According to the report of the Tasnim International News Agency, the results of the latest field research in Turkey show that the trust of the people of this country in government institutions has been seriously damaged and shaken.
According to the findings of the latest survey by the independent and reliable ASAL Research Institute, politicians and various parties in Turkey do not have a significant place among the people, but the military has high credibility and respect.
The aforementioned research has shown that in the past few years, the trust of the Turkish people in four important aspects of the country's influential and important elements has decreased significantly, which are:
1. Judiciary (Yargı).
2. The Supreme Election Council of Türkiye (YSK).
3. Politicians and parties.
4. Media.
Turkish analysts believe that the decline in the popularity and status of Turkish politicians and parties among the people of this country in the past few years is directly related to the economic crisis and difficult conditions of livelihood, and there has been a kind of despair and disillusionment towards politicians in Turkey, which has never been seen before. has not had
The credibility and respect of the military in Turkish society
The field research of the ASAL Research Institute of Turkey in August, which was conducted in 26 provinces of Turkey, shows that the military is the only class and group whose credibility and status among the people has not been shaken.
In the main research question of the institute, “Which institution do you trust more than any other institution?” The answers are as follows:
1. Army 19.7 percent.
2. Police 16.5 percent.
3. Presidential Institution: 11.1 percent.
4. Parliament 10.2 percent.
5. Turkish banks 4.2 percent.
6. 4 percent measurement organization.
7. Supreme Election Council 3.5 percent.
8. Municipalities: 2.9 percent.
9. Government organizations of religious affairs and endowments 2 percent.
10. Judiciary 1.4 percent.
11. Politicians: 1.0 percent.
12. Media 0.9 percent.
13. I trust all institutions: 4.4 percent.
14. I do not trust any institution: 18.2 percent.
In the analysis of each of the above paragraphs, it is possible to describe the cases that show the reasons for the success or failure of institutions and groups in Turkey:
A) Armed forces: If we include both the first and second cases, the army and the police, under the armed forces, we see that they are worthy of trust and respect by 36% of the Turkish people, and this shows the special position of the military in Turkey.
Even though there have been many military coups in Turkey's modern history, the people of this country still have high trust in the military. One of the reasons for this is the specific historical, cultural and social background, according to which, all military personnel as “sons of the country” and “soldiers of the country” have a lot of respect and credibility and are given priority.
Several political parties with all kinds of intellectual tendencies have appeared in Turkey, which have seriously affected the fate of this country. But still, the group of politicians do not have much respect and credibility in the eyes of the public opinion of the Turkish people compared to the high position of the military.
b) Government and Parliament: In the second and third rows of the mentioned survey, the Turkish presidential institution and parliament are trusted by the people at a total of 20%. This shows that despite the fact that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has some charismatic personal characteristics and social popularity, and despite the fact that he has served three consecutive terms in the post of president, he still has not been able to get a better position than the parliament.
c) Turkish banking systemIn recent years, hundreds of small and large Turkish companies and tens of thousands of trade unions have been closed in this country. Inflation, unemployment and widespread economic crisis have caused even many powerful companies in the Turkish economy to go bankrupt. But the banks have become richer year by year in this economic bubble. They have maintained their survival by receiving huge profits and firmly guaranteeing the return of facilities, and even in applying interest and fees on special credit cards for daily purchases, they have applied such amounts that they have angered the people of Turkey and they are one of the institutions that people cannot support. They trust.
The confiscation of the property of businesses, ordinary citizens and even the confiscation of agricultural machinery and farmers' livestock due to the inability to repay the installments and the widespread publication of images of these bank actions on television channels and cyberspace have made the people of Turkey unhappy with the banks.
In addition, the suspicion of financial corruption and lying of the former head of the Central Bank of Turkey, Mrs. Ghaye Arkan, is one of the reasons that caused the trust in banks in the Turkish society to decline significantly.
d) Evaluation Organization and Supreme Election Council: These two institutions are very important to the people of Turkey, and in addition to the university entrance exam and higher education institutions, all employment tests are also at the disposal of this institution. Since it became clear that Fethullah Gülen's students have brought tens of thousands of them to power in various institutions with twenty years of influence in the evaluation organization and transfer of test questions to the organized groups of Gülen followers, the reputation and credibility of this institution has been destroyed and still is. It is not trusted by people.
The Supreme Election Council, as a powerful judicial body in charge of the elections, canceled the Istanbul elections during the 2019 elections by order of Erdoğan to prevent Akram Imamoglu from winning. However, Imamoglu won in the next election and the credibility and prestige of this old institution under the command of senior judges of Turkey was seriously damaged and since then, it has lost its position more and more every year.
e) Municipalities and religious organizations: Asal Institute's research has shown that the two institutions that have been severely distrusted by the people in recent years are the municipalities and wide-ranging organizations of religious affairs and endowments.
Most of the municipalities, especially the municipalities under the ruling party of Turkey, have lost their credibility due to the suspicion of financial corruption and nepotism. However, the government organization of religious affairs and endowments in Turkey has been discredited by the people for two reasons: firstly, the head of this organization, who is the Grand Mufti of the Turkish government, has been criticized by the people for his luxurious cars and luxurious life in the past few years. Second, he is not neutral in his political and social approach and takes the side of Erdoğan's party.
f) Judiciary and politicians: The lack of independence of the judiciary and the transformation of legal and criminal courts into the government's backyard, the delay of proceedings, the public prosecutor's inattention to people's requests for justice, the closure of the process of fighting corruption and rent-seeking, and harsh dealings with critics of the ruling party at the request of the legal team. Erdogan is one of the main reasons why Turkish people's trust in the country's judiciary has reached 1.4 percent. Politicians are also not trustworthy and the repetition of failed appointments has made them activists who are not trustworthy in the eyes of the people.
g) Turkish people's trust in Media and press This country is even less than 1%. This is despite the fact that dozens of television, radio and dozens of newspapers are active in this country, and the media is one of Turkey's most profitable and money-making institutions.
In the end, it should be said: when nearly 20% of Turkish people have declared in the aforementioned survey that they do not trust any of the institutions and groups, it can be concluded that a serious gap has emerged between the people and the government.
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