No visa needed

Do citizens of the Vatican City need a visa for Turkey?

Citizens of the Vatican City 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 Vatican City: the passport opens 92 countries visa-free; Vatican City — Ankara: ≈ 1,720 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 Vatican City passport?

Yes, citizens of the Vatican City 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 Vatican City passport you can visit 92 countries visa-free, 33 with a visa on arrival and 39 with an e-visa; 34 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Vatican City passport ranks 65th of 199.
Vatican City passport: visa-free access to 92 countries; Turkey passport: 71.
Citizens of the Vatican City and Turkey can travel together visa-free to 51 countries, for example: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Tunisia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Palestine, Georgia, Gambia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
Citizens of Turkey, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Vatican City. Vatican City visa for citizens of Turkey

Travelling to Turkey: good to know

Vatican City — Ankara: about 1,720 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Vatican City 12:00 — Ankara 13:00.
Local currency: Turkish Lira.
Languages: Turkish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TRY 49.
Turkey is the 38th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Vatican City.