Visas in Marmaris

Good to Know

• The 90/180-day count is rolling and cumulative — you can't 'reset the clock' by doing a short border run to a neighboring country and coming straight back if you've already used up your 90 days in the trailing 180-day window.
• Switching passports (e.g., using a second nationality's passport) does not reset the 90-day allowance for the same person.
• If you want to base yourself in Marmaris longer than 90 days, start the short-term residence permit application before your visa-free period runs out — applying late or after the deadline is a common, avoidable mistake.
• Always double-check your specific nationality's current status on the official Ministry of Foreign Affairs site before travel, since Turkey has periodically added or adjusted countries on its visa-exempt list.
• The Digital Nomad Visa is only open to citizens of a specific list of countries (mainly EU/EEA, UK, US, Canada, and a few others) — check the GoTürkiye site for your nationality before assuming you qualify.
• If you're not eligible for the Digital Nomad Visa, most nomads in Marmaris rely on the 90-day visa-free entry and then a standard short-term residence permit (ikamet) if they want to stay longer.
• Repeatedly leaving and re-entering Turkey just to reset a 90-day visa-free clock (a 'border run') is increasingly scrutinized by immigration authorities and can lead to entry problems if you're judged to actually be living in Turkey without proper status.
• Track your cumulative days in Turkey carefully — crossing 183 days in a calendar year can trigger Turkish tax residency on your worldwide income, regardless of which visa or permit you're on.
• A bill that would extend a foreign-income tax exemption for new tax residents was in Turkey's parliamentary committee process as of mid-2026 and had not yet passed into law — don't rely on it as current fact until it's enacted.