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Important Stuff:
• The rules below are for tourist
visas. Click
here for info on visas for work,
study or residence in Turkey.
• There
are normally two types of
tourist visas. A single-entry
(tek giris) visa allows
you to enter Turkey once. After you
leave,
no
matter how long you've stayed in
Turkey, you must pay for another
visa to enter Turkey again.
A multiple-entry
(müteaddit giris) visa allows
you to enter and leave Turkey multiple
times within
its period of validity (normally
1, 2 or 3 months) at no additional
charge.
For
example, if the visa stamp they give
you reads Üç ay ikamet
süreli
müteaddit giris vizesidir,
that translates as "Multiple-entry
visa for three-month stay." (See
the photo in the right-hand column
of this page.)
• As
of July 14, 2010, new visa
regulations took effect whereby
holders of certain passports (including
UK passports) receive a visa valid
"for up to 90 days in any 180-day period,"
with validity beginning on the date
of first entry.
If you're coming to Turkey for a short
tour of, say, a few weeks, and not
returning to Turkey in the near future,
this restriction would not affect you.
But if you come to Turkey for long
periods (several months) frequently,
you may be affected.
Apparently, the new regulations are
meant to restrict foreigners
who are,
in effect, living in Turkey for part
of the year but have not applied for
a residence permit as required. For
example, in the past a foreigner who
has purchased a villa in Turkey could
enter the country on a 90-day tourist
visa, and at the end of 90 days travel
to Greece for a day or two, then return
to Turkey and receive a new 90-day
visa. In effect, this foreigner would
be living in Turkey for six months
without a residence
permit.
Under the new regulations, this will
not be possible. After the 90-day visa
validity period passes, the foreigner
will have to leave Turkey and not return
until an additional 90 days have passed;
or the
foreigner will have to apply for and
receive a Turkish
residence permit.
• Have CASH (US
dollars, euros or, for UK passport
holders, pounds sterling) in exact
change to pay for your visa
when you enter Turkey. No
travelers checks, no credit cards.
—>CASH
ONLY!<—
• The term "official
passports" covers diplomatic,
service, special and official passports.
You probably have an "ordinary" passport
unless you're going to Turkey on
diplomatic, military or other official
business. Visa rules for official
passports may differ from those for
ordinary passports. (Here's how to get
a U.S. Passport fast.) 
All foreigners who need visas may
apply for them to Turkish
diplomatic missions. If you do
this, apply at least a month before
your departure date for Turkey. But
if you're a citizen of one of those
countries allowed to get a visa for
cash at the border (click
here), why
spend time filling out forms months
in advance?
• Foreigners who intend to shoot
documentary films, to conduct
research, or to do archeological
excavation, should apply
for special permission in advance
from the Turkish authorities.
• Visa requirements for truck
drivers may be different.
Contact a Turkish
consulate.
• You can send comments
and questions to the Visa section of
Turkey's Ministry of Foreign
Affairs at vize@mfa.gov.tr
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