On May 17, 2008, ANGIAD, The Ankara Young Businessmens Association, released some sad statistics on Turkish young adults. Their survey polled 1694 young adults aged 18-30. Here a few highlights.
- a mere 14.02 % considered their father good role models.
- 20.21 % have nationalist-conservatve sympathies
- only 18.11 % consider themselves secularist
- 74.15 % don’t follow political developments
- 43.62 % don’t want Turkey to join the European Union
- but a whopping 78.14 % want to leave Turkey
- 46.21 % have little hope for Turkey’s future
- 83.07 % don’t engage in any sports activities
- 53.17 % don’t read a newspaper; 35.87 % only read the sports pages
- 84.19 % have been subjected to violence
- 56.89 % have been subjected to violence by one or more family member.
(from Radikal, 18 May 208)
May 25, 2008 at 9:03 pm |
What is causing these statisitics? The government? Culture? Economy? Religion?