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    ANSAmed - Italy
    May 3, 2011 Tuesday 12:04 PM CET



    TURKISH CITIZENS MISTRUST FOREIGNER, OPINION POLL SAYS

    ANKARA


    (ANSAmed) Turkish citizens maintain unfriendly attitudes toward the
    wider world, according to a recent survey conducted by the Political,
    Economic and Social Research Foundation, or SETA, as daily Radikal
    reports.

    The opinion poll revealed many people in Turkey have negative views of
    Arabs, Armenians, Jews, Greeks, Russians, and Americans, but views
    over Europeans seem to be split, while a certain majority expressed
    positive views of Azerbaijanis whose native language is intelligible
    to Turks.

    According to the research, some 36.6% of participants have a favorable
    view of Europeans, while 35% expressed unfavorable sentiments. Some
    40% of the younger generation also expressed more favorable views
    regarding Europeans, whereas those who were over 61 years of age
    tended to have a more negative opinion. On Americans, 64.8% of those
    surveyed indicated unfavorable views, with only 13.8% expressing
    favorable views. Some 33.2% of those surveyed said they had positive
    attitude toward Arabs, up against some 39% who said they had a
    negative perception of them. Men also seemed to be slightly more
    unfavorable toward Arabs than women, with some 42% of males, as
    opposed to 36% of females, expressing negative sentiments regarding
    Arabs.




    From: A. Papazian
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