13% OF TURKISH RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
By Rouzan Poghosian
AZG Armenian Daily
16/01/2007
"Haraj" newspaper informed that one of the Turkey based organizations
held a public poll among the Turkish residents. According to its
results, the majority of the questioned stated the importance of
EU’s influence on the country’s development than that of the United
States. The public poll proved that the country’s residents are
more determined to join the EU, and the trust to the United States
has decreased.
Besides, 17,2 % of the Turks stated that they more trust the political
party of the United States and Israel from the viewpoint of their
influence of the country’s management, while 17,6% stated that the
mass media sources are quite powerful from this aspect.
The 65% of the questioned agreed that the ethnic groups might have
the right of speaking and issuing publications in their native tongues.
They also asked the Turkish residents about the issue of recognition
of the Armenian genocide. The 13% of the questioned gave positive
response to the question, and 72,7% were against.
It’s worth mentioning that according to the newspaper, the 88% of
the supporters of the pro-Kurdish parties agreed with the accusations
concerning the Armenian genocide.