Social, economic, and spatial impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

Abstract

This article aims to study the social, economic and spatial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the variously affected economic sectors  in Turkey and highlights the factors that distinguish Turkey from other countries with a special focus on the factors affecting the spread  of the epidemic, and the determinants of the changes caused by the epidemic in mobility between individuals. This study reveals the  factors that distinguish Turkey from other countries and highlights the various challenges it faced, as the impacts of COVID-19 in Turkey  also differ from several  international perspectives compared to other countries and regionally through different social, economic and regional dynamics within the country. From an international perspective, the most prominent factor that distinguishes Turkey from other  countries is its effective economic performance during the pandemic, as it was considered among the few countries with positive   performance and its experience is one of the most successful in the world.