2.9% of Turks see threat in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - According to a joint social survey conducted by Infacto Research Workshop on behalf of the Bilgi University in Istanbul and "Kapa Research" Center on behalf of the Political Studies and Communications in Athens, 77% of Greeks still consider neighboring Turkey to be a threat, while 35 percent of Turks perceive the United States as a threat.



According to the poll, 35.6% of Turks see their NATO ally the United States as a threat and only 9.5% consider Greece to be a threat. Among other matters, 25.8% said an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq, 5.5% said the European Union, 4.2% said Israel, 2.9% said Armenia and 1.5% said Iran would be a threat to Turkey.



According to the poll, 74% of Turks see the Ottoman Empire as the most glorious era of the Turks and 47% of the Greeks believe the ancient Greek era to be the most glorious days in their history. The same poll unveiled that Turks see themselves as more nationalist than Greeks. 62% of the Turkish respondents say they are extremely nationalist, while in Greece this figure is 31%, Turkish Daily News reports.