North American travelers seeking to visit Turkey will no longer need a visa in order to be permitted into the country.
Specifically, visitors from North America will no longer be required to purchase E-visas, according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The E-visa program for visitors to Turkey was launched back in April 2013 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The system allows visitors to obtain an E-visa online via a process that takes about three minutes.
As part of the new announcement however, visitors from the United States, Canada and Mexico are now among some 20 countries that are not required to have such a permit for a visit to Turkey.
The U.S. State Department website also confirms this new development, noting that visas are not required for visits…
