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Public trust in military plunges after Turkey’s failed coup: Poll
[Hurriyet Daily News] The military has lost its decades-long status as ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s most trusted institution following the failed coup of July 15, according to a recent poll. While the military topped the list as the most trusted institution in the country with 62.4 percent in the same poll conducted by Kadir Has University last year, the figure fell to 47.4 percent this year. This placed it in second position, below the presidency which rose from 46.9 percent to 49.4 percent. In all the Research of Social and Political Trends in Turkey survey conducted since 2000, the military has up to this year always topped the list of trusted institutions. The presidency was this year among the few institutions in Turkey that have seen an increase in trust. The poll, conducted in the first half of December 2016 in 26 provinces and made public yesterday, revealed that many institutions have suffered a loss of public confidence. In addition to the military, universities are also big losers, with 24.7 percent saying they trust universities, down from last year’s 49.8 percent. NGOs saw a similar decrease, with 26.2 percent saying they trust NGOs, down from last year’s 42.3 percent. Only 1.5 percent of those polled said they were a member of an NGO. Trust in political parties also sharply decreased, from 33.9 percent to 21.8 percent, while parliament saw an increase of 3 percent from 43 percent to 49 percent. The media came at the bottom of the list of trusted institutions, with only 15.1 percent saying they trusted the media, down from 27.8 percent last year. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-19 |
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