Civil Society is not Doing Bad, but the Public Wants “More Effort” to Give Credit

7 February 2018 The 2017 results of the Survey on Social and Political Trends in Turkey, conducted every year by Kadir Has University’s Center for Turkish Studies, were announced. According to the survey, which measures Turkish public perceptions on current issues and potential problems, the Turkish public views “terrorism” as the most important problem facing […]

7 February 2018

The 2017 results of the Survey on Social and Political Trends in Turkey, conducted every year by Kadir Has University’s Center for Turkish Studies, were announced. According to the survey, which measures Turkish public perceptions on current issues and potential problems, the Turkish public views “terrorism” as the most important problem facing the country. When asked which institutions were the most trusted, the police and gendarmerie came in at the top for the first time since the survey has been conducted. Burak Bilgehan Özpek from TOBB University of Economics and Technology evaluated CSOs’ credibility as such:

“%25 of the public does not trust civil society and %33 does not think CSOs are effective. Still, I believe we are better than we were after 15^th July coup attempt. Opposition against the civil society has a tendency to decrease and it shows that the statist psychology after 15^th July has diminished.

To get detailed information about the research:

http://ctrs.khas.edu.tr/sources/TSSEA-2017_vfinal(English).pdf