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A majority of Turks believes nationalism is on the rise in Turkey and that the European Union's treatment of their country is the main reason, according
to a poll published in the Milliyet newspaper on Monday. The poll, conducted last month by the A&G market research company, found just over 50 percent of those canvassed felt nationalism was rising against 30 percent who disagreed.
About one fifth of those polled said they personally felt more nationalistic.
The survey coincides with soul-searching in Turkey over the recent murder of a prominent Turkish Armenian editor in Istanbul by an ultra-nationalist teenager. Turkey is also preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections.
One third of the poll's respondents blamed the increase in nationalism on the European Union, which Turkey hopes to join. In December, Brussels froze entry talks with Turkey in eight of 35 policy areas because of Ankara's refusal to open its ports to EU member state Cyprus. Ankara has no diplomatic ties with the internationally recognised Greek Cypriot government.
Many Turks feel the EU puts unfair pressure on their country over a wide ange of issues and that the wealthy bloc does not really want Turkey, a large, elatively poor, Muslim country, as a member.
The second reason given for the upsurge in Turkish nationalism was the inadequacy of Turkish foreign policy" on issues such as Iraq and Cyprus.
Ankara is very worried about the possible disintegration of neighbouring Iraq and the emergence of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq which could fan separatism among the large Kurdish population of southeast Turkey.
Turkish politicians and army generals sometimes threaten to take military action against Turkish Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq but have not followed up on these threats. In Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots remain subject to international trade sanctions despite their support for a U.N.-backed
reunification plan in 2004. Only Ankara recognises the Turkish Cypriots' breakaway enclave in northern Cyprus. The A&G survey canvassed the views of 2,396 people across the country on February 17-18.
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