No visa needed

Do citizens of the Netherlands need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands: the passport opens 122 countries visa-free; Amsterdam — Ankara: ≈ 2,530 km, about 3.5 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 Netherlands passport?

Yes, citizens of the Netherlands 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 Netherlands passport you can visit 122 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Netherlands passport ranks 6th of 199.
Netherlands passport: visa-free access to 122 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of the Netherlands and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 64 countries, for example: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Belarus, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Tunisia, Ukraine, Moldova, Morocco, Georgia, Palestine, Kazakhstan, and Gambia.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Netherlands. Netherlands visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Amsterdam — Ankara: about 2,530 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Amsterdam 12:00 — Ankara 13:00.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 49th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Netherlands.