IPC-Turkey Social Psychological Well-Being Report—2025
Yönetici Özeti
This report is the first comprehensive evaluation of Türkiye’s societal psychological well-being using international and national data sources. The report has been prepared by the Societal Psychology Studies within the Sustainability research cluster at Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) and will be published annually.
WHY REPORT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING?
Over the past two decades, international organizations have acknowledged that economic growth alone does not fully represent societal welfare. Psychological wellbeing is now recognized as a key indicator of national development as reflected into in the OECD’s Better Life Index (2011), the United Nations’ World Happiness Report (since 2012), and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are concrete reflections of this approach. Although Türkiye has experienced significant demographic, economic, and political transformations in the last 50 years, psychological well-being has not been systematically monitored and evaluated.
Publication Date
March 2026
Number of Pages
53
Authors
Nebi Sümer
Zafer Yenal
Nebi Sümer
Prof. Dr. Nebi Sümer holds a BA in Psychology from METU, an MA in Developmental Psychology from Hacettepe University and a PhD in Social Psychology from Kansas State University, USA.
nebi.sumer@sabanciuniv.edu
Zafer Yenal
Before joining Sabancı University and IPC in September 2024, Zafer Yenal served as a professor of sociology at Boğaziçi University since 2000.
zafer.yenal@sabanciuniv.edu