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Feb 5, 2023

Types of Turkish passport and the advantages of each

Turkish citizenship has a good position globally, as the Turkish passport ranks between 36th and 39th globally. Until the beginning of 2020, the Turkish passport's ranking scored 121 points on the visa-free travel index, as its holder can enter more than 72 countries without obtaining a visa in advance (Visa), 42 countries grant a Turkish citizen a visa upon arrival, and 7 countries grant an entry visa. Bionics obtained via the Internet.

Turkish citizenship is considered one of the strongest nationalities and enjoys great international competition. And the Turkish passport holder allows him to enter several countries without a visa, such as: Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sultanate of Brunei, Chile, Georgia, and Serbia, South Africa, Thailand, Northern Cyprus, Ukraine, and other countries.

Among the most important countries that allow entry to it with an immediate visa issued upon arrival: Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, and most African countries.

It is also possible to enter more than 7 countries under an electronic visa issued online, including: Australia and the Sultanate of Oman.


• Turkish passport and its advantages

The most important advantages of the Turkish passport are visa-free entry to 77 countries, in addition to easy entry to 26 Schengen countries. A Turkish passport holder can travel to 33 countries and automatically obtain a visa on arrival. He can also travel to more than 8 countries by obtaining an electronic visa online.

One of the most important features of the Turkish passport is that it is one of the 30 best passports in the world. It provides free tuition fees and payment plans for the university granted to Turkish citizens.

The processing and delivery time of the Turkish passport is relatively short, up to 30 days, which is an important feature of the Turkish passport. And the holder gets all the medical rights offered to Turkish citizens. The owner can benefit from the retirement plan as a Turkish citizen in addition to being granted the right to vote for all types of elections in Turkey.

One of the best features of the Turkish passport is that it allows people who hold Turkish passports to obtain dual citizenship, meaning that the foreigner can maintain his original citizenship. Another advantage of the Turkish passport is that it can be renewed for life.

People who have obtained Turkish citizenship are entitled to obtain a Turkish passport immediately after obtaining Turkish citizenship.


• Turkish passport and its types

- General Turkish passport that comes in red color:

It is the general passport in red color, it is given to all ordinary citizens and workers, and it is also given to citizens of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. There are no special conditions or criteria for obtaining this type of passport.

The red passport for foreigners is obtained through real estate investment, as the Turkish law on the issuance of passports to foreigners states that every foreign investor owns a property with a value of no less than 250 thousand US dollars, is a person entitled to apply for this passport and can obtain it by the Directorate of Immigration and the Ministry In the state in which the property was purchased.


- Turkish diplomatic passport (black)

Diplomatic passports are issued to those who go on business or temporary travel, depending on the nature of their duties or travel, for a single trip or for a maximum period of two years, and those who go on permanent assignment for the period specified by the State Department. A Turkish diplomatic passport is granted to:

Presidents and members of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Chiefs of the First and Second General Staff, Ministers, Governors, Generals, Mayors of Major Municipalities as well as Presidents and Members of the Turkish National Assemblies, and most of Turkey's most prestigious and high-ranking personalities.

This passport has special conditions that are not easy and differ from the rest of the passports and do not give any right to the person’s family members to apply for this type of travel passport. However, holders of this type of Turkish passport can grant their families the right to obtain the green passport, which we will also get to know in this article.


- Special Turkish passport that comes in green color:

It is one of the types of Turkish passports, and it is also granted to a special category of Turks, such as former ministers and members of parliament, as well as government officials, and this does not mean that any government employee has the right to obtain this type of passport. But if the government employee has reached the first, second and third grades, then he is entitled to obtain a green passport, and the wives and children of all the aforementioned persons will also obtain the passport.


- Turkish passport that comes in gray color:

In the event that the person cannot obtain both the green or black (diplomatic) passport according to the institution in which he works at the country level, and if he is going to travel abroad on a mission, this person will be given the gray passport or as it is called the service passport.


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