PCR Requirements

Passengers arriving directly from Pakistan and passengers who had been in Pakistan within the last 14 days shall submit a negative PCR test result done within 72 hours before arrival.

Quarantine exemption

Passengers arriving directly from Pakistan and passengers who had been in Pakistan within the last 14 days will be exempted from quarantine if they submit proof of 2 doses of vaccination (listed by WHO or Turkey for emergency use) (1 dose for Johnson and Johnson) provided that the last dose was at least 14 days before arrival.

Quarantine applications for those who do not meet vaccination criteria

Passengers who do not submit proof of vaccination under abovementioned requirements will be quarantined at their residences or addresses they submit.

On the 5^thday of quarantine a PCR test will be done.

- If the test result is negative, quarantine will be lifted. (Passengers who do not have a PCR test on the 5^thday will remain in quarantine until the 7^thday.

- If the test result is positive, these persons will be isolated for 7 days, starting from the date quarantined person shows symptoms. (For person without symptoms, isolation will start as of the date when the sample was taken on the 5^thday).

- At the end of the 7^thday, isolation will be lifted for person without symptoms or with low symptoms and fever on the condition that they have not taken an antipyretic in the last 24 hours.

- For early termination of isolation, PCR test can be done on day 5, if the test result is negative, the isolation is ended.

Passengers who are over 12 and under 18 years old

If passengers aged over 12 and under 18 travelling with their parents, negative PCR test result within 72 hours prior to the entry will be sufficient. For these passenger, PCR test will be applied again in their residence, if PCR test result is negative then no quarantine will be required.

Passengers who visited Afghanistan prior to their travel to Turkey

Passengers who had been in Afghanistan for the last 14 days must submit a negative PCR test result taken at most 72 hours before arrival. These passengers are subject to quarantine for 10 days at hotels determined by the governorships. Expenses for accommodation and transfers from airports will be born by passengers. At the end of 7^thday, if test result is negative, quarantine will be lifted.

(Passengers to be quarantined under this article shall pay the hotel fees before arriving to Turkey. Passengers who cannot prove that they have made the necessary payments to stay at the hotels determined by the governorships will not be allowed to board the plane by airline operators.)

(The hotels determined by the governorships for passengers to be quarantined will be published in English on the link of DGCA (http://web.shgm.gov.tr/tr/covid-19-tedbirler/6599-izolasyon-otelleri).

Citizens of Afghanistan who have residence or work permit in Republic of Turkey will be exempted from the hotel quarantine on the condition that they submit valid residence or work permit and they will be subjected to quarantine at their residence. Passengers whose first entry points is out of Istanbul or Ankara will be allowed to travel to their residence only by private vehicles and will not be allowed to have domestic flights or to use public transportation.

Citizens of Turkey arriving from Afghanistan will be exempted from the hotel quarantine and they will be subjected to quarantine at their residence and passengers whose first entry points is out of Istanbul or Ankara will be allowed to travel to their residence only by private vehicles and will not be allowed to have domestic flights or to use public transportation.

PCR tests on arrival (sampling)

PCR tests will be performed by the Ministry of Health on the basis of sampling at the passengers' arrival. Passengers will be allowed to go to their final destination after the test samples are taken, and if the test results are positive, they will be treated according to the Covid-19 guide of the Ministry of Health. Passengers with a positive test result and persons they have been in close contact with will be quarantined for 7 days at their own addresses and the quarantine conditions will be terminated If the PCR test results to be performed at the end of the 5^thday are negative. The quarantine conditions of those who are found to be carrying the virus will be terminated end of the 7^thday of the quarantine without PCR test.

Citizens of the Republic of Turkey

Citizens of the Republic of Turkey will enter to the Republic of Turkey those who submit proof of 2 doses of vaccination (listed by who or turkey for emergency use) (1 dose for Johnson and Johnson) and/or those who submit document that they have Covid-19 within the last 6 months or those who submit PCR test report with a negative result implemented at most 72 hours before entry or submitting a negative rapid antigen test result at most 48 hours before arrival country will be allowed.

Transit/transfer passengers and crew members of airline companies

These requirements are not applicable to transit and/or transfer passengers. There will be no PCR requirement and quarantine for the crew.

Passengers under 12 years old

Passengers aged under 12 are exempted from PCR/antigen test report and vaccine certificate application on entry to Republic of Turkey.

Checking vaccine certificates and PCR/antigen test results

Documents such as vaccine certificate, PCR/antigen test result will be controlled by airline companies before travel and passengers without the document will not be accepted to the travel, the responsibility arising due to the accepting of non-certified persons will be compensated by the airline companies.

Respectfully announced.