The number of people in the country who say they are happy has been on a decline since 2003, TÜİK found, registering at 52.4 percent in 2019, down from 53.4 in the previous year and 59.6 percent in 2003.
Of those surveyed, the percentage of people in Turkey who said they were unhappy increased from 12.1 percent in 2018 to 13.1 percent in 2019. In comparison, only 7.3 percent said they were unhappy in 2003.
Women in the country remained happier than their male compatriots, according to the survey, with 47.6 percent of men saying they were happy compared to 57 percent of women.
Marriage appeared to play a factor in the happiness of those surveyed, with 55.6 percent of married participants saying they were happy, compared 45.1 percent who were single.
Older participants were the happiest in Turkey, TÜİK found. A total of 58.5 percent of those aged 65 and over said they were happy, down from 61.2 percent in 2018.
Meanwhile, the least happy demographic was those aged 55-64, according to the study, which measured that only 48.7 percent said they were happy.
Turkey was rocked by a string of collective suicides at the end of 2019, highlighting economic hardship in the country following a currency crisis in 2018 that sparked soaring inflation. The country is also coping with a 15 percent unemployment rate in the non-agriculture sectors.