No visa needed

Do citizens of North Macedonia need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of North Macedonia don’t need a visa for Turkey and can stay up to 60 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 North Macedonia: the passport opens 80 countries visa-free; Skopje — Ankara: ≈ 980 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: 60 days

Can I travel to Turkey without a visa on a North Macedonia passport?

Yes, citizens of North Macedonia don’t need a visa for Turkey for up to 60 days. A valid passport is enough.

Turkey visa rules at a glance

With a North Macedonia passport you can visit 80 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 43 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the North Macedonia passport ranks 77th of 199.
North Macedonia passport: visa-free access to 80 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of North Macedonia and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 39 countries, for example: Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Moldova, Tunisia, Ukraine, Belarus, Palestine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Gambia, Seychelles, and Zambia.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, don’t need a visa for North Macedonia. North Macedonia visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Skopje — Ankara: about 980 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Skopje 12:00 — Ankara 13:00.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of North Macedonia.