Turkey introducing new conditions for entry of tourists

Starting from June 4, new requirements for entering Turkey will be applied to all foreign citizens due to changes in the epidemic situation in the country, Report informs referring to the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

For crossing the Turkish border, tourists need to provide a negative result of a PCR test made no more than 72 hours before arriving at the border or an express antigen test done within 48 hours.

If a passenger traveling to Turkey presents a document issued by the authorities of the respective country, indicating that he or she was vaccinated at least 14 days before arrival in Turkey and/or that they have recovered from the disease in the last six months, the result of the PCR test isn’t necessary.

“This means that the abolition of the need for a PCR test, which was introduced on May 15 for persons arriving in Turkey by land, air or sea from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, the UK, Latvia, Luxembourg, Ukraine, and Estonia, is temporarily suspended and will be in force until June 3 inclusive,” the ministry said.