🇹🇷 Turkey Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇹🇷 Turkey TR / TUR #36

Nomad Score 61.0

Cities 43

Region Mediterranean, G20, Middle East, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Nomad Retreats, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Aegean, Black Sea Region, Europe, Asia, Western Asia, MINT Countries, Next Eleven, Developing Countries

Currency TRY

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 31/100

Press Freedom (2025) 29.4/100 #159

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.293

HDI 0.853

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 14th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 33th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 35th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 42th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 44th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 25th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 3.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 6.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.9% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President of Turkey	Cevdet Yılmaz

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 31 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 29.4 / 100

Global Rank #159 / 180

Rank Change -1 vs previous year

RSF Zone EEAC

Political #162 19.7

Economic #163 26.1

Legal #158 32.4

Social #154 33.4

Safety #149 35.4

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.293

Liberal 0.110

Participatory 0.165

Deliberative 0.080

Egalitarian 0.208

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	29.4	159	19.7	26.1	32.4	33.4	35.4
2024	31.6	158	20.0	28.9	37.4	37.1	34.6
2023	34.0	165	36.6	29.4	41.2	30.1	32.6
2022	41.3	149	38.4	27.6	52.9	55.0	32.4
2021	50.2	153	-	-	-	-	33.9
2020	50.0	154	-	-	-	-	31.8
2019	47.2	157	-	-	-	-	89.0
2018	46.5	157	-	-	-	-	36.3
2017	47.0	155	-	-	-	-	32.9
2016	49.2	151	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	55.8	149	-	-	-	-	35.1
2014	54.1	154	-	-	-	-	-
2013	53.4	154	-	-	-	-	-
2012	70.0	148	-	-	-	-	-
2010	49.3	138	-	-	-	-	-
2009	38.3	122	-	-	-	-	-
2008	22.8	102	-	-	-	-	-
2007	31.3	101	-	-	-	-	-
2006	25.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
2005	25.0	98	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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