Erdogan’s Approval Rating at 41 Percent

Some 41.1% of participants in pollster Metropoll’s February study on Turkey’s pulse said they approved of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s handling of the presidency.

In the study announced on Thursday, Metropoll asked 1,535 people in 28 out of Turkey’s 81 provinces, with a margin of error of 2.5%, Ahval News reported.

Those who did not approve of how Erdogan handles his job as president constituted 54.2% of the participants, while 4.7 percent did not answer either way.

Among Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) voters, the president’s approval rating shoots to 90.1%, according to the study.

The highest rate of disapproval was recorded among voters of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), with 94.4% saying they did not approve. DEVA was founded in 2020 by former economy minister Ali Babacan, who left the party to establish his own.