Follow-up on Turkey...
turkishdailynews.com Excerpt:
Asked if they obtained some extra cash, how they would use it, 26.5 percent said they would invest in real estate, 23.1 percent said they would use it in trade, 17.1 percent said they would buy foreign currency, 9 percent said they would put it in a bank as Turkish lira, 8 percent said they would buy gold or other metals while 2.9 percent said they would invest in the stock market.
Asked what the top news of the past month was, 29.5 percent said the murder of [Jewish] businessman Uzeyir Garih was the most important development followed by the economic crisis with 25.4 percent.
Asked what the major threat to the country is, 33.1 percent said the economic crisis, 10 percent said the threat of a social explosion, 8.9 percent said neighboring countries such as Iran, Greece, Iraq, Russia, Armenian and Syria, 6 percent said the United States, 5.7 percent said unemployment, 3.4 percent said Europe, 3.4 percent said terrorism and 3.4 percent said Islamic fundamentalism. [snip] |