Turkish ruling party popularity drops ahead of early elections
A recent survey shows Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has seen a decrease in its public support, casting doubt on the party’s survival chance ahead of snap elections.
According to the poll released by the Gezici research and polling company on Monday, the AKP’s popularity has slipped from 40.9 percent in June to 39.3 percent.
The drop in the ruling party’s popularity comes as other parties showed improvement.
The Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) had the most improvement with 28.1 percent popularity, compared to 25 percent back in June.
The pro-Kurdish HDP also saw a slight rise in its approval rate from 13.1 percent to 13.5, while the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) also went up from 16.3 percent to 16.8.
An opinion poll released by the Turkish Metropoll agency last week said the AKP public support stood at 41.4 percent, showing that the party did not have enough support to form a single-party government in the country’s snap elections scheduled to take place on November 1.
The social conservative ruling party fell short of securing sufficient votes during June 7 elections to form a single-party government, after 13 years of unrivaled ruling.
In August, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu officially admitted AKP's failure to form a coalition government after talks with opposition parties did not deliver practical results.
This was the first time in Turkish history that a major party failed to convince the opposition to take part in a coalition government.
Concerns over the ruling party’s approval rating come as Turkey has been under pressure over its decision in June to start attacking purported Daesh militant positions in Syria. Turkey also launched airstrikes against outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions in Iraq, shortly afterwards.
Many accuse Ankara of launching its airstrikes against Daesh positions despite reports indicating that it actively supported the militants, as a pretext to attack the PKK, which has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey for decades.
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