2.9% OF TURKS SEE THREAT IN ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.06.2007 14:37 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to a joint social survey conducted by
Infacto Research Workshop on behalf of the Bilgi University in Istanbul
and "Kapa Research" Center on behalf of the Political Studies and
Communications in Athens, 77% of Greeks still consider neighboring
Turkey to be a threat, while 35 percent of Turks perceive the United
States as a threat.
According to the poll, 35.6% of Turks see their NATO ally the United
States as a threat and only 9.5% consider Greece to be a threat. Among
other matters, 25.8% said an independent Kurdish state in northern
Iraq, 5.5% said the European Union, 4.2% said Israel, 2.9% said
Armenia and 1.5% said Iran would be a threat to Turkey.
According to the poll, 74% of Turks see the Ottoman Empire as the most
glorious era of the Turks and 47% of the Greeks believe the ancient
Greek era to be the most glorious days in their history. The same poll
unveiled that Turks see themselves as more nationalist than Greeks. 62%
of the Turkish respondents say they are extremely nationalist, while
in Greece this figure is 31%, Turkish Daily News reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
