Poll strategy of the young voters who will vote for the first time in Turkey

The aim of the study is to reveal the view of young people in Istanbul, who have the right to vote for the first time and who are ignored and not seen by institutional politics in terms of class and identity, in the field of institutional politics and its actors within the framework of their voting strategies and their expectations from institutional politics through discussions with young people. The report aims to identify young people's voting strategies, their relationship with institutional politics, their views on the qualifications of presidential candidates and their views on Turkey’s problems, before the elections, which are an important turning point for democratization.

The qualitative method was used in the study and focus group discussions were held in this context. Focus groups were selected by considering the representation of different social, class, spatial and cultural identities and gender balance. In the study, 18 focus group discussions were held, and a total of 100 people were reached. With this method, it was aimed to measure the perception of different social groups.