- Saudi Arabia
- Visa-free — 90 days in any 180
- UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain
- Visa-free — the same 90 / 180 rule
- Qatar and Jordan
- 90 days within six months, counted from first entry
- Iraq
- Ages 15–50 need a visa; outside that range exempt
- Passport validity
- At least 150 days — 90 of stay plus 60
The short answer: most of you need no visa
Citizens of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain enter Türkiye without a visa and may stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period. For Qatar and Jordan the length is the same 90 days, but the counting differs slightly: it runs inside a six-month window that starts at your first entry.
That means no e-Visa application and no fee at the airport. You arrive with your passport.
Plenty of websites promise a visa application and ask for money. For citizens of these countries that application buys nothing — what is being sold is a right you already hold.
How the 90 days are counted — where people slip
The rule is not "90 days on each entry". It is 90 days in total inside a 180-day window counted backwards.
An example: you stayed 40 days in March, then 30 more in May. You have 20 days left — not a fresh 90. The allowance only returns as those early days fall out of the 180-day window.
For Qatar and Jordan the window is not a rolling 180 days but six months starting at your first entry. The result is often similar, but the counting point differs.
Leaving the country and returning the same day does not reset the counter. If you plan to stay for months, what you need is not a visa but a residence permit.
Iraqi citizens: the rule turns on age
Iraq sits outside the list above, and age draws the line. Iraqi ordinary passport holders aged 15 to 50 need a visa. Those under 15 or over 50 are exempt.
That means one family can be treated two ways: grandfather and grandchild exempt, the generation between them applying. If you are travelling as a family, arrange this weeks ahead — it is not something the airport can fix.
Iraqi official passport holders are in a different position: they are exempt under the 90 / 180 rule.
The 150 days in your passport: why boarding is refused
Even with no visa, your passport carries a condition, and this is where most trouble starts. Since 2015 Türkiye has required a passport to stay valid for at least 60 days beyond the duration of stay.
Arriving on a 90-day exemption, the arithmetic is: 90 + 60 = 150 days. Your passport must be valid for at least 150 days from your arrival date.
This is the rule people miss most. Someone whose passport expires in four months assumes they are fine — but 120 days is under 150. It usually surfaces at the airport during check-in, and by then nothing can be done.
The ministry also advises a looser measure: keep the passport valid at least six months from arrival. Check your expiry date before you buy the ticket.
Verify this page before you travel
Everything on this page comes from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' visa page for foreigners, read on 12 September 2026.
Visa rules change through agreements between states, sometimes quickly. Before buying your ticket, check your own country's line on the ministry's page once more — this page is a travel agency's reading, not an official document.
If your situation does not fit neatly (a second nationality, a travel document, a refugee passport), write to us; we will tell you what we know and say so when we do not know.
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