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Favorability of Türkiye

Next, I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. What is your overall opinion of Türkiye? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable or very unfavorable?

Latest wave fielded February 3 to 16, 2020. Primary source: Gallup trend table: Favorability of Türkiye.

Trend

Favorability of Türkiye: trendLine chart of 5 survey waves from 2003 Feb 3-6 to 2020 Feb 3-16. Exact values are in the table below.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%2005201020152020Year of fieldworkPercentVery favorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 8%Very favorable, March 14 to 15, 2003: 6%Very favorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 5%Very favorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 5%Very favorable, February 3 to 16, 2020: 5%Mostly favorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 55%Mostly favorable, March 14 to 15, 2003: 42%Mostly favorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 48%Mostly favorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 37%Mostly favorable, February 3 to 16, 2020: 39%Mostly unfavorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 15%Mostly unfavorable, March 14 to 15, 2003: 30%Mostly unfavorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 25%Mostly unfavorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 40%Mostly unfavorable, February 3 to 16, 2020: 40%Very unfavorable, February 3 to 6, 2003: 5%Very unfavorable, March 14 to 15, 2003: 7%Very unfavorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 6%Very unfavorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 11%Very unfavorable, February 3 to 16, 2020: 13%No opinion, February 3 to 6, 2003: 17%No opinion, March 14 to 15, 2003: 15%No opinion, February 1 to 4, 2007: 15%No opinion, February 1 to 10, 2019: 8%No opinion, February 3 to 16, 2020: 4%
  • Very favorable
  • Mostly favorable
  • Mostly unfavorable
  • Very unfavorable
  • No opinion
Source: Gallup; see Sources below. Percentages of respondents.

Toplines

Favorability of Türkiye: toplines by survey wave, percent (newest first)
Field datesVery favorableMostly favorableMostly unfavorableVery unfavorableNo opinionSample (n)Margin of error
February 3 to 16, 202053940134----
February 1 to 10, 201953740118----
February 1 to 4, 200754825615----
March 14 to 15, 2003 (^)64230715----
February 3 to 6, 200385515517----

Pollster footnotes: ^ Asked of a half sample; * Less than 0.5%

Markers in parentheses after a date (^, #, +) are the pollster's own footnotes; their meaning is given in the pollster footnotes. "*" means less than 0.5%; "--" means not asked or not reported.

Sources

  1. Gallup trend table: Favorability of Türkiye, accessed October 13, 2026.
  2. Gallup World Affairs survey, survey methods, accessed October 13, 2026.

Cite

Gallup, "Favorability of Türkiye," in Middle East Forum, U.S. Opinion on the Middle East, https://polls.meforum.org/q/gallup-fav-turkiye/.