No visa needed

Do citizens of Malta need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Malta 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 Malta: the passport opens 123 countries visa-free; Valletta — Ankara: ≈ 1,670 km, about 2.5 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 Malta passport?

Yes, citizens of Malta 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 Malta passport you can visit 123 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Malta passport ranks 3rd of 199.
Malta passport: visa-free access to 123 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Malta and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Tunisia, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Gambia, and Sao Tome and Principe.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Malta. Malta visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Valletta — Ankara: about 1,670 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Valletta 12:00 — Ankara 13:00.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 26th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Malta.