VISA AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

At Turkish Airlines, we want your flights and your travel to proceed as smoothly as possible. On this page, you can find information on visa requirements for the country to which you are traveling, as well as information on the documents required for a problem-free journey.

For domestic travel, the following documents are accepted as legal identification:

• Identity card
• Driver’s license
• Passport and/or document used as a passport / legal/official document accepted as a passport by the issuing nation
• Marriage certificate
• Birth certificate (For infants up to one month old, along with parents' identification)
• Photographed, sealed/stamped documents with T.R Identity number, issued by official institution(s)

You may complete your check-in using any of these documents.

You can travel with a passport or passport substitute (accepted for international travel). Your transit or destination country may require a visa.

Because countries may change their visa policies over time, we recommend that you obtain information on the current visa policy for your destination country from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the country’s embassy websites.

You must have a valid passport to travel abroad. If you are obtaining a passport for the first time or renewing it, please remember the process can take several days.

For more information on documents required for the passport application, and to make an appointment, please see Türkiye's Ministry of Interior Passport Services page (link in Turkish).

Countries may change their visa policies over time. As such, we recommend that you consult the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassy websites to learn about the current visa policy of your destination country.

Countries require visitors to provide personal information known as Advanced Passenger Information (API) or Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS). This information must be collected by the airline before the passenger boards the flight.

You will need to provide this information during the reservation process to ensure that you can use other self-service check-in options.

Information required for APIS:

• Name and surname (as written in the passport)
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Nationality
• Passport number
• Passport expiration date
• Passport’s country of issue
• Country of residence

Additional information required for flights to/from the United States:

• Address of your accommodation on the first night
• Green Card number (if any)
• Redress Control Number (if any)

Your APIS information is provided solely to the relevant authorities of the country concerned. We do not share the data with any other person or organization.

You can add APIS information for your purchased tickets via the Manage My Bookings tab on our website.

According to new regulations, children are no longer permitted to travel on a parent’s passport. Your children must have their own passports and visas.

• Check your passport for any damage. Make sure that the passport book is not completely or partially detached from its container, and that the plastic sheet on the photo page is not separated or torn.
• Make sure that there is a blank page in your passport for the entry-exit stamp of your international travels.
• Passport, ID and ticket information in travel documents must be the same. For name changes, it is necessary to renew the passport or submit the official letter (marriage certificate, divorce decree, etc.) to the officer during the trip.
• If your valid visa is in an old passport (expired, no blank pages, old-style passport, etc.), you should contact the consulate of the country you are traveling to.
• Since the validity period of the passport differs according to the country of travel, make sure that the validity period of your passport is sufficient and that your passport is not damaged (torn, scraped, erased, etc.). In addition, the signature box must be signed by the passenger.
• If you have a connecting flight, please review the visa regulations for the transit country, including whether an airport transit visa is required and the exemption conditions for visa-free transit.
• Some Arab countries cannot be entered if there is a valid or invalid Israeli visa or entry-exit stamp in the passport.
• You can also travel to Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with your new Turkish ID card without passport. Child passengers must also have a new type Turkish ID card with a photo. Temporary Ids are not valid to travel to these countries.
• Additional documents (consent letter, etc.) may be required for infant and child passengers traveling with one or both parents/legal guardian.