Schengen visa applications filed in Türkiye

1,268,376 applications · 15.5% refused · 2025

In 2025, 1,268,376 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Türkiye. 15.5% of them were refused.

These are the consulates located in Türkiye, so the figures cover everyone who applied there — residents of any nationality. The data says nothing about applicants' passports.

Applications
1,268,376
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
1,072,054
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
15.5%
196,322 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
68.7%
736,556 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
47
Across 5 cities
Schengen states present
27
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Türkiye, 2025

47 consulate posts run by 27 Schengen states across 5 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGreece
CityIstanbul
Applications169,025
Issued149,905
Multiple-entry107,876
Refused11.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityIstanbul
Applications133,128
Issued112,400
Multiple-entry112,356
Refused15.6%
Schengen stateFrance
CityIstanbul
Applications96,071
Issued79,086
Multiple-entry35,274
Refused17.7%
Schengen stateGreece
CityIzmir
Applications75,981
Issued67,083
Multiple-entry43,343
Refused11.7%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityIstanbul
Applications71,316
Issued64,684
Multiple-entry41,321
Refused9.3%
Schengen stateGreece
CityEdirne
Applications49,953
Issued48,379
Multiple-entry43,340
Refused3.2%
Schengen stateFrance
CityAnkara
Applications47,308
Issued40,353
Multiple-entry22,572
Refused14.7%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityAnkara
Applications44,253
Issued31,914
Multiple-entry27,232
Refused27.9%
Schengen stateGermany
CityAnkara
Applications42,874
Issued23,873
Multiple-entry13,378
Refused44.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityIzmir
Applications41,625
Issued35,005
Multiple-entry34,617
Refused15.9%
Schengen stateItaly
CityIstanbul
Applications41,615
Issued34,491
Multiple-entry22,663
Refused17.1%
Schengen stateSpain
CityIstanbul
Applications39,221
Issued33,451
Multiple-entry7,662
Refused14.7%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityAnkara
Applications39,125
Issued35,120
Multiple-entry17,931
Refused10.2%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityIstanbul
Applications34,048
Issued28,957
Multiple-entry25,050
Refused15.0%
Schengen stateHungary
CityIstanbul
Applications29,370
Issued24,099
Multiple-entry17,957
Refused17.9%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityIstanbul
Applications23,072
Issued20,792
Multiple-entry16,179
Refused9.9%
Schengen stateSweden
CityIstanbul
Applications21,661
Issued15,735
Multiple-entry8,110
Refused27.4%
Schengen stateItaly
CityIzmir
Applications20,721
Issued18,895
Multiple-entry15,573
Refused8.8%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityEdirne
Applications20,534
Issued19,803
Multiple-entry12,354
Refused3.6%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityBursa
Applications19,244
Issued18,018
Multiple-entry9,834
Refused6.4%
Schengen stateItaly
CityAnkara
Applications17,134
Issued14,350
Multiple-entry7,183
Refused16.2%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityIstanbul
Applications16,644
Issued14,735
Multiple-entry7,077
Refused11.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CityAnkara
Applications16,632
Issued14,937
Multiple-entry4,355
Refused10.2%
Schengen stateGreece
CityAnkara
Applications15,961
Issued11,592
Multiple-entry5,287
Refused27.4%
Schengen stateNorway
CityAnkara
Applications15,532
Issued11,699
Multiple-entry9,783
Refused24.7%
Schengen stateAustria
CityIstanbul
Applications15,142
Issued12,999
Multiple-entry9,156
Refused14.2%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityIstanbul
Applications14,393
Issued11,956
Multiple-entry8,253
Refused16.9%
Schengen stateRomania
CityIstanbul
Applications13,481
Issued12,630
Multiple-entry8,987
Refused6.3%
Schengen stateRomania
CityAnkara
Applications8,617
Issued8,073
Multiple-entry5,664
Refused6.3%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityAnkara
Applications8,207
Issued6,372
Multiple-entry3,885
Refused22.4%
Schengen stateMalta
CityIstanbul
Applications8,068
Issued5,244
Multiple-entry2,370
Refused35.0%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityAnkara
Applications7,398
Issued5,066
Multiple-entry2,071
Refused31.5%
Schengen stateHungary
CityAnkara
Applications6,235
Issued4,824
Multiple-entry4,354
Refused22.6%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CityAnkara
Applications5,890
Issued4,814
Multiple-entry4,810
Refused18.3%
Schengen stateFinland
CityAnkara
Applications5,824
Issued4,373
Multiple-entry1,846
Refused24.9%
Schengen statePoland
CityAnkara
Applications5,160
Issued3,432
Multiple-entry1,626
Refused33.5%
Schengen statePortugal
CityAnkara
Applications3,921
Issued3,785
Multiple-entry2,348
Refused3.5%
Schengen stateRomania
CityIzmir
Applications3,618
Issued3,093
Multiple-entry1,974
Refused14.5%
Schengen stateLuxembourg
CityAnkara
Applications3,412
Issued3,045
Multiple-entry2,750
Refused10.8%
Schengen stateLithuania
CityAnkara
Applications3,292
Issued2,119
Multiple-entry1,151
Refused35.6%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityIstanbul
Applications3,098
Issued2,220
Multiple-entry1,528
Refused28.3%
Schengen stateEstonia
CityAnkara
Applications2,995
Issued2,078
Multiple-entry1,062
Refused30.6%
Schengen statePoland
CityIstanbul
Applications2,181
Issued1,756
Multiple-entry1,432
Refused19.5%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityIstanbul
Applications2,129
Issued2,030
Multiple-entry1,401
Refused4.7%
Schengen stateLatvia
CityAnkara
Applications1,828
Issued1,581
Multiple-entry710
Refused13.5%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityAnkara
Applications874
Issued769
Multiple-entry662
Refused12.0%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityAnkara
Applications565
Issued439
Multiple-entry209
Refused22.3%

Applications filed in Türkiye over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2009–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications1,268,376
Issued1,072,054
Refused15.5%
Year2024
Applications1,173,917
Issued993,875
Refused15.3%
Year2023
Applications1,055,885
Issued867,646
Refused17.8%
Year2022
Applications778,409
Issued645,842
Refused17.0%
Year2021
Applications271,977
Issued220,245
Refused19.0%
Year2020
Applications229,282
Issued197,694
Refused13.8%
Year2019
Applications906,862
Issued812,108
Refused10.4%
Year2018
Applications879,240
Issued799,903
Refused9.0%
Year2017
Applications971,710
Issued903,644
Refused7.0%
Year2016
Applications937,487
Issued890,776
Refused5.0%
Year2015
Applications900,789
Issued862,184
Refused4.3%
Year2014
Applications813,339
Issued770,342
Refused5.3%
Year2013
Applications780,846
Issued739,957
Refused5.2%
Year2012
Applications668,835
Issued637,276
Refused4.7%
Year2011
Applications624,361
Issued591,950
Refused5.2%
Year2010
Applications559,946
Issued522,230
Refused6.8%
Year2009
Applications547,431
Issued505,489
Refused7.7%

What these numbers show — and what they do not

The European Commission publishes one row per consulate: the Schengen state that runs it, the country and city it sits in, and how many uniform short-stay (type C) visas were applied for, issued and refused there in a calendar year.

The country dimension is where an application was filed, which is roughly where the applicant lives. It is not the applicant's nationality — the dataset contains no nationality information at all. So these figures cannot say how often citizens of a given country are refused, and they cannot predict how any individual application will be decided.

Read the Commission's methodology note

Questions about this data

No. These are applications filed at consulates in Türkiye, by residents of any nationality. The European Commission's data does not record what passport applicants hold, so it cannot say anything about the refusal rate for a particular nationality.

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Data: European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs — short-stay visas issued by the Schengen countries. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Figures are consulate aggregates for a completed calendar year and are not a guide to individual applications.