To ask about travelling to Turkey? Passport issue.

[Quirkology]

Do you need 6 months left on an EU passport to travel to Turkey on holiday?

Must have 150 days after date of arrival left on passport.

www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey/entry-requirements

You need to look on the government website of the country that issued your passport as it will vary from country to country. For an Uk citizen they advice against travelling to certain areas of Turkey at the moment and you have to have 150 days left on it at the time of entry

The FCO is only advising against travelling near the border with Syria. All the normal tourist places are fine.

Yes I have said certain parts of Turkey not all. Not sure if OP is going as a tourist as no info on post

I'm not travelling. My teen told me they were booking a last minute trip to Turkey. I said check because I think their passport expires in February. They snorted in derision at my cautious ways. I'm going to hunt up their passport tomorrow.

Standard behaviour 🙄. Whatever country that has issued the passport should have info online stating how long left they need to have.

I thought I was going nuts, but then realised you'd edited your post!

They snorted in derision at my cautious ways. I'm going to hunt up their passport tomorrow.
mine travels on Jan 1st and just submitted their renewal on Friday night, hopefully it arrives 🙄

Why are you doing this for goodness sake?
Make them find their passport and check it's validity.
If they are old enough to go away themselves and old enough to snort derisively at your concerns, let them find out the reality

You could leave them to it, seeing as they know best after all and if they're old enough to travel abroad without their parents, they're also old enough to keep up with boring life admin.

Assuming that a last minute trip to Turkey in January won't cost that much, if it all goes wrong it will be a valuable life lesson for them that could save them a lot of hassle and much greater expense in future, if they lose this holiday because their passport is invalid.

Don't be running round finding and taking them to emergency appointments if they book the holiday, ignore the passport issue until the new year and then realise it needs renewing.

Great minds @CyranoDeBergerQuack . Although I expect the 'their brains aren't fully developed until they're 25 and it's your responsibility as a parent to wipe their arses for them for life' crew will disagree.

I hope he’s taking his coat, it’s highs of 11 degrees and rain in Turkey where my family live for next week! It’s gets really cold at night (3/4 degrees some areas), if he’s staying in an apartment/villa just sure there is a source of heating. Many tourist areas will be ghost towns and building work will be rife. Hopefully he’s visiting a big city to take in the culture but thought I’d send a word of warning as it’s often thought to be a year round destination.

Looks like if it's an EU passport there may be different requirements:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Turkey

You’ll get a new passport before then. Mine took four days in June. I did get photos where you get the e-code and uploaded them and posted the old one back registered the same day though.

very impressed.

His passport expires in February. He's travelling on Friday afternoon. Or not.

OP you say 'EU passport'. So it might be OK, some EU passport holders can enter on an expired passport so it doesn't even need to be in date, let alone have a certain number of days left.

https://www.mfa.gov.tr/passport-validity-requirements-while-entering-turkey-in-accordance-with-law-on-foreigners-and-international-protection.en.mfa

But the actual requirements are here, or I'm sure the Foreign Office equivalent where you live will have information.

@Quirkology please update on Friday.

It would be interesting to know whether snorting with derision works with airline staff or border officials.

I checked his passport. It expires 94 days after he travels. I'm working every day this week and he has exams at college. Getting him an emergency passport would be a nightmare. I think I might let him just do nothing.