Last week I watched a really good episode of Anthony Bordain Parts Unknown in Istanbul. He talked a lot with locals about the political situation, it was quite enlightening. Many of them show paranoia to the government similar to what is seen in Iran. The ruling party is highly conservative, and seams to care more about money than much else, other than suppressing the Kurds.
If you can catch the full episode on CNN, it's well worth it:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/08/travel...rnal-bourdain/