Field polls suggest that even an important factor, such as the PKK terrorist attacks and the cost of countering it, is considered a problem by only 4% of Turkish people.
These days in Turkey, the voice of protest and criticism of the opposition parties is louder than ever. They believe that the Justice and Development Party, or in other words, the Erdogan team, does not have the necessary efficiency and adequacy to run the country and that the quality of governance in Turkey has fallen sharply.
Perhaps one of the main reasons for the growing voice of protest and criticism of the opposition is that they have gradually gained a better social and popular position in the last two years. Important factors such as the economic inefficiency of the government and the ruling party, as well as the consequences of the widespread outbreak of the coronavirus, unemployment, high prices, and the weakening of the lira against the dollar, have created an atmosphere in which we see a decline in AKP votes.
Until recently, free and independent private-sector polling stations repeatedly cited Erdogan’s vote cuts, but now, even polling stations close to the party have sounded the alarm, openly calling on party officials and Turkish public opinion has said that Erdogan’s government is not doing well and that something needs to be done.
The ORC polling company is known as a company that is always accused of supporting the ruling party and concealing the truth in publishing the results of its polls. In contrast, independent companies such as Eurasia are accused by the government of spreading and promoting pessimism and negative thinking.
But now, the latest ORC poll also shows the government’s economic inefficiency and serious legal, political and social problems. As a result, Eurasia CEO Kamal Ozkraz, in a sarcastic and interesting move, released the results of the latest company survey to the media, which does not belong to him, but the results are consistent with the polls of Eurasia and other companies.
Security threat?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the Justice and Development Party, and the President of Turkey, along with the government of Bagçli, the leader of the far-right National Movement party, have linked their political destiny in the past few years by forming a presidential coalition.
In their speeches, Erdogan and Bagçeli emphasize two key factors in addressing the main threats and dangers that have put Turkey at risk:
1. Terrorism and PKK attacks and the remnants of the coup d’etat of Fethullah Gulen.
2. Foreign conspirators.
Erdogan and Bagcili have highlighted the issue of security at a time when people have different views on serious threats and problems. Field polls suggest that even an important factor, such as the PKK terrorist attacks and the cost of countering it, is seen as a problem by only 4% of Turks.
To determine the main problems and major crises in Turkey, people were asked: In your opinion, what are the most important problems in Turkey: the answers of the people and the review of the results of the extensive survey of ORC show:
1. Among respondents, 45.7% believe that the economic crisis is the most important problem in Turkey.
2. Unemployment is also on the agenda and 16.5% of people believe that unemployment is a big problem in Turkey.
3. Attention to the consequences of the corona has attracted the attention of some people and 13.2% of the people consider the corona to be a big problem in Turkey.
4. The problems of the structure of public and higher education have also been considered by the people and 6.4% of the respondents consider the problems of the education sector as the most important problem in Turkey.
5. 4.2% of people believe that injustice is the most important problem in Turkey.
Contrary to Erdogan and Bagçeli only 4.1 percent of people consider assassination a major disaster.
7. The presence of nearly 4 million Syrian refugees is a problem for 2.8% of the Turkish population.
8. Miscellaneous responses of other sections are 7.1%.
If we combine the two sectors of the economy and unemployment, we conclude that 62% of the respondents of this survey consider economic and livelihood problems as the biggest crisis in Turkey.
Distrust of the judiciary
ORC polling company asked people: Do you trust the judiciary?
25.1% of the participants said yes and 74.9% said no
The above results show that there is a 3: 1 ratio between negative and positive responses. 75% of the people do not trust the judiciary, in other words, only one in four Turkish citizens trusts the judiciary.
The results of polls by other companies also show that issues such as disregard for the principle of separation of powers, adherence of the judiciary to the government, delays in proceedings, and government interference in the work of the Bar Association, are among the people’s protests about the activities of the judiciary.
