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Visa required for short stay in Turkey (under 24 hours) ?

Visa required for short stay in Turkey (under 24 hours) ?

Old Aug 11th 2010, 4:21 pm
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Default Visa required for short stay in Turkey (under 24 hours) ?

I'm a UK citizen and I will be in Istanbul next month on a flight back from Asia to change to a connecting flight back to Western Europe. I know that usually UK citizens need to buy a 90 day tourist visa at PoE as the UK has no reciprocal visa waiver agreement with Turkey, however cruise passengers are exempt as long as they do not stay for over 24 hours.

I've booked an airport hotel since my lay over there is around 19 hours so I considering airport check in time etc I will only need to be on Turkish soil for around 16 hours (just long enough to get to my hotel, have some food, a shower, some sleep and back to the airport again). Will I still have to pay for a 90 day tourist visa at the border or does anybody know if there is any special arrangement for really short stays? I have been there before but the longest wait was around four hours so I just didn't leave the airport terminal so I'm a bit clueless to how Turkish immigration works unfortunately.
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Old Aug 12th 2010, 9:44 am
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So nobody knows about this then?
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Old Aug 14th 2010, 8:32 pm
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If you want to leave the airport, you have to pay for a VOA sticker
http://www.turkishconsulate.org.uk/e...asp?PageID=2#2

See 'transit visa' for details.
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Old Aug 14th 2010, 8:44 pm
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I suspected that would be the case, thanks anyway Meauxna.
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Take two showers to make it worth it?
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Old Aug 14th 2010, 8:48 pm
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I think the chance for a hot meal and few hours sleep in a bed after a long flight back from Tokyo should be compensation enough.
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