According to a survey carried out by Istanbul Kültür University, faith in the country’s institutions is low in Turkey, with three out of every 10 young people surveyed in a recent poll answered “none” when asked which of a group of institutions they trust most.

The most trusted institutions, according to the survey were the country’s military and police, which scored 20.9 percent and 16.9 percent, respectively.

Some 32.7 percent of respondents answered “none” to the question “Which of the following institutions do you trust most?” The options given were military, police, Parliament, the judiciary, local administrations, media, other and none.

Parliament, the judiciary and local administrations respectively received the most trust from 13.7 percent, 10.3 percent and 3.3 percent of those interviewed, while the media was seen as the least trustworthy institution by Turkey’s youth. Only six out of every 1,000 respondents said they trusted the media most.

The “Turkey’s Youth Research” survey, whose results were published today in Hürriyet Daily News, was conducted by Istanbul Kültür University in cooperation with KONDA, a Turkish research and consulting firm.