Sunday, April 02, 2017

The Turkish people don’t look favorably upon the U.S., or any other country, really | Pew Research Center

The Turkish people don’t look favorably upon the U.S., or any other country, really

By Jacob Poushter

Turks Views of U.S.As U.S. and Western-led airstrikes continue to target Islamic State fighters for control of the Syrian-Turkish border town of Kobane, questions have been raised about the U.S. and Turkey’s 60-year alliance. But even prior to the Islamic State’s push there, Turks have held decidedly negative views of the U.S. going back over a decade, and, additionally, do not much like other foreign powers either.

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