visa is also obtainable online.[35]
Cameroon	Visa required[36]
Canada	Visa required[37]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[38]
Central African Republic	Visa required[39]
Chad	Visa required[40]
Chile	Visa not required[41]	90 days
China	Visa required[42]
Colombia	Visa not required[43]	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival[44]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[45]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[46]
Costa Rica	Visa not required[47]	90 days
Cote d'Ivoire ! Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[48]
Croatia	Visa required[49]
Cuba	Tourist Card required[50]
Cyprus	Visa required[51]
Czech Republic	Visa required[52]
Denmark	Visa required[53]
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[54]
Dominica	Visa not required[55]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[56]	90 days; must purchase tourist card valid for 30 days on arrival
Ecuador	Visa not required[57]	90 days
Egypt	Visa required[58]	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[59]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[60]
Eritrea	Visa required[61]
Estonia	Visa required[62]
Ethiopia	Visa required[63]
Fiji	Visa not required[64]	4 months
Finland	Visa required[65]
France	Visa required[66]
Gabon	e-Visa[67]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[68]	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required[69]	360 days;[70] ID card valid[71]
Germany	Visa required[72]
Ghana	Visa required[73]
Greece	Visa required[74]	A 72-hour visa on arrival for Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and the Aegean Islands is proposed by the Government of Greece.[75]
Grenada	Visa required[76]
Guatemala	Visa not required[77]	90 days
Guinea	Visa required[78]
Guinea-Bissau	e-Visa[79]	30 days
Guyana	Visa required[80]
Haiti	Visa not required[81]	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required[82]	3 months
Hungary	Visa required[83]
Iceland	Visa required[84]
India	Visa required[85]
Indonesia	Visa not required[86]	30 days. Select ports of entry.
Iran	Visa not required[87]	3 months
Iraq	Visa not required[88]	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[89]
Israel	Visa required[90]
Italy	Visa required[91]
Jamaica	Visa not required[92]	90 days
Japan	Visa not required[93]	90 days
Jordan	Visa not required[94]	3 months
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[95]	30 days
Kenya	eVisa[96]	3 months; also visa on arrival until 1 September 2015
Kiribati	Visa required[97]
North Korea	Visa required[98]
South Korea	Visa not required[99]	90 days
Kuwait	eVisa[100]	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[101]	30 days
Laos	Visa required[102]
Latvia	Visa required[103]
Lebanon	Multiple-entry visa on arrival[104]	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[105]
Liberia	Visa required[106]
Libya	Visa required[107][108]
Liechtenstein	Visa required[109]
Lithuania	Visa required[110]
Luxembourg	Visa required[111]
Macedonia	Visa not required[112]	60 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[113]	30 days free of charge
Malawi	Visa required[114]
Malaysia	Visa not required[115]	3 months
Maldives	Visa on arrival[116]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[117]
Malta	Visa required[118]
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[119]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[120]	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[121]	90 days
Mexico	Electronic Authorization System[122]	30 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[123]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[124]	90 days
Monaco	Visa required[125]
Mongolia	Visa not required[126]	30 days
Montenegro	Visa not required[127]	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required[128]	3 months
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[129]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa[130]	28 days
Namibia	Visa required[131]
Nauru	Visa required[132]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[133]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa required[134]
New Zealand	Visa required[135]
Nicaragua	Visa not required[136]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[137]
Nigeria	Visa required[138]
Norway	Visa required[139]
Oman	Visa on arrival[140]
Pakistan	Visa required[141]
Palau	Visa on arrival[142]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[143]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa required[144]
Paraguay	Visa not required[145]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[146][147]	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required[148][149]	30 days
Poland	Visa required[150]
Portugal	Visa required[151]
Qatar	Visa not required[152]	90 days
Romania	Visa required[153]
Russia	Visa required[154]
Rwanda	eVisa[155]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[156]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[157]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[158]	1 month
Samoa	Entry Permit on arrival[159]	60 days
San Marino	Visa required[160]
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[161]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[162]
Senegal	Visa required[163]
Serbia	Visa not required[164]	90 days
Seychelles	Visitor's Permit on arrival[165]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa required[166]
Singapore	Visa not required[167]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa required[168]
Slovenia	Visa required[166]
Solomon Islands	Visa required[169]
Somalia	Visa required[170]	Visa may be obtained on arrival, provided an invitation letter by the sponsor had been submitted to the authorities before arrival.
South Africa	Visa not required[171]	30 days
South Sudan	Visa required[172]
Spain	Visa required[173]
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[174]	30 days
Sudan	Visa on arrival[175]	Only if arriving directly from Turkey.
Suriname	Visa on arrival !Tourist Card on arrival[176]
Swaziland	Visa not required[177]	30 days
Sweden	Visa required[178]
Switzerland	Visa required[179]
Syria	Visa required[180][181][182][183]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[184]	45 days at Dushanbe International Airport. Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points.[185]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[186]
Thailand	Visa not required[187]	30 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[188]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[189]	7 days
Tonga	Visa on arrival[190]	31 days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[191]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa not required[192]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[193]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[194]	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival[195]	3 months. May apply online.[196]
Ukraine	Visa not required[197]	90 days
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[198]
United Kingdom	Visa required[199]	Also transit visa required.
United States	Visa required[200]
Uruguay	Visa not required[201]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa required[202]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[203]	30 days
Vatican City	Visa required[204]
Venezuela	Visa not required[205]	90 days
Vietnam	Visa required[206]	Prearranged visa obtained online through travel agencies available at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc[207] or Da Nang airports. Phú Quốc without a visa for up to 30 days.[208]
Yemen	Visa required[209]
Zambia	Visa on arrival[210]	up to 90 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[211]	3 months

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.^[212]
• 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.^[213][214]
•  Republic of Crimea — Visa regime of Russia is applied.^[215]
•  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — unlimited access;.^[216] ID card valid^[217]
• UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.^[218]
•  Faroe Islands — Visa required.^[219]
•  Gibraltar — Visa required.^[220]
•  Guernsey – Visa required.^[221]
•  Alderney – Visa required.^[221]
•  Sark – Visa required.^[221]
•  Isle of Man — Visa required.^[222][223]
• Jan Mayen — Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours^[224] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.^[225]
•  Jersey – Visa required.^[226]
•  Kosovo — Visa free for 90 days.^[227]
•  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).^[228][229] Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.^[230]
• Closed cities and regions in Russia — special authorization required.^[231]
•  South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.^[232][233]
•  Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.^[234]

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).^[235]
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — Visa not required up to 3 months.^[236]
•  Somaliland — Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).^[237]
•  Sudan — All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.^[238]
• Darfur — Separate travel permit is required.^[238]

Asia

•  Hong Kong — Visa not required for 90 days.^[239]
•  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.^{[240][241][242]}
•  Kazakhstan — Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.^[243]
• Kish Island — Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.^[244]
•  Macao — Visa not required for 30 days.^[245]
• Sabah and Sarawak — These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.^[246]
• 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.^[247]
•  Palestine — Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.^[248]
•  Taiwan — Visa on arrival for 30 days. Also eligible for an eVisa.^[249]
• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.^{[250][251][252]}
•  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.^[253]
• Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).^[254][255]
• Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
• UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
• Phú Quốc — can visit without a visa for up to 30 days.^[256]
•  Yemen — Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.^[257]

Caribbean and North Atlantic

•  Anguilla — Visa required.^[258]
•  Aruba — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.^[259]
• Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.^[260]
•  Bermuda — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry US, UK or Canada visa. ^[261]
•  British Virgin Islands — Visa not required - 30 days.^[262]
•  Cayman Islands — Visa required.^[263]
•  Colombia — Visitors arriving at San Andrés must buy tourist cards on arrival.^[264]
•  Curacao — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit .^[265]
•  Montserrat — Visa required - eVisa Application Possible.^[266]
•  Greenland — Visa required.^[267]
• Margarita Island — All visitors are fingerprinted.^[268]
•  Puerto Rico — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry US visa ^[269]
•  Saint Barthelemy — Visa required.Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.^[270]
•  Saint Martin — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.^[270]
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon — Visa required.Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.^[270]
•  Sint Maarten — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.^[271]
•  Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry US, UK or Canada visa.^[272]
•  U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry US visa ^[273]

Oceania

•  American Samoa — Visa required (entry permit).^[274]
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.^[275]
• Clipperton Island — special permit required.^[276]
•  Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days.^[277]
• 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.^[278]
•  French Polynesia — Visa required.^[270]
•  Guam — Visa required.^[279]
•  New Caledonia — Visa required.^[270]
•  Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.^[280]
•  Northern Mariana Islands — Visa required.^[281]
•  Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.^{[282][283][284]}
•  Tokelau — Visa required (entry permit).^[285]
• 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.^{[286][287][288][289][290][291][292]}
•  Wallis and Futuna — Visa required. Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.^[270]

South America

• Galápagos — Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.^[293]

South Atlantic and Antarctica

•  Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.^[294]
•  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).^[295]
  •  Saint Helena — Entry Permit (£25) for 183 days is issued on arrival.^[296]
  •  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.^[297]
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).^[298][299]
• 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.^{[300][301][302][303][304][305][306][307][308][309][310]}
•  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:

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.^[311]

Passport validity

Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.^[312]

See also

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

References