President Erdo?an, PM Davuto?lu fall behind CHP leader in TV ratings

Ahead of Turkey?s crucial election scheduled for Nov. 1, CHP leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has topped President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu in television ratings figures, according to data published by the Turkish media.

The ratings of TV stations for interviews with Erdo?an and K?l?çdaro?lu broadcast on the same evening were published by daily Cumhuriyet on Sept. 18. President Erdo?an?s interview live on public broadcaster TRT late on Sept. 16 received an overall rating of 3.43 - not referring to viewer share or millions - while the rating for K?l?çdaro?lu?s interview on private broadcaster CNN Türk varied between 4.06 and 5.54.
 
Erdo?an received ratings of 5.59 in the AB group representing educated and high-income earners, and 5.13 in the ABC group. K?l?çdaro?lu?s AB rating was 3.12 while his ABC rating varied between 3.12 and 7.30.
 
Prime Minister Davuto?lu also had an interview with private new station NTV in the early evening of Sept. 16, which was rebroadcast later and overlapped with K?l?çdaro?lu?s interview for 15 minutes. During that overlap, Davuto?lu?s rating changed from 0.38 to 0.52, while K?l?çdaro?lu?s rating varied between 5.23 and 6.24.

A high-profile interview with former President Abdullah Gül, aired late on Sept. 17 on NTV, got a total rating of 1.82; this figure for the AB group was 3.82 while for the ABC1 group it was 2.93.

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