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Last update - 19:12 31/05/2009
Study: 64% of Turks don't want Jewish neighbors
By News Agencies
Tags: Turkey, Milliyet, Israel News

A new study published in a Turkish newspaper Sunday said 64 percent of Turks would not want Jewish neighbors.

The study also suggested Turks had a low tolerance for diverse lifestyles in general, as three in four respondents said they would not want to live next to an atheist or anyone drinking alcohol.

The study by Istanbul's Bahcesehir University was meant to gauge radicalism and extremism in Turkey.
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Results published in Sunday's Milliyet also stated that 52 percent would not want Christian neighbors, 67 would not want to live next to an unmarried couple and 43 percent would not want American neighbors.

Religious extremism and nationalism have remained level in Turkey this decade, although anti-Israeli sentiment was on the rise, said Yilmaz Esmer, a professor of political science at Bahcesehir who led the study.

Israel is the most unpopular foreign country, followed by Armenia and the United States, the study revealed. Israel is also seen as most responsible for the world's problems, followed by U.S. and EU policies, according to the survey.

A majority of Turks support their government's bid to join the European Union, the study revealed, but most say the bloc views it with prejudice because Turkey is a Muslim nation.

Three out of four Turks believe the EU is trying to divide Turkey and 81 percent believe the bloc's goal is to spread Christianity, said the study.

Despite this, 57 percent want full EU membership for Turkey.

"A majority of Turks still want EU membership, but a larger majority has very serious doubts about the EU's intentions towards Turkey," Esmer said.

One out of four Turks thinks Turkey is either already a full member of the EU or is unsure of its status, he said. Turkey has in fact been an official candidate for EU membership for 10 years and has completed only one of the 35 'chapters' in the accession process.

Sixty-two percent of Turks said religion was their priority, followed by 17 percent who said secularism was. Democratization was the top priority for 15 percent, followed by smaller numbers who cited ethnic identity and financial gain.

"The main issue for Turks is religion and secularism," Esmer said.
About 18 percent of respondents said they felt discriminated against, the highest rate in Europe, Esmer said. Still, most respondents felt that religious and ethnic diversity enriched life, rather than threatened national unity, he said.

The survey is based on interviews with 1,715 people selected randomly from 34 cities between April 12 and May 3. No margin of error was given.

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      1.   EVEN more EU members do not want Turks 17:52  |  PETER SM 31/05/09
      2.   there goes the Levant option 18:10  |  Jeroen de Jager 31/05/09
      3.   Turk will never be in the EU 18:19  |  Charles 31/05/09
      4.   They also favor forced marriages 18:29  |  judith 31/05/09
      5.   sick society 18:41  |  dan 31/05/09
      6.   peter sm 1 18:41  |  potobac 31/05/09
      7.   So you thought Israelis were intolerant 18:45  |  Yonatan 31/05/09
      8.   Milliyet 19:00  |  Julia 31/05/09
      9.   Quote from a Christian Assyrian 19:29  |  Anonymous 31/05/09
      10.   turkey 19:29  |  roger 31/05/09
      11.   Christians and Jews in Turkey 19:38  |  Anonymous 31/05/09
      12.   Turks don`t want Jewish neighbors 19:50  |  Ralph 31/05/09
      13.   Secular regime 19:50  |  Udi 31/05/09
      14.   64% Turks don`t want jewish neighbours. 19:58  |  David nigel Braham 31/05/09
      15.   Of course 19:58  |  Tulip 31/05/09
      16.   The same should be asked 20:04  |  Joe 31/05/09
      17.   Wake up Israel and support the Kurds 20:13  |  Ken Jurist 31/05/09
      18.   #1Peter SM - Nice use of Front National`s slogans...hypocrisy... 20:32  |  Ari 31/05/09
      19.   So dont join the EU, buycott the US, hate Israel. 20:33  |  JO 31/05/09
      20.   They`ve also been an important ally &it works both ways... 20:35  |  Ari 31/05/09
      21.   I want 64% of Turks to be my neighbours 21:27  |  17 31/05/09
      22.   A short letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu 21:29  |  S 31/05/09
      23.   backward country 21:31  |  sweisJerusalem 31/05/09
      24.   I wished they had said that while we running telethons for them 21:38  |  Simha 31/05/09
      25.   Ari 20 21:53  |  dave 31/05/09
      26.   Interesting, Americans ,Armenians and Jews both In Israel are.. 22:34  |  Canadian Observer 31/05/09
      27.   let`s go to turkey 22:50  |  chaim 31/05/09
      28.   To Ken Jurist 23:32  |  Fatih 31/05/09
      29.   Armenian/Kurdish question 23:39  |  Tarzan 31/05/09
      30.   There is no comparison to Israeli attitudes towards Arabs... 23:57  |  McQueen 31/05/09
      31.   Jews have no right to kill 00:06  |  01/06/09
      32.   Turkish Emmigration 08:56  |  David Guy 01/06/09
      33.   Maybe it`s just me, but.... 12:13  |  zmogus 01/06/09
      34.   Turks 14:25  |  JBT 01/06/09
      35.   Jews, Israelis, and the EU 14:35  |  Shtarka 01/06/09
      36.   Glass half full 14:39  |  JR 01/06/09
      37.   #33 Zmogus, There is no fundamental difference between 15:07  |  Israeli Realist 01/06/09
      38.   Turks & Israelis 17:22  |  Serhan Sahin 01/06/09
      39.   Turks & Israelis 2 17:34  |  Serhan Sahin 01/06/09
      40.   Serhan Sahin 17:55  |  David israel 01/06/09
      41.   100% of Kurds dont want Turkish neighbors 17:59  |  Kurd 01/06/09
      42.   Julia from Netanya - Milliyet is actually lefty 18:37  |  David Israel 01/06/09
      43.   big mistake 19:02  |  john 01/06/09
      44.   Milliyet is hardly a quality newspaper 21:27  |  Matt P 01/06/09
      45.   Lol 21:33  |  Ali 01/06/09
      46.   David Israel 21:57  |  Serhan Sahin 01/06/09
      47.   Serhan Sahin 05:24  |  Shtarka 02/06/09
      48.   Sahin and David Israel 11:11  |  FOX 02/06/09
      49.   They don`t want foreign neighbors? 15:34  |  Big Bill 02/06/09
      50.   FOX - Part 1 15:48  |  David Israel 02/06/09
      51.   FOX - part 2 15:49  |  David Israel 02/06/09
      52.   92% of Turks don`t want Arab neighbors 07:08  |  Shtarka 04/06/09
      53.   The feeling against Turks is mutual 08:28  |  Liliane 09/06/09
      54.   Turkish Airlines advertising in the Jewish Forward 08:30  |  Semsem 09/06/09
      55.   Consider this... 03:13  |  Alan Kearin 16/06/09
      56.   intolerance of turks 20:27  |  thomas 03/07/09
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