No visa needed

Do citizens of Israel need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Israel 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 Israel: the passport opens 105 countries visa-free; Jerusalem — Ankara: ≈ 930 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 Israel passport?

Yes, citizens of Israel 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 Israel passport you can visit 105 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 38 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Israel passport ranks 46th of 199.
Israel passport: visa-free access to 105 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Israel and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 55 countries, for example: Palestine, Georgia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Israel. Israel visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Jerusalem — Ankara: about 930 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 6th closest of 185 destinations open to citizens of Israel.