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Overseas Days Calculator

Instantly calculate your total number of days stayed by adding up all the time you’ve spent outside of Turkey.

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8 Annual Period Analysis

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Important Rules:

  • The day of entry is counted in Turkey.
  • The calculation of the 8-year uninterrupted period is precise.
  • Have your document reviewed by Atasa’s experts.

Will these timeframes prevent me from submitting my application
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SHORT ANSWER

For a long-term residence permit, the eight-year period must be continuous. Days spent abroad may interrupt this continuity. This tool calculates the total of your entry and exit dates and displays the annual breakdown.

Last updated: 1 September 2026Atasa Consulting

What are the limits?

Three separate metrics are used in the assessment: the duration of continuous stay, the total over one-year periods, and the total over the past five years. Exceeding one limit does not necessarily mean that the others have also been exceeded.

Even after obtaining a long-term residence permit, staying abroad for more than one year without interruption—except in cases of force majeure—may result in the revocation of the permit.

Be careful when counting the days

Whether departure and arrival dates are included in the count is not governed by a single written rule. For accounts held at the border, the two methods may yield different results.

Therefore, if the result is close to the threshold, it must be evaluated in conjunction with the official records of entries and exits.

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Days spent abroad should not be evaluated in isolation

The continuity assessment does not consider only the days spent abroad. Days spent in Turkey without a valid permit are also included in the calculation.

For this reason, the assessment that “I was abroad for four months; there’s no problem” may be incomplete: if a person remains in the country without authorization for three months immediately following a four-month trip, the combined duration increases to seven months.

It is not counted twice on the same day; the portion of the leave period that overlaps with travel abroad is not counted separately as an unauthorized absence.

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OFFICIAL SOURCES

This content was compiled from the FAQ text that passed official source verification on August 25, 2026. Since regulations are subject to change, you should check the relevant agency’s most recent announcement before submitting your application.