No visa needed

Do citizens of Bahrain need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Bahrain don’t need a visa for Turkey 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 Bahrain: the passport opens 50 countries visa-free; Manama — Ankara: ≈ 2,240 km, about 3.5 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 Turkey without a visa on a Bahrain passport?

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

Turkey visa rules at a glance

With a Bahrain passport you can visit 50 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 80 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bahrain passport ranks 105th of 199.
Bahrain passport: visa-free access to 50 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Bahrain and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 38 countries, for example: Oman, Iran, Jordan, Palestine, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Serbia, Seychelles, Belarus, and Tunisia.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Bahrain. Bahrain visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Manama — Ankara: about 2,240 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 25th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bahrain.