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Survey: Neighborhood pressure is rare in Turkey, but intolerance is not
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 06:00 pm |
Turkey´s religious and conservative segments do not apply social pressure on others around them, contrary to what some have suggested in the past, but the prevalence of intolerance in the country is significant, according a new survey.
The new study seems to contradict the results of a 2008 survey conducted by Professor Binnaz Toprak from Boðaziçi University on secular minorities in Anatolian cities, which indicated that the subject groups had the perception of conservative "neighborhood pressure" in their daily lives.
Researchers from the Bahçeþehir University, who conducted 1,715 face-to-face interviews in 33 provinces in Turkey as part of the survey on radicalism and extremism in Turkey, found that only 10 percent of society felt they were subject to social discrimination and societal pressure because of their religious beliefs. Five percent said they faced discrimination over religious beliefs from their immediate surroundings, a situation the Turkish media has come to refer to as “neighborhood pressure.” Four percent said they had faced social discrimination because of their religious denomination, 6 percent say they face both social and state discrimination because of their mother tongue and 4 percent say they face social discrimination because of being secular, while 5 percent say they have felt societal and state discrimination because they are women.
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Well, I am not wanted as a neighbour, that´s for sure: I drink once in a while alcohol, I´m irreligious, I have Christian family members and friends, I wear shorts, I´m a woman, I´m not married, I´m in favour of gay rights etc.
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 06:58 pm |
Turkey´s religious and conservative segments do not apply social pressure on others around them, contrary to what some have suggested in the past, but the prevalence of intolerance in the country is significant, according a new survey.
The new study seems to contradict the results of a 2008 survey conducted by Professor Binnaz Toprak from Boðaziçi University on secular minorities in Anatolian cities, which indicated that the subject groups had the perception of conservative "neighborhood pressure" in their daily lives.
Researchers from the Bahçeþehir University, who conducted 1,715 face-to-face interviews in 33 provinces in Turkey as part of the survey on radicalism and extremism in Turkey, found that only 10 percent of society felt they were subject to social discrimination and societal pressure because of their religious beliefs. Five percent said they faced discrimination over religious beliefs from their immediate surroundings, a situation the Turkish media has come to refer to as “neighborhood pressure.” Four percent said they had faced social discrimination because of their religious denomination, 6 percent say they face both social and state discrimination because of their mother tongue and 4 percent say they face social discrimination because of being secular, while 5 percent say they have felt societal and state discrimination because they are women.
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Well, I am not wanted as a neighbour, that´s for sure: I drink once in a while alcohol, I´m irreligious, I have Christian family members and friends, I wear shorts, I´m a woman, I´m not married, I´m in favour of gay rights etc.
I love these surveys, where they can form the basis of public opinion from a practically incalculable % population, around 56 people per province - what is the population? over 70 million?
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 07:19 pm |
Well, I am not wanted as a neighbour, that´s for sure: I drink once in a while alcohol, I´m irreligious, I have Christian family members and friends, I wear shorts, I´m a woman, I´m not married, I´m in favour of gay rights etc.
No reason you should be ashamed of yourself Trudy; You are our expert on Turkish affairs and you are not yet a lesbian yourself..
Keep your chin up !
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 08:01 pm |
How nicely you are showing off. I bet you are also a member of the übermensh.
Sorry to surprize you but there are tons of people here who consider these just the first step.
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Well, I am not wanted as a neighbour, that´s for sure: I drink once in a while alcohol, I´m irreligious, I have Christian family members and friends, I wear shorts, I´m a woman, I´m not married, I´m in favour of gay rights etc.
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 08:33 pm |
How nicely you are showing off. I bet you are also a member of the übermensh.
Sorry to surprize you but there are tons of people here who consider these just the first step.
Übermensch (with a C please)? No, that title I leave for over-proud Turks like you.
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 09:04 pm |
What im curious about is...where did they gather the samples of their survey ?!
à mean, they are talking about Türkiye, then that means they went West, North, East and south of Türkiye, they asked people at the villages as well ?!
Doubting it !
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 09:18 pm |
What im curious about is...where did they gather the samples of their survey ?!
à mean, they are talking about Türkiye, then that means they went West, North, East and south of Türkiye, they asked people at the villages as well ?!
Doubting it !
What´s the difference? The figures are not good I think. And while in most countries - as you yourself said about yours - villagers are mainly not the most progressive ones......
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 09:53 pm |
What´s the difference? The figures are not good I think. And while in most countries - as you yourself said about yours - villagers are mainly not the most progressive ones......
The difference is... it doesnt represent Türkiye !
People in Türkiye spreading through the country, they dont just live in Ãzmir, Ãstanbul, Ankara and Antalya
So if i made a survay concerning only those, i cant say it represent the whole country.
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 09:59 pm |
The difference is... it doesnt represent Türkiye !
People in Türkiye spreading through the country, they dont just live in Ãzmir, Ãstanbul, Ankara and Antalya
So if i made a survay concerning only those, i cant say it represent the whole country.
If it only was done in these (and other) big cities, it would give an idea of how the people in West-Turkey think. If Eastern villages - called backwards by Western Turks themselves!!!, not by me, I love it there - were included, I think the figures would be even worse. City people are mostly more modern and open-minded than village people (you said so months ago about Egypt).
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 10:06 pm |
The difference is... it doesnt represent Türkiye !
People in Türkiye spreading through the country, they dont just live in Ãzmir, Ãstanbul, Ankara and Antalya
So if i made a survay concerning only those, i cant say it represent the whole country.
It looks like a Professor from a very good university (Boðaziçi University) has done the survey and she says "it represents Turkiye".
But you dont think its represents Turkiye?
So you know better than the professor? Are you an expert in surveys?
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 10:15 pm |
If it only was done in these (and other) big cities, it would give an idea of how the people in West-Turkey think. If Eastern villages - called backwards by Western Turks themselves!!!, not by me, I love it there - were included, I think the figures would be even worse. City people are mostly more modern and open-minded than village people (you said so months ago about Egypt).
Well, yes its almost same every where
But...still i may not agree with you
Ãts true they are some how backwards, or so its said by city people, but when it comes to traditions or so, i believe they are better than city people
Take an example
You can live in the city and you may not know your neighbour, or you could just exchange greetings, its not same at villages.
So i also believe in villages, it would be more friendly between different religions than in cities.
Here ´Egypt´ at city, you may find a Christian landlord who refuse to rent the apartment to someone just because he is Muslim.
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 10:17 pm |
It looks like a Professor from a very good university (Boðaziçi University) has done the survey and she says "it represents Turkiye".
But you dont think its represents Turkiye?
So you know better than the professor? Are you an expert in surveys?
Heehh...yes i have a degree in surveys lol
Btw, im honored that i got your first post
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 10:56 pm |
I don´t know why some people consider this survey sooo insulting!? I think that it´s pretty obvious that there is a lot of intolerance in Turkey. Whether you call it this or that... what´s the difference. It´s Turkish people that are the biggest victims of this, denying this problem seems to be fascistic towards groups of people in your own country. Do you care about them less then about the vain and empty country pride? If you care about your own people, speak up against the intolerance within your country!
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01 Jun 2009 Mon 11:39 pm |
I don´t know why some people consider this survey sooo insulting!? I think that it´s pretty obvious that there is a lot of intolerance in Turkey. Whether you call it this or that... what´s the difference. It´s Turkish people that are the biggest victims of this, denying this problem seems to be fascistic towards groups of people in your own country. Do you care about them less then about the vain and empty country pride? If you care about your own people, speak up against the intolerance within your country!
That ´s as maybe, it is not a very representative sample...........
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02 Jun 2009 Tue 02:54 am |
I´ve never been a great fan of surveys and statistics - remember, when you go for a walk with your dog, statistically, you both have 3 legs
Now, about this survey, there´s more than one way of looking at it. Firstly, there is a huge gap between what people think and what they do, i.e. if somebody asks you whether you´d rather have drinking or non-drinking neighbours, most of us would go with the latter. However, if we had neighbours who occassionally drink, we wouldn´t mind it, would we?
It is normal that people tend to surround with people similar to themselves, hence asked what neighbourhood they´d ideally live in, they provide answers about the ideal state of affairs.
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