Turkey Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel58

Asset protection18

Quality of life53

"Plan B"95

Afghanistan

Visa is required

Albania

Visa-free

Algeria

Visa is required

Andorra

Visa is required

Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free for 180 days

Argentina

Visa-free for 90 days

Armenia

Visa upon arrival

Australia

eTA

Austria

Visa is required

Azerbaijan

Visa-free for 90 days

Bahamas

Visa-free for 240 days

Bahrain

eTA

Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

Belarus

Visa-free for 30 days

Belgium

Visa is required

Belize

Visa-free for 90 days

Benin

eTA

Bhutan

eTA

Bolivia

Visa-free for 90 days

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

Brazil

Visa-free for 90 days

Brunei

Visa-free for 30 days

Bulgaria

Visa is required

Burkina Faso

Visa upon arrival

Burundi

Visa upon arrival

Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

Cameroon

eTA

Canada

Visa is required

Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

Central African Republic

Visa is required

Chad

Visa is required

Chile

Visa-free for 90 days

China

Visa is required

Colombia

Visa-free for 90 days

Comoros

Visa upon arrival

Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

Costa Rica

Visa-free for 30 days

Croatia

Visa is required

Cuba

eTA

Cyprus

Visa is required

Czechia

Visa is required

Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

Denmark

Visa is required

Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

Dominica

Visa-free for 21 day

Dominican Republic

Visa-free

Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

Egypt

Visa upon arrival

El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

Equatorial Guinea

Visa-free for 90 days

Eritrea

Visa is required

Estonia

Visa is required

Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

Ethiopia

Visa upon arrival

Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

Finland

Visa is required

France

Visa is required

Gabon

eTA

Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Georgia

Visa-free for 360 days

Germany

Visa is required

Ghana

Visa upon arrival

Greece

Visa is required

Grenada

Visa is required

Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

Guinea

eTA

Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

Guyana

Visa is required

Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

Hungary

Visa is required

Iceland

Visa is required

India

Visa is required

Indonesia

Visa upon arrival

Iran

Visa-free for 90 days

Iraq

eTA

Ireland

Visa is required

Israel

Visa is required

Italy

Visa is required

Jamaica

Visa-free for 90 days

Japan

Visa-free for 90 days

Jordan

Visa-free for 90 days

Kazakhstan

Visa-free for 30 days

Kenya

eTA

Kiribati

Visa is required

Kuwait

Visa upon arrival

Kyrgyzstan

Visa-free for 90 days

Laos

Visa upon arrival

Latvia

Visa is required

Lebanon

Visa upon arrival

Lesotho

eTA

Liberia

Visa is required

Libya

eTA

Liechtenstein

Visa is required

Lithuania

Visa is required

Luxembourg

Visa is required

Macao SAR China

Visa-free for 30 days

Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

Malawi

eTA

Malaysia

Visa-free for 90 days

Maldives

Visa upon arrival

Mali

Visa is required

Malta

Visa is required

Marshall Islands

Visa upon arrival

Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

Mexico

eTA

Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

Monaco

Visa is required

Mongolia

Visa-free for 30 days

Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

Morocco

Visa-free for 90 days

Mozambique

Visa upon arrival

Myanmar (Burma)

eTA

Namibia

Visa upon arrival

Nauru

Visa is required

Nepal

Visa upon arrival

Netherlands

Visa is required

New Zealand

Visa is required

Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

Niger

Visa is required

Nigeria

eTA

North Korea

Visa is required

North Macedonia

Visa-free for 90 days

Norway

Visa is required

Oman

Visa upon arrival

Pakistan

eTA

Palau

Visa upon arrival

Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

Panama

Visa-free for 90 days

Papua New Guinea

eTA

Paraguay

Visa-free for 90 days

Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

Poland

Visa is required

Portugal

Visa is required

Qatar

Visa upon arrival

Romania

Visa is required

Russia

eTA

Rwanda

Visa upon arrival

Samoa

Visa upon arrival

San Marino

Visa is required

Saudi Arabia

Visa upon arrival

Senegal

Visa upon arrival

Serbia

Visa-free for 90 days

Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

Singapore

Visa-free for 30 days

Slovakia

Visa is required

Slovenia

Visa is required

Solomon Islands

Visa is required

Somalia

Visa upon arrival

South Africa

Visa-free for 30 days

South Korea

eTA

South Sudan

eTA

Spain

Visa is required

Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 90 days

St Lucia

Visa-free for 42 days

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 90 days

Sudan

Visa upon arrival

Suriname

Visa is required

Sweden

Visa is required

Switzerland

Visa is required

Syria

Visa-free for 90 days

São Tomé & Príncipe

Visa-free for 15 days

Taiwan

Visa upon arrival

Tajikistan

eTA

Tanzania

Visa upon arrival

Thailand

Visa-free for 60 days

Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

Togo

eTA

Tonga

Visa upon arrival

Trinidad & Tobago

Visa-free for 90 days

Tunisia

Visa-free for 90 days

Turkey

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Turkmenistan

Visa is required

Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

UAE

eTA

Uganda

eTA

Ukraine

Visa-free for 90 days

United Kingdom

Visa is required

United States

Visa is required

Uruguay

Visa-free for 90 days

Uzbekistan

Visa-free for 30 days

Vanuatu

Visa-free for 120 days

Vatican City

Visa is required

Venezuela

Visa-free for 90 days

Vietnam

eTA

Yemen

Visa is required

Zambia

Visa upon arrival

Zimbabwe

Visa upon arrival

About Turkey

A state in Western Asia and Southern Europe. Turkey has 14 land and sea borders with other countries. The territory is washed by the waters of the Aegean, Black and Mediterranean Seas. Turkey is an industrial country and a popular tourist destination. In 2019, 45 million tourists visited the country.

Turkish citizenship allows you to live in the country, expand travel opportunities, obtain an E-2 business visa in the United States. A passport can be obtained for buying real estate with a cadastral value of $250,000 or more, investing in a business, government bonds, a venture fund, or opening a deposit in the amount of $500,000 or more.

Population

83.6 million

Capital

Ankara

Official language

Turkish

GDP per capita

$8.548

Time zone

UTC+3

Currency

Turkish lira

Turkey passport ranking and benefits

1
Access to 110 countries around the world
A Turkish passport allows visa-free entry to 110 countries, including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries.
A Turkish passport allows visa-free entry to 110 countries, including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries.
2
Opportunity to get an E‑2 business visa in the United States
Turkey and the United States have signed an agreement on issuing E‑2 visas for foreign investors. The visa gives you the right to move to the United States and conduct business there. The E‑2 visa is nonimmigrant — you can’t use it to get a green card and apply for citizenship.
Turkey and the United States have signed an agreement on issuing E‑2 visas for foreign investors. The visa gives you the right to move to the United States and conduct business there. The E‑2 visa is nonimmigrant — you can’t use it to get a green card and apply for citizenship.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a Turkish passport?
Turkish citizenship is obtained by right of blood, for special merits, or by investment, marriage or naturalisation.
To obtain Turkish citizenship by naturalisation, you must have lived in the country for at least 5 years, speak basic Turkish, and have no criminal records or health problems.
Foreigners can get a Turkish passport for investing in the country’s economy: to do this, they must meet the conditions of one of the six options of the state investment program. Most often, foreigners invest in real estate: to participate in the program, you need to buy a property worth at least $250,000.
A Turkish passport can also be obtained three years after marrying a citizen of the country. The passport will be issued if the marriage is still valid.
Does Turkey recognise second citizenship?
Yes, Turkish citizens can have multiple nationalities, as long as it does not contradict the laws of other countries.
Who can get Turkish citizenship by birthright?
Turkish citizenship can be obtained by right of blood — if the child was born to citizens of the country. In this case, the place of birth does not matter.
A child born on the territory of the country can obtain Turkish citizenship by right of birth, provided that the parents are unknown.