AZERBAIJAN BEST, FRANCE WORST FOR TURKS

Angus Reid Global Scan, Canada
Oct 25 2006

– Few adults in Turkey express positive feelings on two European
nations, according to a poll by A&G published in Milliyet. Only 2.8
per cent of respondents trust France, and 3.2 per cent feel the same
way about Britain.

The United States was next on the list with 3.6 per cent, followed
by Greece with 4.2 per cent and Russia with 17.7 per cent. The three
most trusted countries are Azerbaijan with 71.4 per cent, Pakistan
with 47.3 per cent, and Iran with 29 per cent.

On Oct. 12, France’s National Assembly approved a bill that makes
it a crime to deny that the state-sponsored deportation campaign
undertaken by the Turkish government from 1915 to 1917-which targeted
the Armenian population-actually constituted a genocide.

Some Turkish consumer organizations have called for a ban on French
products. On Oct. 22, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
pleaded for calm, saying, "What do we have to win or lose by
boycotting? We should consider that with a great deal of caution."

Polling Data

Do you trust the following countries?

Yes No Not sure

France 2.8% 76.1% 21.1%

Britain 3.2% 73.2% 23.5%

United States 3.6% 78.5% 17.9%

Greece 4.2% 78.1% 17.7%

Russia 8.7% 64.8% 26.5%

Germany 17.7% 56.9% 25.3%

Iran 29.0% 43.1% 28.0%

Pakistan 47.3% 24.3% 28.4%

Azerbaijan 71.4% 11.1% 17.5%

Source: A&G / Milliyet Methodology: Interviews with 2,408 Turk adults,
conducted in late September 2006. No margin of error was provided.