An
online survey participated by 3000 protesters reveals that the actual
motive behind protests is the Prime Minister’s authoritarian
attitudes.
The
online survey prepared by Esra Ercan Bilgiç and Zehra Kafkaslı,
academicians at Istanbul Bilgi University, reveals the profile of
protesters and their demands. According to the preliminary results of
the survey answered by 3000 protesters in 20 hours, protesters are
not members or supporters of any political party as it was claimed by
the Prime Minister Mr. Erdoğan.
39.6%
of the participants are aged between 19 and 25 and 24% of them are
between 26 and 30. 75.8% of the participants were actively involved
in the street protests. 53.7% of them said they had never attended
any mass protests before. While 70% of the protesters do not
sympathize with any political parties, only 15.3% of them sympathize
with a political party.
The
participants were also asked which motives were effective in their
taking part in the protests. They were asked to choose among the
options ‘I definitely agree’, ‘I agree’, ‘I am uncertain’
and ‘I do not agree’. The ones who definitely agree that the
Prime Minister’s authoritarianism were effective were in the first
place with 92.4%. 91.3% of them definitely agree that
disproportionate force by the police was effective. 91.1% said that
violation of democratic rights led them to participate in the
protests. While the silence of the media affected 84.2%, the ones who
said that the cutting down of trees motivated them were 56.2%.
The
majority of participants described themselves as ‘libertarian’
and they were followed by the ones who called themselves as
‘secular’.
The
survey also reveals the demands of the protestors. While the 96.1% of
them want respect for freedom, only 37% of them want a new political
party to be established.
According
to the survey, a very low rate of the participants desire a military
coup. 79.5% of the participants are against a military coup.
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