Poll on Turks' attitude towards Europe

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This is a bot-translation of a summary regarding some key numbers ina recent poll that looked at turk'S attitude towards turkey'S EU-membership. Since the study has been co-funded by British offices, one has to take it with caution, since it means that methodology probably shows a pro-membership bias as it is typical for anglosaxon polcies, for both Londo90wn and Washington want the Turks in the EU, anbd the British goal always was to keep the EU from united strength by making it speak with as many vpoices as possible.

However, if even such a probably biased, politically lobbied poll shows such worrying figures in some questions, then this means something.

Of course the realistic expectation must be that the EU will ignore such things as best as it could.

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Last time I cchecked the map, Turkey was geographically more middle east than europe. Ethnically, it is no european at all, nor is culture-wise, language-wise, values-wise.

Would anyone consider Afghanistan or Iran to be part of European culture? ethincally, language-wise, and culturally, Turkey is much closer to these, than to any european country.

P.S.
There is some trouble with direct linking to the translation site, so here is the text:

More than half of the Turks, according to a recent survey, want their country's accession to the EU. At the same time, they diffuse fears with it. To many Turks believe that the EU is mainly a spread of Christianity was the goal. An alarming are the results of the survey on the topic of women.

In 2004, as in Turkey mood prevailed on policy reform and EU candidacy, as wanted for more than 70 percent, that their country is EU member. Since then, much Disappointing happens, the EU was in the eyes of many Turks for more and more enemies. The low point was reached in January 2008, when, according to polls only 30 percent in the EU wanted.

Since then the pendulum swings back the other direction. In April 2008 the agreement was at 47 percent, and a new poll of Bahcesehir University, funded by the British Foreign Office, now at 57 percent approval for EU accession.

A bit schizophrenic, however, it is because the poll revealed about the EU's huge prejudice and considerable ignorance. A quarter of respondents did not know whether Turkey was EU member or not. 81 percent were of the opinion that the supreme goal of the EU was to spread Christianity, and 71 said that the EU wants to crush Turkey-
The study reveals a deeply religious-oriented Turkey, 62 percent of respondents mentioned religion as a top priority in their lives, only 13 percent say the same about democracy. 75 percent want Koranic schools for their children, 33 percent believe that women deserve some whipping, 58 percent believe that women should obey their husbands, and 22 percent said they would stojne-to-death adulteresses.

Much intolerance is evident in the responses to the question of whom you would like as neighbors. 64 percent do not want Jews, 66 percent no atheists, 72 percent want no neighbor who drinks alcohol. 52 percent do not want to live next to Christians.

Remarkably, the corresponding values are significantly higher for the age group of 15-18 years. The expression can be lack of nuances in the young, or the result of eight years of religiously-influenced AKP government and correspondingly increasing influence of Islamic media, organizations and ideologies.