 Examining the nexus of political ideology and social trust: a study in TürkiyeSacit Hadi Akdede and Şansel Özpinar International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2025, vol. 9, issue 4, 365-384 Abstract: This paper mainly investigates the relationship between political view/ideology and social trust by using survey data conducted in 2011 in the three most populous cities in Türkiye; "İstanbul", "Ankara", and "İzmir" respectively, and contributes to the research about the relationship between political ideology or view and social trust. Ordered probit statistical methods are applied to data collected by surveying a representative sample of individuals in the three most populous cities in Türkiye. It is found, in the empirical analysis, that right-wing people trust in people, in general, less than left-wing people do. It is also found in the paper that trust in people in general increases with education attainment, and income level. Our regression results also show that people who feel that tradition makes their lives easier trust other people more. In addition, it is found in the paper that happier people trust others more. Since our research includes data from only three metropolitan cities, it may not reflect all Türkiye in general. Keywords: social trust; political ideology; socio-economic variables; Türkiye; ordered probit. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:9:y:2025:i:4:p:365-384 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Happiness and Development from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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