Schengen visas in Turkey: refusals consulate by consulate
14.6% of applications refused in 2025 — 183,196 of 1,268,376.
2024: 14.5% of 1,173,917 applications (+0.1 pts). 47 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 2.8%
- Bulgaria — Edirne · 20,534 applications
- Most refusals
- 44.1%
- Germany — Ankara · 42,874 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −13.5 pts
- Denmark — Ankara · 44,253 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 100.0%
- Germany — Istanbul · 133,128 applications
Ranking based on consulates with at least 1,000 applications: below that, a handful of files moves the rate. The largest consulate by volume is Greece — Istanbul, with 169,025 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria — Edirne | 20,534 | 2.8% | 5.5% | −2.7 pts | 62.4% |
| Greece — Edirne | 49,953 | 3.1% | 1.5% | +1.6 pts | 89.6% |
| Portugal — Ankara | 3,921 | 3.5% | 2.9% | +0.6 pts | 62.0% |
| Slovakia — Istanbul | 2,129 | 4.4% | 2.7% | +1.7 pts | 69.0% |
| Spain — Ankara | 16,632 | 5.6% | 12.3% | −6.7 pts | 29.2% |
| Bulgaria — Bursa | 19,244 | 6.2% | 9.5% | −3.3 pts | 54.6% |
| Romania — Istanbul | 13,481 | 6.2% | 5.7% | +0.5 pts | 71.2% |
| Romania — Ankara | 8,617 | 6.2% | 2.1% | +4.2 pts | 70.2% |
| Spain — Istanbul | 39,221 | 8.2% | 4.6% | +3.6 pts | 22.9% |
| Netherlands — Istanbul | 71,316 | 8.6% | 11.5% | −2.9 pts | 63.9% |
| Luxembourg — Ankara | 3,412 | 8.8% | 16.3% | −7.6 pts | 90.3% |
| Italy — Izmir | 20,721 | 8.8% | 9.0% | −0.2 pts | 82.4% |
| Netherlands — Ankara | 39,125 | 9.8% | 13.5% | −3.7 pts | 51.1% |
| Switzerland — Istanbul | 23,072 | 9.8% | 11.0% | −1.2 pts | 77.8% |
| Greece — Istanbul | 169,025 | 11.2% | 11.9% | −0.8 pts | 72.0% |
| Czech Republic — Istanbul | 16,644 | 11.4% | 22.1% | −10.6 pts | 48.0% |
| Greece — Izmir | 75,981 | 11.5% | 8.7% | +2.8 pts | 64.6% |
| Latvia — Ankara | 1,828 | 12.8% | 22.8% | −10.1 pts | 44.9% |
| Austria — Istanbul | 15,142 | 12.8% | 20.6% | −7.8 pts | 70.4% |
| France — Ankara | 47,308 | 14.1% | 15.2% | −1.1 pts | 55.9% |
| Bulgaria — Istanbul | 34,048 | 14.1% | 10.3% | +3.8 pts | 86.5% |
| Romania — Izmir | 3,618 | 14.4% | 3.3% | +11.1 pts | 63.8% |
| Germany — Istanbul | 133,128 | 15.5% | 18.5% | −3.0 pts | 100.0% |
| Germany — Izmir | 41,625 | 15.7% | 11.6% | +4.0 pts | 98.9% |
| Belgium — Istanbul | 14,393 | 16.1% | 17.4% | −1.3 pts | 69.0% |
| France — Istanbul | 96,071 | 16.1% | 13.6% | +2.5 pts | 44.6% |
| Italy — Ankara | 17,134 | 16.2% | 14.8% | +1.5 pts | 50.1% |
| Italy — Istanbul | 41,615 | 17.1% | 8.4% | +8.7 pts | 65.7% |
| Hungary — Istanbul | 29,370 | 17.5% | 18.4% | −0.9 pts | 74.5% |
| Slovenia — Ankara | 5,890 | 17.6% | 27.8% | −10.3 pts | 99.9% |
| Poland — Istanbul | 2,181 | 19.4% | 13.2% | +6.2 pts | 81.5% |
| Denmark — Ankara | 44,253 | 21.0% | 34.5% | −13.5 pts | 85.3% |
| Bulgaria — Ankara | 8,207 | 21.2% | 21.5% | −0.3 pts | 61.0% |
| Finland — Ankara | 5,824 | 22.0% | 21.9% | +0.1 pts | 42.2% |
| Hungary — Ankara | 6,235 | 22.0% | 21.4% | +0.7 pts | 90.3% |
| Norway — Ankara | 15,532 | 24.7% | 25.3% | −0.7 pts | 83.6% |
| Croatia — Istanbul | 3,098 | 26.1% | 30.1% | −3.9 pts | 68.8% |
| Sweden — Istanbul | 21,661 | 26.7% | 30.5% | −3.7 pts | 51.5% |
| Greece — Ankara | 15,961 | 27.1% | 27.4% | −0.3 pts | 45.6% |
| Estonia — Ankara | 2,995 | 30.6% | 29.9% | +0.6 pts | 51.1% |
| Czech Republic — Ankara | 7,398 | 31.5% | 28.5% | +3.0 pts | 40.9% |
| Poland — Ankara | 5,160 | 33.5% | 30.2% | +3.3 pts | 47.4% |
| Malta — Istanbul | 8,068 | 34.9% | 27.9% | +7.0 pts | 45.2% |
| Lithuania — Ankara | 3,292 | 35.5% | 31.7% | +3.8 pts | 54.3% |
| Germany — Ankara | 42,874 | 44.1% | 32.0% | +12.2 pts | 56.0% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia — Ankara | 874 | 11.8% | 13.1% | −1.3 pts | 86.1% |
| Croatia — Ankara | 565 | 17.5% | 22.8% | −5.3 pts | 47.6% |
Before choosing a consulate
You do not pick your consulate. The Visa Code (Article 5) designates the one of your main destination — or of the first country of entry if no destination dominates. Applying "where refusals are lower" for a trip elsewhere is itself a ground for refusal.
A low rate is not leniency: it also reflects who applies. A consulate that mostly receives seasoned business travellers refuses less than one receiving first-time applicants. The rate shows where files fail most often — a reason to prepare yours carefully, not to change address.
Source: Commission européenne — Visa statistics for consulates, 2025 and 2024 editions, published 2026-05-28. Uniform short-stay visas; the rate is the Commission's: refusals / (issued + limited territorial validity visas + refusals).