COVID-19 vaccination in Turkey
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Turkey began on 14 January 2021.[2] As of 2 April 2022, 57784362 people have received their first dose, and 52982877 people have been fully vaccinated.[1] Also, 27648857 people received their third dose.[1]
Date | 14 January 2021 (2021-01-14) – present |
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Location | Turkey |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
Target | Full immunisation of people in Turkey against COVID-19 |
Participants | 53024115 people completely vaccinated (22 May 2022)[1] |
Website | covid19asi |
The population of Turkey is approximately 83 million, thus 63% of the population is fully vaccinated.
Effect of vaccine
In January 2021, new COVID-19 cases in Turkey were at 12203. Then, in April 2021, they rose to 40806. However, due to the vaccine rollout, cases dropped to 5288 in July 2021.[3]
Public perception of vaccine
Through a study done on the population of Turkey's perception of the COVID-19 vaccine, it was shown that only 62.7% of participants had a positive perception of the vaccine. Specifically, people with previous experience with COVID-19, people with bachelor's degrees or higher, and people with experience with influenza vaccines were more likely to have a positive perception of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, older people were more likely to have a negative perception of the vaccine.[4]
Vaccines on order

There are several COVID-19 vaccines at various stages of development around the world. Turkey currently uses 4 different vaccines.[5][6]
Vaccine | Approval | Deployment |
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Pfizer–BioNTech | ![]() |
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Sinovac | ![]() |
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Vaccination statistics
New vaccination per day 7-day moving average
First dose Second dose
First dose Second dose
Gallery
- Vaccines used in Turkey
- Sinovac
- BioNTech
- Sputnik V
References
- "COVID-19 Aşisi Bilgilendirme Platformu" [COVID-19 Vaccine Information Platform]. Turkish Ministry of Health. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- "Turkey begins mass COVID-19 vaccination with Sinovac's jabs". Xinhua News Agency. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- Atik, I. (2022). Performance comparison of regression learning methods: COVID-19 case prediction for turkey. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 7(1).
- Sonmezer, M. C., Sahin, T. K., Erul, E., Ceylan, F. S., Harmurcu, M. Y., Morova, N., Al, I. R., Unal, S. (2022, February 11). Knowledge, attitudes, and perception towards COVID-19 vaccination among the adult population: A cross-sectional study in Turkey. MDPI Open Access Journals. doi:10.3390/vaccines10020278.
- Tasdemir, Firat (2 April 2021). "1st doses of Pfizer-BioNTech jab administered in Turkey". Anadolu Agency.
- Aydogan, Merve (30 April 2021). "Turkey OKs emergency use of Sputnik-V vaccine". Anadolu Agency.
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