ENTRY INTO TURKEY
Complete and up to date information for Italian citizens on necessary documents in order to enter Turkey for tourism are available on the web site Viaggiare Sicuri.
Foreigners can stay in Turkey for touristic purposes for a maximum of 90 days within 180 days. Therefore once 90 days within 180 days are over, crossing the Turkish border and entering again Turkey in order to start a new 90-days term is not allowed. This is to avoid a circumvention of the rules related to residence permit and work permit. Italian citizens who want to reside and work in Turkey shall get the necessary visa from the competent Turkish diplomatic and consular missions in Italy (or in their country of residence) and, once in Turkey, apply as soon as possible for the appropriate residence permit. If these rules are not followed, foreigners can be subject to administrative sanctions, expulsion and entry ban.
For touristic stay up to 90 days within 180 days Italian citizens are not subject to visa.
A modification recently introduce by the Turkish Ministry of Interior allows the tourist to ask to the Emniyet Genel Mudurlugu Yabancilar Subesu a prorogation of 6 months of the stay only for touristic reasons.