KONDA Research and Consultancy (
Turkish: ''KONDA Araştırma ve Danışmanlık'') is an
anonymous company in
Turkey
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that specialises in
public opinion polling and
consultancy
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Consulting servi ...
. It was founded in 1986 by
Tarhan Erdem, a former
Minister of Industry and Technology in the centre-left
minority government
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of
Bülent Ecevit
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 1 ...
in 1977.
Since March 2010, KONDA has compiled monthly 'barometers' that consist of public opinion polls conducted within a sample between 1,800 and 3,600. Their opinion polls measure the public outlook on contemporary issues in Turkey such as nationalism, the headscarf, outlook on companies and finance, political allegiances as well as law and justice. The company also publishes two indexes to measure political polarisation and public satisfaction.
Opinion polling
KONDA has been one of the political opinion polling companies active during the
November 2015 general election,
June 2015 general election, the
2014 presidential election and the
2014 local elections. The company's opinion polls have been with varying degrees of success. Their last opinion poll before the June 2015 general election came close to capturing the eventual result. However, a rouge poll released by KONDA just before the 2014 presidential election resulted in the company issuing a public apology after the actual results significantly differed from their polling results.
Political allegiances
KONDA president
Tarhan Erdem was a former politician and government minister from the
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...
(CHP), having served briefly as the
Minister of Industry and Technology in the centre-left
minority government
A minority government, minority cabinet, minority administration, or a minority parliament is a government and cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in ...
of
Bülent Ecevit
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 1 ...
between June and July 1977. He later resigned from the CHP and was perceived to have close relations with the governing
Justice and Development Party (AKP), which took power in 2002. Erdem has often openly discussed the political prospects of different parties with the media.
See also
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Opinion polls in Turkey
References
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External links
KONDA company history
Opinion polling companies of Turkey