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TURKISH PUBLIC MOSTLY AGAINST ESTABLISHING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA, SAYS SOCIOLOGIST
Tert
Oct 19 2009
Armenia
The Armenian public is split because of the issue of establishing
Armenian-Turkish relations: part is for relations, the other part
is against, said Armenian Sociological Association president and
sociologist Gevorg Poghosyan, while speaking with journalists today.
According to him, there is a split in the Turkish public, too, where,
however, a major part of the public is against the relations.
Poghosyan said this opposing voice in Turkey is gradually decreasing.
According to preliminary sociological inquiries, 70% of Turkish
public was against the establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations,
but according to latest data, this percentage has been reduced to
53-54 per cent.
In answer to Tert.am's question why such a change took place in
Turkish public, Poghosyan supposed that probably in Turkey, too,
much work is being carried out.
In Armenia, the Armenian Sociological Association carried out 20-25
sociological surveys among 1,000 Yerevan residents and found out that
approximately 52% of the Armenian public is against signing of the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols, and 40% is against opening the border.
Continuing, the sociologist stated that both in Armenia and Turkey
there is great internal resistance to the Armenian-Turkish process and
neither public welcomes that process. Poghosyan found it surprising
that, before launching such a big campaign, Armenia's current governing
leadership didn't conduct any surveys to gauge the public's opinion,
or, if they did, why that information was not publicized.
Tert
Oct 19 2009
Armenia
The Armenian public is split because of the issue of establishing
Armenian-Turkish relations: part is for relations, the other part
is against, said Armenian Sociological Association president and
sociologist Gevorg Poghosyan, while speaking with journalists today.
According to him, there is a split in the Turkish public, too, where,
however, a major part of the public is against the relations.
Poghosyan said this opposing voice in Turkey is gradually decreasing.
According to preliminary sociological inquiries, 70% of Turkish
public was against the establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations,
but according to latest data, this percentage has been reduced to
53-54 per cent.
In answer to Tert.am's question why such a change took place in
Turkish public, Poghosyan supposed that probably in Turkey, too,
much work is being carried out.
In Armenia, the Armenian Sociological Association carried out 20-25
sociological surveys among 1,000 Yerevan residents and found out that
approximately 52% of the Armenian public is against signing of the
Armenian-Turkish Protocols, and 40% is against opening the border.
Continuing, the sociologist stated that both in Armenia and Turkey
there is great internal resistance to the Armenian-Turkish process and
neither public welcomes that process. Poghosyan found it surprising
that, before launching such a big campaign, Armenia's current governing
leadership didn't conduct any surveys to gauge the public's opinion,
or, if they did, why that information was not publicized.