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🇹🇷 Turkey Digital nomad visa

Turkey DNV requirements: income, duration, taxes, health insurance — from official sources.

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Minimum income
€2,584/mo
Proof required
Initial duration
1 year
Renewable
Health insurance
Required in practice
Full visa period
Tax treatment
Standard resident taxation
Path to residence
Indirect (switch required)
Family can join
Government fee
—
Plus processing time
Partially verified Last verified June 15, 2026 Reviewed by Henry van de Vorming
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All requirements in detail

Official name
Digital Nomad Visa (gated by the Digital Nomad Identification Certificate, issued via the Digital Nomads goTürkiye portal); the long-stay mechanism inside Türkiye is the short-term residence permit
Visa type
Digital nomad visa
Status
Active
Income requirement (original currency)
3,000 USD / month
Income basis
Salary / employment contract
Legal basis
Official requirement is USD 3,000/month or USD 36,000/year (goTürkiye Digital Nomads portal, confirmed by KPMG and EY 2024 immigration alerts). Converted at 0.8612 USD->EUR (15 Jun 2026 spot): 3,000 x 0.8612 = EUR 2,584/month (annual EUR 31,003). The figure is a fixed USD threshold, not derived from any Turkish local benchmark.
Working for local clients
Not allowed
Path to citizenship
Via permanent residence
Where to apply
Online, Embassy / consulate, In country
Processing time
4–12 weeks
Tax residency trigger
183 days

Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: Health insurance is not listed among the documents the goTürkiye certificate platform checks. However, the short-term residence permit (the in-country long-stay route for digital nomads) requires valid health insurance with Turkish territorial validity covering the full requested permit period — either an international policy valid in Türkiye or a Turkish private health insurance policy issued by a Türkiye-recognised insurer meeting the regulatory minimum. No official minimum coverage amount in EUR is published; coverage must be adequate for the Turkish healthcare market. (Corroborated by law-firm guidance, not by a single official gazette figure.)

Tax notes: No special tax regime for digital nomads. Under the Turkish Income Tax Law (GVK Art. 4), an individual present in Türkiye for more than six months (183 days or more) in a calendar year, or domiciled there, becomes a full taxpayer taxed on worldwide income; certain categories (e.g. those present for a defined assignment, scientists, journalists) can be excepted. Holding a residence permit can support domicile/centre-of-living findings. Below the threshold, only Turkish-source income is taxed; double-tax treaties may provide tie-breaker relief. Resident income-tax rates run roughly 15%-40%. Tax rules are not part of the visa programme itself.

Insurance requirement

Insurance that meets the Turkey DNV requirements

Required in practice, for: full visa period. These plans match the published requirement:

#1

Cigna Global Health Options – International Health Plans (Silver / Gold / Platinum)

Likely qualifying

Cigna Healthcare (Cigna Global Insurance Company Limited) · International health insurance

Cigna Global is a worldwide full international medical plan ($1M Silver to unlimited Platinum) with Türkiye in its global area of coverage and continuous cover for the full permit period, satisfying Turkey's requirement for insurance with Turkish territorial validity for the entire short-term residence permit.

  • Three core tiers with annual maximums of $1M/€800k (Silver), $2M/€1.6M (Gold) and paid-in-full with no overall cap (Platinum)
  • No upper enrollment age (18+); insurer states it does not terminate policies based on age
  • Modular design: outpatient, evacuation & crisis assistance, health & wellbeing, vision & dental can be added; deductibles ($0-$10,000) and cost shares (0-30%) reduce the premium

from — /mo

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#2

MyHealth International

Likely qualifying

APRIL International Care France (health risk insured by Groupama Gan Vie; assistance/personal liability by CHUBB European Group SE) · International health insurance

APRIL MyHealth International gives worldwide full health cover ($500k-unlimited) with 100% hospitalisation and evacuation valid in Türkiye over the full stay; only the max-age 74 (60 in some countries) limit keeps it short of confirmed.

  • Four plan tiers with annual limits from EUR/USD 500,000 (Explore) up to unlimited (Extensive/Elite; capped at EUR/USD 2M-4M for treatment in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, USA)
  • Enrollment from age 10 up to 74 in most countries; one-year contract with automatic renewal
  • Hospitalisation, medical evacuation and cancer treatment at 100% on all tiers, with hospital direct billing and free unlimited 24/7 telehealth (Teladoc)

from €52 /mo

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#3

Care Expatriate (Basic/Comfort/Premium); student line: Care College

Likely qualifying

Care Concept AG (Bonn, Germany) · Long-stay travel insurance

Care Concept Care Expatriate is a worldwide long-stay expat policy explicitly marketed as authority-recognised with >EUR 30k cover, the closest match to Turkey's 'international policy valid in Türkiye for the full permit period' standard, though its residence-permit acceptance is framed for the German market.

  • Contract terms from 3 months up to 5 years; max entry age 74 (Care Expatriate); Germans/Austrians abroad can re-extend repeatedly until their 74th birthday
  • Home-country visits insured: 30 (Basic) / 45 (Comfort) / 90 (Premium) days per insurance year
  • Official insurer FAQ states products generally meet Schengen visa requirements; instant online confirmation issued at booking and products are recognized by German authorities (>EUR 30,000 coverage)

from €58 /mo

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Beyond the visa

Turkey — the rest of the move

The visa is step one. Here is the rest of what it takes to live here — each researched and sourced.

🩺 Health Insurance 🧾 Taxes Abroad 💶 Cost of Living 🛡️ Health System 🏡 Housing & Relocation 🏦 Banking & Money 📶 Connectivity & eSIM

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