Bulgarian Embassy in Ankara

The Bulgarian embassy in Ankara is listed as open Monday to Friday, 08:30–17:30.

Bulgaria requires Turkish citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Applications may be taken here or by a visa centre working for Bulgaria.

In 2025, Bulgaria’s embassy in Ankara received 8,207 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 6,372. 1,717 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 21.2%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 21.5%. Applications rose by 45% compared with 2024 (5,677).

Bulgaria issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in Turkey; this office handled 10% of their 82,033 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Istanbul 14.1%, Edirne 2.8% and Bursa 6.2%, which makes Ankara the highest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Turkey, 14.6% of applications were refused in 2025; Bulgaria’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Bulgaria received the 5th largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 61.0% of those issued. Bulgaria only began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so its 2024 figures cover part of the year. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Turkey.

The Bulgarian embassy in Ankara is one of 4 missions of Bulgaria in Turkey. Consulates: Istanbul, Edirne and Bursa. Turkey in turn has 4 missions in Bulgaria, its embassy being in Sofia.

About the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Bulgaria in Ankara. The head of mission on record is Anguel Tcholakov.

Address and contact

Address: Atatürk Bulvarı 124, 06680 Ankara. The record for the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Bulgarian citizens travelling to Turkey

Bulgarian citizens can visit Turkey without a visa for up to 90 days.

When the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara is closed

The next closures of the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara for public holidays in Turkey are New Year's Day (Yılbaşı) on Friday 1 January 2027 and Eid al-Fitr First Day (Ramazan Bayramı 1. Gün) on Wednesday 10 March 2027 (date provisional); it may also close for Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026.

Before visiting the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara

Current procedures for the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara

Within 1 km of the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara there are 19 other foreign missions.