No visa needed

Do citizens of Bulgaria need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Sofia — Ankara: ≈ 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 Turkey without a visa on a Bulgaria passport?

Yes, citizens of Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bulgaria passport ranks 21st of 199.
Bulgaria passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Bulgaria and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 63 countries, for example: North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Tunisia, Palestine, Georgia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
Bulgaria and Turkey share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Bulgaria. Bulgaria visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Sofia — Ankara: 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: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 15th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bulgaria.