"Majority of Turks favour joining EU: surveyDocument Actions 09/02/2005
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An overwhelming majority of Turks favour their country's admission into the European Union which gave the mainly Muslim nation the green light for membership talks last year, according to a survey made public Wednesday. The poll, conducted by the state statistics institute among 6,174 people last November and carried by the Anatolia news agency, found that 70.2 percent of the interviewees would vote in favour of Turkey joining the pan-European bloc if a referendum were held on the subject. A total of 16.2 percent said they would vote against it while 13.6 were undecided. The poll revealed a disparity between sexes on the subject. A total of 77.5 percent of men said they were for entering the EU while only 63.1 percent of women were in favour, the poll said. At an historic summit on December 16-17, EU leaders agreed to opening accession talks with Turkey on October 3, but attached a series of tough conditions. "
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