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]

COVID-19 vaccination in Turkey
Date14 January 2021 (2021-01-14) – present
LocationTurkey
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic
TargetFull immunisation of people in Turkey against COVID-19
Participants53024115 people completely vaccinated (22 May 2022)[1]
Websitecovid19asi.saglik.gov.tr

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
Vaccination center in Samsun

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
Pfizer–BioNTech
Sinovac
Sputnik V
TurkoVac
BioNTech vaccination room in Turkey

Vaccination statistics

  New vaccination per day   7-day moving average

  First dose   Second dose

  First dose   Second dose

  • Vaccines used in Turkey
  • Sinovac
    Sinovac
  • BioNTech
    BioNTech
  • Sputnik V
    Sputnik V

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Turkey begins mass COVID-19 vaccination with Sinovac's jabs". Xinhua News Agency. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. Atik, I. (2022). Performance comparison of regression learning methods: COVID-19 case prediction for turkey. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 7(1).
  4. 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.
  5. Tasdemir, Firat (2 April 2021). "1st doses of Pfizer-BioNTech jab administered in Turkey". Anadolu Agency.
  6. Aydogan, Merve (30 April 2021). "Turkey OKs emergency use of Sputnik-V vaccine". Anadolu Agency.


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