Do Algerian passport holders need a visa for Turkey?

By Pranav Muley · Software Engineer, Tripmojo · Updated August 31, 2026 · Reviewed by Simran Raheja

It depends on how old you are, which is not a sentence most visa pages need. Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs exempts Algerian ordinary passport holders under 15 and over 50 from the visa requirement for touristic visits, up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Between 15 and 50 a visa is required. A narrower online route exists for part of that range: ages 15 to 18 and 35 to 50, holding a valid Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit, may obtain a one-month single-entry e-Visa.

Quick facts

Visa required

Visa required: Depends on age
Under 15 and over 50: Exempt, 90 days in any 180-day period
Ages 15 to 50: Visa required
Conditional e-Visa: Named for ages 15 to 18 and 35 to 50 only
e-Visa condition: A valid Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit
Official passports: Exempt, 90 days, no age condition

Entry requirements

An Algerian passport, and a clear idea of which age band you fall into on the day you travel, because that is what decides whether you need a visa at all.
For ages 15 to 50, a visa obtained before travel. The exemption at the two ends of the range does not reach you.
For the online route, a valid Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit, and an age inside one of the two bands the ministry names for it.
A sticker visa from a Turkish mission if you are inside the visa-required range but outside the bands named for the e-Visa.

Read your age band before you read anything else

Turkey publishes a country-by-country table of visa regimes, broken down by passport type. Almost every one of its roughly 194 entries answers with a duration. Three answer with an age: Algeria, Iraq and Libya, and each draws its lines in a different place. Algeria’s ordinary passport holders under 15 and above 50 are exempt from the visa requirement for touristic visits, up to 90 days within any 180-day period, and those between 15 and 50 are required to have a visa. Iraq uses the same 15 and 50; Libya uses 16 and 45, so figures borrowed from a neighbour will be wrong.

For part of that middle range there is an online route. The ministry names ordinary passport holders aged 15 to 18 and 35 to 50 who hold a valid Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit as able to obtain a one-month single-entry e-Visa. It is a narrower permission than the exemption: one month rather than 90 days, one entry rather than several, and conditional on a document from somewhere else.

Official passports run on a different rule with no age condition attached: diplomatic, service, special and official passport holders are exempt for up to 90 days. Turkey uses "official passports" as an umbrella for all four, which is worth knowing if you hold one and have been reading the ordinary-passport rules by mistake.

Good to know

Algeria is the only one of the three age-banded entries whose online route does not cover the whole visa-required range, and that is the detail worth carrying. Iraq is written with the same 15 and 50 boundaries, and its e-Visa is offered to ordinary passport holders "between the ages of 15-50", the entire range. Libya’s is offered to ordinary passport holders "between those ages", again the whole range. Algeria’s names two slices only, 15 to 18 and 35 to 50. So between 18 and 35 an Algerian traveller holding a Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit meets the document condition, sees two sibling countries whose nationals in the same position can apply online, and is in a band the table names for nothing. It is a difference in drafting rather than an omission you can read past, and it is a reason to confirm with a Turkish mission before buying a ticket.
Age is decided by the calendar, not by when you booked, and a birthday near the trip changes the answer. Turning 15 moves you out of the exemption and into the visa-required range. Turning 51 moves you back out of it. The table states the ages without spelling out the reference date, so if a birthday falls anywhere near your travel dates the sensible move is to ask a Turkish mission which date governs rather than to reason it out.
Even inside a named band the e-Visa is the narrow instrument, and it is easy to over-read what it gives you. It is one month and single entry, against the 90 days in any 180 that the exempt age groups get, and it rests on a Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit that has to be valid at the time. Turkey also limits the e-Visa to tourism and commerce: work and study are handled by embassies and consulates whatever your age band.
The ordinary and official passport rules for Algeria are genuinely different documents, not the same rule stated twice. Official passport holders get a flat 90-day exemption with no age condition. Ordinary passport holders get the age-banded arrangement. So a colleague travelling on a service passport is no guide at all to what applies to you, and family members of different ages travelling together may need different paperwork for the same trip.

Frequently asked questions

Do Algerian citizens need a visa for Turkey?

It depends on age. Ordinary passport holders under 15 and over 50 are exempt for touristic visits of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Between 15 and 50 a visa is required.

I am 28 and hold a Schengen residence permit. Can I use the e-Visa?

The ministry names the conditional e-Visa for ages 15 to 18 and 35 to 50 only. The comparable Iraqi and Libyan entries offer it across their whole visa-required range; Algeria’s does not, so check with a Turkish mission before assuming the online route is open to you.

What does the conditional e-Visa give me?

A one-month single-entry visa, obtained online, for holders of a valid Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit who are in one of the named age bands.

Does the age rule apply to diplomatic passports?

No. Official passport holders, which Turkey uses to cover diplomatic, service, special and official passports, are exempt for up to 90 days with no age condition.

My birthday falls during the trip. Which age counts?

The table gives the ages without naming a reference date. Ask a Turkish mission rather than working it out yourself, since the answer decides whether you need a visa.

Other passports for Turkey

Other destinations for Algeria passport holders

Algeria passport holders visiting United Kingdom

Sources

Every fact on this page was checked against the official sources below on 31 August 2026.

Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Visa Information For Foreigners", Algeria entry: "Official passport holders are exempted from visa for their travels up to 90 days. Ordinary passport holder Algerian citizens, under the age of 15 and above the age of 50 are exempted from visa up to 90 days within any 180 day period for their touristic visits. Ordinary passport holders between the age of 15 and 50 are required to have visa. Ordinary passport holder Algerian citiziens between the ages of 15-18 and 35-50 with a valid Schengen members or USA, UK, Ireland visa or residence permit may get their one month period single entry e-Visas via the website www.evisa.gov.tr." Read 2026-08-31. https://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa
Same page, general notes: "Please note that e-visa is only valid when the purpose of travel is tourism or commerce. For other purposes, such as work and study, visas are given by Turkish Embassies or Consulates." Read 2026-08-31.
Same page: "The term “official passports” covers diplomatic, service, special and official passports." Read 2026-08-31.
Same page, Iraq entry: ordinary passport holders under 15 and over 50 exempt for 90 days in any 180-day period; "Ordinary passport holder Iraqi nationals between the ages of 15-50 are required to have visa to enter Türkiye. Ordinary passport holders between the ages of 15-50 who hold a valid Schengen members or USA, UK, Ireland visa or residence permit may get their single entry e-Visas valid for one month". Libya entry: ordinary passport holders under 16 and above 45 exempt for 90 days in any 180 day period; those "between the age of 16 and 45 are required to have visa. Ordinary passport holders between those ages with a valid Schengen members or USA, UK, Ireland visa or residence permit may get their one month period single entry e-Visas". Algeria, Iraq and Libya are the only three entries in the table stated by age, and Algeria is the only one whose e-Visa is named for part of the range rather than all of it. Read 2026-08-31.
Same page, measured across the table: of the 96 entries stating a single visa-free allowance for ordinary passport holders, 88 give 90 days, seven give 30 and one, the Russian Federation, gives 60. Algeria is not among the 96, because its ordinary-passport entry is stated by age rather than by a single duration. Read 2026-08-31.

Entry rules change without notice and the official source is always the authority. Confirm with the embassy or immigration portal before you book.

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