People in Turkey are facing an increasing level of corruption. It it the result of a survey by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI). TI announced the results of its 2010 Global Corruption Barometer in a 29-page report: 91,500 people were interviewed in 86 countries around the world, is the most comprehensive edition of its kind since it was first launched in 2003.

Of the respondents, 57 percent in Turkey reported an increase in the level of corruption over the past three years, while 19 percent of respondents in Turkey said they had paid bribes in the past 12 months in order to benefit from at least one of the nine basic services -- such as customs, education, the judiciary, land-related services, medical services, the police, registry and permit services, tax authorities and utilities. This figure was only 6 percent in TI's 2006 report.