No visa needed

Do citizens of Moldova need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Moldova 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 Moldova: the passport opens 73 countries visa-free; Chișinău — 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 Moldova passport?

Yes, citizens of Moldova 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 Moldova passport you can visit 73 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 50 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Moldova passport ranks 90th of 199.
Moldova passport: visa-free access to 73 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Moldova and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Ukraine, Serbia, Belarus, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Georgia, Palestine, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Seychelles.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, don’t need a visa for Moldova. Moldova visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Chișinău — 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 10th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Moldova.