No visa needed

Do citizens of Kosovo need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Kosovo 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 Kosovo: the passport opens 52 countries visa-free; Pristina — Ankara: ≈ 1,020 km, about 2 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 Kosovo passport?

Yes, citizens of Kosovo 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 Kosovo passport you can visit 52 countries visa-free, 24 with a visa on arrival and 48 with an e-visa; 69 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Kosovo passport ranks 103rd of 199.
Kosovo passport: visa-free access to 52 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Kosovo and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 15 countries, for example: North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Palestine, Gambia, Thailand, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Malaysia, Brunei, Ecuador, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, don’t need a visa for Kosovo. Kosovo visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Pristina — Ankara: about 1,020 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 20th closest of 193 destinations open to citizens of Kosovo.