# Türkiye's digital nomad visa > Digital Nomad Visa and Digital Nomad Identification Certificate for Türkiye: $3,000 a month income requirement, 24 months initially, how to apply, what it means for tax, and the official page — checked 2026-08-18. Source: https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/turkiye/ Türkiye · digital nomad visa · 2026 24 months Digital Nomad Visa and Digital Nomad Identification… Open · checked 2026-08-18 · goturkiye.com Türkiye runs the Digital Nomad Visa and Digital Nomad Identification Certificate, an initial 24 months for remote workers earning $3,000 a month. Next step **How we know** Every figure here is as goturkiye.com publishes it, checked 18 August 2026. Where a number is our own arithmetic rather than a printed figure, the row says so. Sources are listed further down the page. ## What to know before you apply IMPORTANT ON DURATION: neither Go Türkiye nor the Presidency of Migration Management publishes a duration specific to the digital nomad route. The 24 months here is the statutory maximum per issuance for ANY short-term residence permit under Law No. 6458, and the Presidency's list of fourteen short-term categories does not name digital nomads separately — so treat it as the legal ceiling, not a published nomad-specific term; a shorter first grant is possible. Tax treatment and family provisions are not published for this route, so both are null rather than assumed. ## What it means for your tax days A visa is permission to stay; tax residency follows the days you actually spend. Check Türkiye's tax authority for the day test that applies to you — and count the days either way. ## Sources - [goturkiye.com](https://goturkiye.com/digitalnomads/application-requirements-for-digital-nomad-visa-and-short-term-residence) — official source, checked 2026-08-18 - [en.goc.gov.tr](https://en.goc.gov.tr/residence-permit-types) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 - [en.goc.gov.tr](https://en.goc.gov.tr/documents-for-residence-permit-fee-amount) (official), retrieved 2026-08-18 ## Questions people ask about Türkiye **Does Türkiye have a digital nomad visa?** Yes. Türkiye runs the Digital Nomad Visa and Digital Nomad Identification Certificate, which grants an initial stay of 24 months (yes — the resulting short-term residence permit is issued for a maximum of two years each time under law no. 6458, with extensions applied for within sixty days before expiry through the e-residence system). Checked 18 August 2026 against goturkiye.com. **How much do you need to earn for the Türkiye digital nomad visa?** $3,000 a month — Published as "monthly income of 3,000 USD or 36,000 USD annually" on the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Go Türkiye digital nomad page.. That is the figure as published; check the official page for the current amount before you apply. **How long can you stay on the Türkiye digital nomad visa?** 24 months on the initial permission; yes — the resulting short-term residence permit is issued for a maximum of two years each time under law no. 6458, with extensions applied for within sixty days before expiry through the e-residence system. Stretch counts the days either way and tells you the date you must be out. **Does a digital nomad visa in Türkiye make you tax resident?** A visa and tax residency are different things: the visa lets you stay, the tax rules follow the days you actually spend. Check Türkiye's tax authority for the day test that applies to you. **How does Stretch help with the Türkiye digital nomad visa?** Log the day you land and Stretch counts the days against the permission you are on, shows the date you must be out, and reminds you at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days. It also tallies the days that count towards tax residency, so the 183-day question answers itself. The counting and the alerts are free, forever. Other digital nomad visas - [Cabo Verde](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/cabo-verde/) 6mo - [Kenya](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/kenya/) 12mo - [Azerbaijan](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/azerbaijan/) Announced, not open yet - [Kazakhstan](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/kazakhstan/) 12mo - [Uzbekistan](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/uzbekistan/) 36mo - [Kyrgyzstan](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/kyrgyzstan/) 12mo - [Barbados](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/barbados/) 12mo - [Colombia](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/colombia/) 24mo - [All digital nomad visas →](https://doastretch.com/nomad-visa/) Türkiye, the rest of it - [Who needs a visa for Türkiye](https://doastretch.com/visa/to/turkiye/) - [All visa rules by passport →](https://doastretch.com/visa/) Stretch is a tracker, not legal advice, and this is not tax advice. Visa and tax rules change and are applied by the authority, not by an app — every figure here shows its source and the date we checked it. Checked 2026-08-18; confirm on the official page before you apply or file.