What documents are required to travel to Turkey?

Turkey is probably one of the most accessible countries in the world. More than ten million tourists are visiting Turkey every year! So it can be literally said that every eighth Turkish inhabitant is a tourist. All of them are welcomed guests in Istanbul. So welcomed, that the prior permission for tourists who gathered to visit Istanbul is not required. You will get visa right on the border. Do not forget your foreign passport only. It is the very passport where Turkish border guard will paste you a small brown mark at the International Ataturk airport or at Sabiha Gokcen. This is visa itself! Once you’ve got it in your passport you are welcomed to Istanbul. You can stay in the city and go to any place in Turkey at your will with that kind of visa from 30 to 90 days depending on your nationality. The number of entries /departures is not limited. With this kind of visa you can leave Turkey and return there every day of the week.

Of course if you arrive in Istanbul by train or by car or by ferry (cruise ship) you won’t have to go to the airport to get visa. The permission to enter the country is given at any frontier point of Turkey. Usually the list of countries and the price list for admission to their citizens hang over the window of the border guard responsible for visas. On average tourists pay about 25-30 dollars for one-time visa. The price is slowly growing - five or seven years ago visa cost only $ 15 for citizens of most countries. Visas for children are paid in excess.

As a rule everyone visiting Turkey is recommended to buy medical insurance. Of course you will be allowed to enter the country without it. But note that there are quite good but expensive health services in Turkey. If anything happens, your insurance will cover most considerable sums. Therefore, it is better to buy it. Although it is not necessary for entering Turkey.