Turkey visa for Russian citizens
Turkey visa for Russian citizensWhat Russian citizens need to enter Turkey, with the official source for every fact.
Visa-freeMaximum stay: 60 days
Türkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says ordinary passport holders are exempt from visa for touristic and business travel of up to 60 days.
Verified Oct 3, 2026 · Source: mfa.gov.tr (opens in a new tab) · archived copy Aug 24, 2026 (opens in a new tab)How to apply
No visa application is needed for a short visit.
How long you can stay
90 days in any rolling 180-day period
How the days are counted, with the official wording: Stay rules for Turkey · Work out your own dates in the stay calculator
Verified Oct 3, 2026 · Source: mfa.gov.tr (opens in a new tab) · archived copy Aug 28, 2026 (opens in a new tab)Driving on a Russia license
Turkey and Russia are both party to the 1949 Geneva Convention & 1968 Vienna Convention, so an International Driving Permit issued in Russia is one Turkey is bound to recognize.
Whether a permit is required alongside your national license is set by national road law, which we have not checked for this pair.
Verified Oct 3, 2026 · Source: treaties.un.org (opens in a new tab) · Convention on Road Traffic · archived copy Aug 25, 2026 (opens in a new tab)Other entry requirements
- Passport validity — Türkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that, under article 7.1b of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection, foreigners should carry a passport with an expiration date at least 60 days beyond the "duration of stay" of their visa, e-Visa, visa exemption or residence permit. It also advises having a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival.
- Staying past your permitted stay — Penalties in Turkey, compared with every country
- Travel insurance — Required of visa applicants only — not of Russian citizens.
- Proof of funds — Required of visa applicants only — not of Russian citizens.
No official source states a rule on: onward or return ticket.
Full wording and sources of these rules: All Turkey entry requirements
The other way round
Turkish citizens travelling to Russia: eVisa. Up to 30 days. Russia visa for Turkish citizens
Compare this across every country
Each of these tables states one rule for all 199 destinations, with the government source behind every row. Turkey has a row in each.
- How countries count the days of your stay
- What staying past your permitted stay costs, country by country
- Compulsory government charges beyond the visa, country by country
- How long your passport must be valid, country by country
- Countries that require travel insurance to enter
- Where a visa you already hold gets you in somewhere else
- Which International Driving Permit each country recognizes
- How much money you must be able to show at the border
- Where you must show a return or onward ticket
- How much cash you can carry before you must declare it
All Turkey entry requirements · Everywhere Russian citizens can travel
Frequently asked questions
Do Russian citizens need a visa for Turkey?
No. Russian citizens can enter Turkey without a visa for up to 60 days. Türkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says ordinary passport holders are exempt from visa for touristic and business travel of up to 60 days.
How long can Russian citizens stay in Turkey?
Up to 60 days per entry. Türkiye counts the allowance across a rolling 180-day window: the MFA states the exemption as “90 days in any 180-day period” for nationality after nationality. Leaving and coming back does not start a fresh 90 days — days spent in the previous 180 still count against you. The MFA does not say whether the day you arrive and the day you leave are themselves counted, so we count both.
Sources & verification
- Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia — Visa and visa-free travel regimes (Türkiye row) (opens in a new tab)
Agreement between the Governments of Russia and Türkiye on the conditions of mutual travel of citizens (Ankara, 12 May 2010), Art. 1(1); Turkish Council of Ministers Decision No. 2013/4665 (60 days from 16 May 2013)
- Turkish MFA — General Information About Turkish Visas (opens in a new tab)
- Turkish MFA — Passport validity requirements while entering Türkiye (Law on Foreigners and International Protection) (opens in a new tab)
Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection, art. 7(1)(b)
- Turkish MFA — Visa Information For Foreigners (opens in a new tab)
- UN Treaty Collection — Convention on Road Traffic (Vienna, 1968), status of parties (opens in a new tab)
Convention on Road Traffic, Geneva, 19 September 1949 (UNTS vol. 125, p. 3); Convention on Road Traffic, Vienna, 8 November 1968 (UNTS vol. 1042, p. 17)
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