According to this survey, Turks are the most xenophobic people in the world today. According to the Pew survey, while 73 percent of Turks have an unfavorable view of the U. When it comes to Iran, this goes up to 75 percent, while Israel is the most hated country, with only 2 percent of those questioned having a favorable view of it.
Those who argue today in connection with developments in Syria and Iraq that Turks incline towards radical Sunni Muslims also appear to be mistaken, because the same survey shows that 80 percent of Turks dislike Hamas.
Meanwhile, 85 percent dislike the Lebanese Hezbollah, which of course is Shiite. Explanations vary for what can only be considered a national deformity.
In the Turks and Caicos Islands welcomed 1,, tourists to its shores, with , being stop-overs and the remaining , arriving via cruise. The US dollar is the official currency of Turks and Caicos. From November to May the average temperature is 80 to 84 degrees degrees celsius.
Water temperature in the summer is 82 to 84 degrees degrees celsius and in winter about 74 to 78 degrees degrees celsius.
A constant trade wind keeps the climate at a very comfortable level. There is an annual rainfall of 21 inches on Grand Turk and South Caicos, but as you go further west the average rainfall could increase to 40 inches.
In an average year the Turks and Caicos has days of sunshine. The expatriate population consists of British, Canadians, Americans, French, Bahamians, people from Hispaniola and virtually everywhere in the world.
The economy of the TCI relies primarily on the tourism industry, but also real estate development and the exportation of seafood. A wide variety of financial services are available, including company formation, offshore insurance, banking, trusts, limited partnerships and limited life companies. The Financial Services Commission regulates, develops and promotes the industry in major world markets.
Having an internal self-government structure, the head of the Turk and Caicos Islands government is the politically elected Premier, formerly called Chief Minister. The Premier heads up the slate of elected officials serving as representatives of constituencies and Ministers of key sectors in the country. Elections are held every four years in the Turks and Caicos Islands. House of Assembly is located in the capital island, Grand Turk, and government offices and departments are found throughout the islands.
The legal system is based on English Common Law. Satellite television service is provided throughout the islands, with most major American networks available. As on many Islands, fresh water is precious, and dependent upon rainfall or desalinated water produced by reverse osmosis for the supply.
Please be conservative in using water. Local and international telephone, facsimile, internet and cellular services are available through local companies FLOW and Digicel. Country code is If you have cell service in the USA you may enable International Roaming which would allow you to place and receive calls whilst in the Turks and Caicos.
You are also able to rent or purchase a chip or a telephone from one of the local services providers. Post Offices are located on all inhabited islands. All mail is transported by air. There are many different issues and denominations of stamps for enthusiasts to collect. At the same time, more than one-quarter of CHP voters—27 percent—and one-third of MHP voters, or 35 percent, believe the government is acting in response to real threats to Turkey and its people.
These trends among AKP voters require more examination and research to understand fully. Higher-educated and higher-income Turks are much more likely than lower-educated and lower-income Turks to view the crackdowns as an attempt to eliminate and intimidate critical voices. By a 45 percent-to percent margin, the lowest educated bloc of Turks says that the government is cracking down because of real threats to the Turkish state, while college-educated Turks—by a 34 percent-to percent margin—believe that the government is cracking down because it wants to eliminate critics.
How important is this to your conception of what it means to be a Turk? An overwhelming 86 percent of respondents say that being a Turk is important to them, including 56 percent of them saying that being a Turk is very important to them.
The notion of being a Turk is considered very important to a majority of all party members—with the exception of HDP voters.
Majorities of men and women, as well as majorities of all age and education groups, feel that being a Turk is very important to them. In terms of the components of Turkish identity, the survey finds an interesting distribution of ideas that make up this national self-perception. A second category of important concepts centers on beliefs about democracy and historical memory.
Notably, national chauvinism and backing of the current government receive much lower levels of intensity in terms of their importance to Turkish self-perception. Of course, there are big partisan divides on the importance of supporting the government to Turkish self-perception, with AKP voters in favor and opposition party members largely opposed.
Additionally, while it should not necessarily be attributed to ethnic chauvinism, there does appear to be considerable sentimental pan-Turkism, visible in the 49 percent of respondents who feel it is very important—and 82 percent responding very or somewhat important—to support Turkish people and kin living outside of Turkey.
Turkey should produce its own military and industrial goods and avoid relying on other countries. Global economic and political elites have too much power over Turkey and should be resisted. Islam plays a central role in my own life and is essential to my understanding of Turkish identity. Turkey spends too much time and money caring for refugees from other countries and should focus more on its own citizens. Turkey should be a secular state that respects the rights of people from all religious backgrounds to practice their faiths with no official state religion.
Immigrants and refugees in Turkey have much to contribute to Turkish society and deserve our support. This harmony of attitudes reflects a new nationalist spirit grounded deeply in Islam and opposition to Western nations and non-Turkish citizens. Although people across party lines agree with the centrality of Islam to Turkish national self-perception, the intensity of agreement is noticeably higher among both AKP and MHP voters.
Support for the idea that Turkey is a natural leader in the Muslim world is strongest among conservative and nationalist parties, with 54 percent of AKP voters and 44 percent of MHP voters strongly agreeing with this statement. Notably, 27 percent of CHP voters—usually regarded as more supportive of a traditional, restrained Turkish regional policy—strongly agreed with this notion, and a majority of CHP voters agree to some degree.
Turks across party and demographic lines express profound dislike of the United States and Europe. Only 10 percent of Turks overall hold a favorable view of the United States, with 83 percent expressing an unfavorable opinion of the United State.
Attitudes toward Europe are equally tough among Turks: Only 21 percent of Turks overall hold favorable opinions of Europe, with favorability rising slightly with age, education, and income levels.
Other major nations, religious groups, and institutions also receive low favorability ratings, including Germany at 18 percent, NATO at 24 percent, Christians at 25 percent, Jews at 16 percent, and Syrian refugees at 15 percent. Although Turks are more unfavorable than favorable in their attitudes toward Russia in this survey, it is notable that at 28 percent, Russia receives the highest favorability of any non-Turkish nation or group tested in this research.
Furthermore, Turks overwhelmingly agree that the government does too much to help refugees. Overwhelming majorities of voters from all of the major and minor parties agree that Turkey should stop spending as much time and money on refugees and more on Turks themselves. At the same time, harsh positions on assistance for refugees are balanced by more moderate beliefs about the role of immigrants and refugees in Turkish life.
Opinions on the relative contributions of immigrants and refugees are divided equally across major partisan and demographic lines. Strong majorities of every partisan and demographic group examined in this research agree with this statement, suggesting genuine consensus of public opinion in opposition to global elites. Support for cooperation with other nations rises with education and income levels. A plurality of Turks—46 percent—say the government should do more to confront the United States, while 37 percent want the government to do more to maintain an alliance with the United States, even if the two countries do not always agree.
As expected, given other nationalist tendencies and general hostility toward the U. Support for democratic norms crosses all party and demographic lines in Turkey.
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