77% of Turks see US as potential military threat to their country

July 26, 2007 - 18:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - In conditions reflecting a constantly worsening relationship between NATO allies Turkey and the United States more than three-fourths of Turks view the US as a potential military threat to their country, the US based Pew Research Center's latest survey shows. "In Turkey, 77% of responders said the United States could become a military threat to their country. This figure shows an increase of 11 percentage points over a 2005 report. Iraq was a distant second after the United States in the list of largest threats to Turkey, with 13%. Russia came third with 9%, and Iran followed with 6%. Only 9 percent of Turks have favorable views of the United States. Analysts say that worsening Turkish views on the United States, including rising military fears, mainly stem from disputes related to the Iraqi war and Washington's failure to act against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) presence in northern Iraq," Turkish Daily News reports.
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