AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Sept 9 2005

NEXT ATTEMPT OF DISINFORMATION OF THE `TURAN’ AGENCY
MISREPRESENTING REALITY, THE AGENCY ATTEMPTED TO DISSEMINATE
DISINFORMATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERESTS OF RADICAL OPPOSITION

[September 09, 2005, 20:31:06]

The `Turan’ Information Agency, taking the function of analytical
center of the radical opposition and this time has attempted to
disseminate disinformation to confuse the public. The Agency
addressing the Gallup Organization interested whether it would
conduct pre-election poll in Azerbaijan. The mentioned Organization
responded to the Agency that Gallup had not conducted any poll
connected to pre-election situation in Azerbaijan and the
Organization’s spokesman Ch. Stewart called it `counterfeit’.

The `Turan’ Agency adhering its tradition has put a distorted
question to the Gallup Organization’s representative and received
appropriate answers. The `Gallup International’ Center for
Sociological Studies in April 2005 has conducted a poll to learn the
level of reliance of the Armenians, Georgians and Azerbaijanis in the
South Caucasian countries to their leaders and to the presidents of
the leading countries – the United States and Russia. In result, it
was established that 77 percent of Azerbaijanis rely on Ilham Aliyev.

The poll results were disseminated by the US influential `Washington
Post’ journal, through the Turkish newspaper `Zaman’, the Armenian
newspaper `Azg’, the Georgian media, including the `Imedi’ TV of this
country, and Russia’s `Regnum’ Agency. There is sufficient
appropriate information in the Internet and anybody can familiarize
with them in the websites. Interesting is that the `Turan’ Agency has
referred to the AzerTAc News Agency as a source. Moreover, the
above-mentioned media disseminated this information prior to AzerTAc.

For detailed information, it should be mentioned that some 55
organizations in 20 world countries have the right to officially use
the trademark of the Gallup Organization.

Apparently, radical opposition is deeply concerned with the results
of the poll conducted by Gallup. They, in any way, even at cost of
lie and disinformation attempt to blacken the results of poll. High
rating of the Azerbaijan President was approved not only by Gallup
International, but also by the US Republicans Institute, the Soros
Foundation, many foreign and local poll centers.