Visa requirements for Turkish citizens

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

Africa

•  Egypt Visa on arrival if provided being aged 45 years and above or 18 years and below or residence permit issued by Australia, Canada, USA and an EU Member state.[236][237]
•  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).[238]
•  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — Visa not required up to 3 months.[239]
•  Somaliland — Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival also permission from the federal government of Somalia is required).[240]
•  Sudan — All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.[241]
• Darfur — Separate travel permit is required.[241]

Asia

•  Hong Kong — Visa not required for 90 days.[242]
•  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.[243][244][245]
•  Kazakhstan — Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[246]
• Kish Island — Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[247]
•  Macao — Visa not required for 30 days.[248]
• Sabah and Sarawak — These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[249]
• 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.[250]
•  North Korea outside Pyongyang – People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
•  Palestine — Visa not required. Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[251]
•  Taiwan — Visa on arrival for 30 days. Also eligible for an eVisa.[252]
• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[253][254][255]
•  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.[256]
• Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[257][258]
• Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
• UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
• Phú Quốc — can visit without a visa for up to 30 days.[232]
•  Yemen — Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[259]

Caribbean and North Atlantic

•  Anguilla — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Canada, USA or United Kingdom visa.[260]
•  Aruba — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.[261]
• Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.[262]
•  Bermuda — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry US, UK or Canada visa.[263]
•  British Virgin Islands — Visa not required - 30 days.[264]
•  Cayman Islands — Visa required. Possible to visit with US Green Card if arriving directly from USA.[265]
•  Colombia — Visitors arriving at San Andrés must buy tourist cards on arrival.[266]
•  Curacao — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit .[267]
•  Montserrat — Visa required - eVisa Application Possible. Possible to visit with a multiple entry EU Member State, Canada or USA visa.[268]
•  Greenland — Visa required.[269]
• Margarita Island — All visitors are fingerprinted.[270]
•  Puerto Rico — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry US visa [271]
•  Saint Barthelemy — Visa required. Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.[272]
•  Saint Martin — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.[272]
•  Saint Pierre and Miquelon — Visa required. Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.[272]
•  Sint Maarten — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.[273]
•  Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa not required [274]
•  U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa required - Possible to visit with a multiple entry US visa [275]

Europe

•  Abkhazia — Visa required.[276]
•  Artsakh — Visa required (issued for single entry for 21 days/1/2/3 months or multiple entry visa for 1/2/3 months).[277][278]
  Travellers with Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[279]
• 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.[280][281]
•  Republic of Crimea — Visa regime of Russia is applied.[282]
•  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — unlimited access;.[283] ID card valid[284]
• UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.[285]
•  Faroe Islands — Visa required.[286]
•  Gibraltar — Visa required.[287]
•  Guernsey – Visa required.[288]
•  Alderney – Visa required.[288]
•  Sark – Visa required.[288]
•  Isle of Man — Visa required.[289][290]
• Jan Mayen — Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[291] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[292]
•  Jersey – Visa required.[293]
•  Kosovo — Visa free for 90 days.[294]
• Closed cities and regions in Russia — special authorization required.[295]
•  South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[296][297]
•  Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.[298]

Oceania

•  American Samoa — Visa required (entry permit).[299]
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.[300]
• Clipperton Island — special permit required.[301]
•  Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days.[302]
• 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.[303]
•  French Polynesia — Visa required.[272]
•  Guam — Visa required.[304]
•  New Caledonia — Visa required.[272]
•  Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.[305]
•  Northern Mariana Islands — Visa required.[306]
•  Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[307][308][309]
•  Tokelau — Visa required (entry permit).[310]
• 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.[311][312][313][314][315][316][317]
•  Wallis and Futuna — Visa required. Possible to visit with a multiple entry Schengen visa or an EU residence permit.[272]

South America

• Galápagos — Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[318]

South Atlantic and Antarctica

•  Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.[319]
•  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  •  Ascension Island — eVisa for 3 months within any year period.[320][321]
  •  Saint Helena — eVisa.[322][323]
  •  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.[324]
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[325][326]
• 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.[327][328][329][330][331][332][333][334][335][336][337]
•  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.

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[339] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being available.

An International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis is required to prove that someone has been vaccinated against yellow fever

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, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[340]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently.[341]

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[342] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[343] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[344]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Honduras, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova, and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except the Republic of Ireland) together with Switzerland and the United Kingdom also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[345] and South Africa.

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay. Some countries have bilateral agreements with other countries to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[346][347] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[348]

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[349] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record.

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning their entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[350]

Israeli border control Entry Permit (issued as a stand-alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport)

Kuwait,[351] Lebanon,[352] Libya,[353] Sudan,[354] Syria,[355] and Yemen[356] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage claims that having an Israeli stamp does not disqualify someone from visiting Saudi Arabia.[357]

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Entry Permit to Nagorno-Karabakh issued in Yerevan as a stand-alone document rather than a visa affixed in a passport

Due to a state of war existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of Azerbaijan not only bars entry of Armenian citizens, but also all citizens and nationals of any other country who are of Armenian descent, into the Republic of Azerbaijan.[358][359]

Azerbaijan also strictly bans any visit by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[360] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı, and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[361] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[362] As of 2 September 2019, the list mentioned 852 people.

Upon request, the authorities of the largely unrecognised Republic of Artsakh may attach their visa and/or stamps to a separate piece of paper in order to avoid detection of travel to their territory.

A fingerprint scanner at Dulles International Airport collects biometric data on visitors, which can be used for confirming identities.

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to quickly change planes rather than go landside.[363]

Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[364][365] Argentina,[366] Brunei, Cambodia,[367] China,[368] Ethiopia,[369] Ghana, Guinea,[370] India, Japan,[371][372] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[373] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[374] Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[375] Singapore, South Korea,[376] Taiwan, Thailand,[377] Uganda[378] and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its legislature),[379] [380] [381] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[382]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[383] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[384][385] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[386] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[387][388]