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TURKISH PUBLIC'S POSITIVE IMPRESSION OF U.S. STALLED: SURVEY
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 8, 2011 - 16:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A sneak preview of a survey from the German Marshall
Fund of the United States has revealed that although Turkey's
opinion of the U.S. warmed up dramatically after President Barack
Obama took office in 2009, the Turkish public's positive impression
of the U.S. has stalled after a phase of disillusionment in 2010.
A preview of the Transatlantic Trends 2011 survey indicated that
public opinion in Turkey toward the West has drifted further toward
the negative, but the dramatic declines seen in the 2010 results were
absent from the 2011 report.
Among the countries represented in the poll (including 12 EU member
countries, the U.S. and Turkey), Turkey had the least desire to see
the U.S. to exert its leadership on a global scale, with 17 percent
affirming the sentiment. Thirty percent of Turks, however, said they
have a favorable opinion of the U.S. Turkish public support for the
policies of Barack Obama in fighting international terrorism also
ranked the lowest among countries participating in the survey, with
23 percent, which proved consistent with the decline in the Turkish
view of the U.S. President in general.
According to the same survey's findings from 2009, a striking 50
percent of Turks had a favorable opinion of Obama, reaching a level
of sympathy for an American leader never seen in Turkey before. During
the term of the previous US president, George W. Bush, Turkish approval
of the American leader fell as low as 3 percent.
Although Turkish approval of Obama dropped to 28 percent in 2010, U.S.
support for Turkey's entry into the EU seems to stay strong. 41
percent of Americans said they supported Turkey's admittance into the
European bloc, while 23 percent of Europeans shared the same opinion,
Today's Zaman reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 8, 2011 - 16:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A sneak preview of a survey from the German Marshall
Fund of the United States has revealed that although Turkey's
opinion of the U.S. warmed up dramatically after President Barack
Obama took office in 2009, the Turkish public's positive impression
of the U.S. has stalled after a phase of disillusionment in 2010.
A preview of the Transatlantic Trends 2011 survey indicated that
public opinion in Turkey toward the West has drifted further toward
the negative, but the dramatic declines seen in the 2010 results were
absent from the 2011 report.
Among the countries represented in the poll (including 12 EU member
countries, the U.S. and Turkey), Turkey had the least desire to see
the U.S. to exert its leadership on a global scale, with 17 percent
affirming the sentiment. Thirty percent of Turks, however, said they
have a favorable opinion of the U.S. Turkish public support for the
policies of Barack Obama in fighting international terrorism also
ranked the lowest among countries participating in the survey, with
23 percent, which proved consistent with the decline in the Turkish
view of the U.S. President in general.
According to the same survey's findings from 2009, a striking 50
percent of Turks had a favorable opinion of Obama, reaching a level
of sympathy for an American leader never seen in Turkey before. During
the term of the previous US president, George W. Bush, Turkish approval
of the American leader fell as low as 3 percent.
Although Turkish approval of Obama dropped to 28 percent in 2010, U.S.
support for Turkey's entry into the EU seems to stay strong. 41
percent of Americans said they supported Turkey's admittance into the
European bloc, while 23 percent of Europeans shared the same opinion,
Today's Zaman reported.