No visa needed

Do citizens of Latvia need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Latvia don’t need a visa for Turkey and can stay up to 30 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 Latvia: the passport opens 118 countries visa-free; Riga — Ankara: ≈ 1,990 km, about 3 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Turkey without a visa on a Latvia passport?

Yes, citizens of Latvia don’t need a visa for Turkey for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Turkey visa rules at a glance

With a Latvia passport you can visit 118 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 37 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Latvia passport ranks 27th of 199.
Latvia passport: visa-free access to 118 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Latvia and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Georgia, Tunisia, Palestine, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Uzbekistan.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Latvia. Latvia visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Riga — Ankara: about 1,990 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 39th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Latvia.