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Turkey passport

Rank #57 · Strength 108 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 46.3

Turkey passport

Citizens of Turkey can reach 108 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 74 visa-free, 27 visa on arrival and 7 eTA. Ranked #57 for passport strength worldwide.

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74Visa-free
27Visa on arrival
7eTA
39e-⁠Visa
100Visa required

Turkey passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 52% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 14 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online; Japan allows visa-free entry. Beyond those 108 destinations, 39 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 100 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (74)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Chile Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Eswatini Fiji Georgia Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Indonesia Iran Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Macao Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Nicaragua North Macedonia Oman Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Serbia Singapore South Africa Syria Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Tuvalu Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Western Sahara Zambia

Visa on arrival (27)

Armenia Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Guinea-Bissau Kuwait Laos Lebanon Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (7)

Kenya Mexico Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (39)

Australia Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iraq Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Togo Uganda Vietnam

Visa required (100)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Aruba Austria Belgium Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic China Congo Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guernsey Guyana Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jersey Kiribati Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Monaco Montserrat Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Senegal Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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