77% OF TURKS SEE US AS POTENTIAL MILITARY THREAT TO THEIR COUNTRY

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.07.2007 17:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In conditions reflecting a constantly worsening
relationship between NATO allies Turkey and the United States more
than three-fourths of Turks view the US as a potential military
threat to their country, the US based Pew Research Center’s latest
survey shows. "In Turkey, 77% of responders said the United States
could become a military threat to their country. This figure shows
an increase of 11 percentage points over a 2005 report. Iraq was a
distant second after the United States in the list of largest threats
to Turkey, with 13%. Russia came third with 9%, and Iran followed with
6%. Only 9 percent of Turks have favorable views of the United States.

Analysts say that worsening Turkish views on the United States,
including rising military fears, mainly stem from disputes related to
the Iraqi war and Washington’s failure to act against the terrorist
Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) presence in northern Iraq," Turkish
Daily News reports.
From: Baghdasarian