{"id":15850,"date":"2013-06-05T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T05:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/prime-minister-erdogan-popular-in-turkey-but-less-so-in-istanbul\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:31:07","slug":"prime-minister-erdogan-popular-in-turkey-but-less-so-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/06\/05\/prime-minister-erdogan-popular-in-turkey-but-less-so-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Erdogan popular in Turkey broadly, but less so in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/05\/world\/europe\/turkey-riots.html?ref=global-home\">anti-government protests continue<\/a> in Istanbul and other Turkish cities, a March 2013 poll conducted by the Pew Research Center shows Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to be broadly popular in Turkey. The poll, which was conducted before the protests began, found a majority (62%) had a favorable view of Erdogan, while just 34% viewed him unfavorably. This is basically unchanged from 2012, when 59% of Turks had a positive view of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-247666\" alt=\"6-4-2013 4-49-20 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/6-4-2013-4-49-20-PM.png\" width=\"294\" height=\"340\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Erdogan\u2019s national popularity tracks closely with his party\u2019s position in parliament (the AKP party holds 326 seats in the <a href=\"http:\/\/global.tbmm.gov.tr\/index.php\/EN\/yd\/siyasi_parti_gruplari\">Grand National Assembly of Turkey<\/a> out of 550 available), he is less popular in Turkey\u2019s most populous city, Istanbul. Only 46% of Turks who live in Istanbul have a positive view of Erdogan, while 54% see him negatively. Istanbul is home to Taksim Square, where the protests began last week over the government\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/01\/world\/europe\/police-attack-protesters-in-istanbuls-taksim-square.html?pagewanted=all\">proposed plans to build<\/a> replica Ottoman-era army barracks that would house a shopping mall.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across Turkey, Erdogan also receives less support from more secular Muslims.\u00a0 Only 36% of Muslims in Turkey who pray infrequently (hardly ever or only during religious holidays) have a favorable view of the Islamist-oriented PM. Meanwhile, three-fourths of Turkish Muslims who pray five times a day have a positive view of him.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are more detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2013\/06\/05\/erdogan-favorability-topline\/\">results and survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of Turks say they have a favorable view of Prime Minister Tayyip 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