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Türkiye — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 5 years; dual citizenship is permitted.

Why Türkiye?

The Türkiye passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 140 destinations, ranking it #93 globally.

Citizenship by descent

Türkiye applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 5 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Türkiye generally permits dual citizenship.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Türkiye passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa-free Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — Visa-free Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — e-Visa Indonesia — Visa-free Argentina — Visa-free Chile — Visa-free Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa on arrival Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa-free Dominican Rep. — Visa-free Russia — e-Visa Bahamas — Visa-free Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa-free Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — ETA Uruguay — Visa-free Brazil — Visa-free Bolivia — Visa-free Peru — Visa-free Colombia — Visa-free Panama — Visa-free Costa Rica — Visa-free Nicaragua — Visa-free Honduras — Visa-free El Salvador — Visa-free Guatemala — Visa-free Belize — Visa-free Venezuela — Visa-free Guyana — e-Visa Suriname — ETA Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa-free Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — Visa-free Namibia — Visa on arrival Senegal — Visa on arrival Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — Visa on arrival Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — Visa-free Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — e-Visa Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa-free Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — e-Visa Lebanon — Visa on arrival Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa-free Tunisia — Visa-free Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa-free United Arab Emirates — e-Visa Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa on arrival Iraq — e-Visa Oman — Visa-free Vanuatu — Visa-free Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — e-Visa Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — ETA Mongolia — Visa-free India — Visa required Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa required Kyrgyzstan — Visa-free Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa-free Syria — Visa-free Armenia — Visa on arrival Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa-free Ukraine — Visa-free Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — Visa-free Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — Home country Albania — Visa-free Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa required New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa-free Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa-free Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa-free Paraguay — Visa-free Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — Visa on arrival Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa-free Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — Visa on arrival Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa-free North Macedonia — Visa-free Serbia — Visa-free Montenegro — Visa-free Trinidad and Tobago — Visa-free S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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