30.10.2026 12:50
According to ASAL Research’s October 2026 survey conducted with 2,020 people in 28 provinces, citizens consider the “investment fund and stock market crisis” to be Turkey’s most important economic problem at 26.5%, while high inflation ranked second at 22.2%.
Within the scope of the “Turkey Political Agenda Survey” conducted by ASAL Research and Consultancy in October 2026, citizens were asked about the most important problem of Turkey’s economy. According to the survey results conducted with 2,020 people in 28 provinces, the top economic topic on the public’s agenda was the investment fund and stock market crisis.
FUND CRISIS AT THE TOP
In the survey, 26.5% of participants who answered the question “Generally speaking, what is the most important problem of Turkey’s economy?” gave “Investment fund and stock market crisis” as their first answer. This was followed by “High inflation” with 22.2% and “Increase in food prices” with 13.0%.
HERE ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS OF THE ECONOMY
In line with the citizens’ responses, the main problems standing out in the economy and their rates were listed as follows:
- Investment fund and stock market crisis: 26.5%
- High inflation: 22.2%
- Increase in food prices: 13.0%
- High rent and housing prices: 6.8%
- High electricity, water, dues and natural gas prices: 5.5%
- Unemployment: 5.0%
- High interest rates: 5.0%
- Economic management: 4.8%
- High fuel prices: 3.7%
- Other: 3.1%
- No idea/No answer: 3.0%
- No problem: 1.4%
SURVEY DETAILS
The study, conducted by ASAL Research with its own resources, was carried out in 28 provinces covering 26 regions according to the NUTS-2 system between October 4 and 10, 2026. In the survey conducted with a total of 2,020 people aged 18 and over using the Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) method, the margin of error was announced as +/- 2.41 at the 95% confidence level.
Here is the graph of the survey;