No visa needed

Do citizens of Turkey need a visa for Iran?

Citizens of Turkey don’t need a visa for Iran and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Turkey: the passport opens 71 countries visa-free; Ankara — Tehran: ≈ 1,690 km, about 2.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Iran without a visa on a Turkey passport?

Yes, citizens of Turkey don’t need a visa for Iran for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Iran visa rules at a glance

With a Turkey passport you can visit 71 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 58 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Turkey passport ranks 91st of 199.
Turkey passport: visa-free access to 71 countries; Iran passport: 13.
Citizens of Turkey and Iran can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Georgia, Tunisia, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Malaysia, Dominica, Haiti, Venezuela, and Micronesia.
Turkey and Iran share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Iran, in turn, don’t need a visa for Turkey. Turkey visa for citizens of Iran

Travelling to Iran: good to know

Ankara — Tehran: about 1,690 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +0.5 hours.
Local time: Ankara 12:00 — Tehran 12:30.
Local currency: Iranian Rial.
Languages: Persian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ IRR 1,541,045.
Iran is the 31st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Turkey.