Inspector Visit After AKP is Shown 39.1 Percent

Murat Gezici, owner of Gezici Research Firm, commented bianet on the unexpected tax inspection visit the day after the firm released a poll that showed AKP’s votes as 39.1 percent. 

“We had two inspectors from the tax office. This was a non-procedural visit. They scrunitized everything from our staff number to whether we had an office or a research poll at all. They even asked for our apartment contract,” Gezi said, claiming that the timing was meaningful. 

“These procedures are completed 15 days within the establishment of the company. However,” he continued, “we have been established 4 years ago. It has been speculated that this had something to do with our latest research. We think the same.” 

What is in the report?

When the undecided votes are distributed,

* Justice and Development Party (AKP): 39.1 percent

* Republican People’s Party (CHP): 28.7 percent

* Nationalist Movement Party (MHP): 18.1 percent

* Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP): 9.5 percent

* SP: 2.1 percent

* BBP: 1.5 percent

* Anatolia Party: 0.1 percent

* DP: 0.5 percent

* DSP and others: 2 percent 

Undecided votes on the rise

The report also cited that AKP’s vote loss could be explained with corruption allegations, low incomes, conflicts, issues in the education system and pressures towards the media. The research firm also predicted that AKP’s votes might decrease as far as 35 percent.

It also showed that the undecided votes were on the rise - which is currently 19.7 percent. The support for the presidential system, on the other hand, remained 23.2 percent. 

Government and president interventions

Among the participants,

* 37.2 percent don’t believe that President Recep Tayip Erdoğan will remain impartial during his post. 

* 84.3 percent think that the countries’ borders are not safe.

* 76.1 percent don’t approve negotiations between PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and Turkey’s spy agency MİT.

* 70.2 think they would not have a fair trial.

* 72.9 percent think that the government and president are intervening to courts.

* 64.2 percent think of President Erdoğan as the “one man”. (EA/BM)

**Click here to view the full report in Turkish. 

** Click here to read the article in Turkish.