How Many People Have Chip Identity Cards in Turkey?

There is a new system that has been officially implemented in Turkey in recent years. So much so that citizens can apply to the population directorates where they are located, chip ID card they can own. Moreover, these chip systems driver’s license information can also be integrated. In other words, a single card can be used as both an identity card and a driver’s license.

Well, within the scope of the system implemented since 2016 how many people Do you have a chip ID card? Here is the answer to this question of the AA correspondent from the Ministry of Interior and according to the figures announced, there are still millions of people among us who use blue or red identity cards.

As of November 15, 2022, the number of users of chip ID cards is 70 million 997 thousand 128

Chip ID cards, which started to be distributed in 2016, have been Reached 70 million 997 thousand 128 citizens. When we compare this figure to the population of Turkey, we see that it corresponds to 85%. 15 percent of us still have the old identity card. It should be noted that until November 15 this year, 9 million 721 thousand 815 chip IDs, 4 million 922 thousand 807 new type driver’s licenses and 2 million 876 thousand 179 passports were printed. Thus, the number of citizens who have new generation passports 9 million 900 thousand 259 it happened.

• Number of chip ID card users: 70 million 997 thousand 128
• Number of people who loaded driver’s license on chip ID card: 4 million 744 thousand 867
• Number of new passport users: 9 million 900 thousand 259

4 million 744 thousand 867 people use chip and ID on a single card

According to the information obtained, the number of citizens who loaded both identity and driver’s license information on the chip card 4 million 744 thousand 867. The main reason for this low number is that there are difficulties in driving license procedures. So much so that old-style driver’s license holders do not have the opportunity to load the chip card. Citizens must first change their driver’s license and switch to a new type of driver’s license, and then take the new driver’s license and have it loaded on the chip card. If this if the requirement is removed The number of citizens using a single card will increase exponentially.