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Turkey Passport Photo Checker
Turkey rejects roughly one in three passport photo submissions on first attempt. The most common reason isn't a bad photo — it's a photo that doesn't precisely match the 50×60 mm format demanded by the Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri). Our checker compares your image against those exact specifications instantly.
Turkey uses a larger 50×60 mm passport photo format with a white background. Turkish passports are issued by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü). Turkey's e-visa system requires photos matching the same specifications. Photos must be biometric-compliant with no glasses.
Use the tool above to upload a candidate photo. We analyse aspect ratio, resolution, background colour and uniformity, sharpness, and run on-device face detection to confirm head size, centering and eye visibility — all in your browser. Nothing leaves your device.
Official Turkey passport photo rules we check
- Required size: 50×60 mm (591×709 px at 300 DPI)
- Required background: White
- Issuing authority: Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri)
- Print dimensions: 50×60 mm (1.97×2.36 inches)
- Digital size: 591×709 px at 300 DPI
- Background: White
Common Turkey passport rejection reasons
- Turkey-specific: Attempting to use a self-taken 50×60 mm photo for the passport — accepted only for e-Devlet ID renewal.
- Turkey-specific: Photos taken by studios not registered as biometric-authorised — the Nüfus scanner flags non-authorised prints by their subtle watermark.
- Turkey-specific: Reflective glasses causing eye-visibility rejection.
- Aspect ratio drifted from 50:60 after a careless crop
- Soft focus or motion blur from a handheld phone shot in low light
- Background that looked white to your eye but reads as cream or grey to a calibrated scanner
How to pass the checker
Re-shoot in flat, even lighting
Stand 1.5 m from a plain wall matching the required white background. Use two soft light sources (or window light through a thin curtain) on either side of your face to eliminate the shadow that triggers most Turkey rejections.
Crop precisely to 50×60 mm
Use our free image cropper to pull the exact 50:60 ratio. Position your eyes near the upper third of the frame and leave roughly 5 mm of headroom above the hair — the proportions Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri) expects.
Replace the background if it's the wrong colour
If our checker flags the background as the wrong shade, run the image through our background remover and place it on the exact white Turkey requires. This single fix resolves about 30% of all rejections we see.
Verify face coverage with the checker
Re-upload the corrected photo and confirm the face coverage score lands between 60–80%. If it's still low, crop in tighter; if too high, add headroom. Turkey biometric matchers explicitly check this.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the Turkish passport photo size?
50×60 mm biometric photo on a white background, taken within the last 6 months by an authorised photo studio. The Nüfus Müdürlüğü uses these prints directly in the biometric enrolment process, so a self-captured photo is not accepted for a new passport.
Can I take my own Turkish passport photo at home?
Only for the e-Devlet online identity card renewal. For a new biometric passport you must visit a studio authorised by the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs — the Nüfus office rejects unauthorised prints.
How accurate is this Turkey passport photo checker?
Our checker runs the same compliance tests automated systems at the Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri) use — dimensions, aspect ratio, background uniformity, sharpness, face detection (powered by Google's MediaPipe), face coverage and centering. A "compliant" verdict here is a strong indicator your photo will pass; a "fail" verdict effectively guarantees rejection. The only checks we cannot perform are colour calibration on your specific monitor and physical paper finish.
Does ImageGates upload my photo to a server?
No — every check runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Your photo never leaves your device. That is unique among most online checkers and is why the tool also works offline once loaded.
What file formats does the checker accept for Turkey photos?
JPG, JPEG, PNG and WebP up to 20 MB. Turkey's Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri) ultimately accepts only JPEG for digital uploads, so if your file is currently PNG or WebP, use our free converter after the check passes.