2011 World Value Survey: Turkey
[from Transforming Eden]
The latest world value survey reveals many values of Turkey today.
Importance of Religion
92% Religion Important
81% Devout
Meaning of Religion
64% follow the rules and traditions
36% do good to others
This life or the next?
79% more meaningful after death
21% more meaningful in this life
Religious Practice and Beliefs
87% keep the Ramadan fast
70% pray
57% sacrificed an animal in the last Feast of the Sacrifice
97% believe in Hell
77% believe religion over science if there is a disagreement between the two
79% belive theirs it the only true religion
63% think books that attack religion or religious values should be banned.
58% think Alevi Cemevis should be allowed
Sin
61% Woman wearing a bathing suit
44% Keepoing a restaurant open during Ramadan
Male Female Roles
74% Man head of household
23% Say a man can have more than one wife (double 2009 survey, 19% of women agree)
71% Men make better political leaders (up 7% from 2009)
30% Some women deserve to be beaten (27% women agree)
62% Wifes should always obey their husbands (67% men, 57% women agree)
7% Approve a woman having a baby out of wedlock (compared to 47% in Europe)
Other
57% thought that older people had too much political power
17% do not feel safe in their own neighborhood
8% carry a gun or knife for self-protection
68% have anxietiesa about getting a new job if they lost their present job
15% did not have enough food in the past year
Source: Translated from http://www.bahcesehir.edu.tr/habergoster/index/hid/658