TURKISH PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IN FRIENDSHIP OF NEIGHBORS
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.10.2006 17:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Most Turks do not believe in friendship of
neighboring countries, indicate the outcomes of a sociological survey
held in 32 out of 81 Turkish provinces, the Milliyet reports. "The
survey has shown that Turkish people do not believe in friendship
of their neighbors. Most Turks are convinced that European countries
are not friends for Turkey," Milliyet writes. Turks do not trust US
and Greece most – 78.5% and 78.1% of respondents respectively. These
are followed by France, to which 76.1% of Turks mistrust. At that
sociologists highlight that the survey was conducted before adoption
of the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide by the
National Assembly of France on October 12. Right after it Turkish
officials criticized France and the Union of consumers launched
boycott of French goods.
Russia is also among countries, which Turks do not trust. 64.8%
of respondents do not trust it, while only 8.7% call it "friendly,"
reports the Milliyet.
Turks have most sympathies towards Azerbaijan – 71.4%.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
