No visa needed

Do citizens of Turkey need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of Turkey don’t need a visa for Moldova 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 — Chișinău: ≈ 850 km, about 1.5 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 Moldova without a visa on a Turkey passport?

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

Moldova 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; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of Turkey and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Palestine, North Macedonia, Georgia, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, don’t need a visa for Turkey. Turkey visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Ankara — Chișinău: about 850 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 6th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Turkey.