No visa needed

Do citizens of Romania need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of Romania 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 Romania: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Bucharest — Ankara: ≈ 750 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 Romania passport?

Yes, citizens of Romania 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 Romania passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Romania passport ranks 17th of 199.
Romania passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of Romania and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 63 countries, for example: Moldova, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Tunisia, Palestine, Morocco, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Romania. Romania visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Bucharest — Ankara: about 750 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 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Romania.