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2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
The public opinion surveywas conducted by Realta Research
Company following IKV’s request with the aim of identifying
the level of information and awareness among the Turkish
public opinion on EU and further analysing the perception on
the support for Turkey’s EU membership.
PROFILE
By taking into consideration sample statistics from TUIK
(Turkish Statistical Institute), the public opinion survey was
conducted on the 4-5 April 2015 in 18 provinces of Turkey.
A total of 2,489 persons among which 45.6 % were women
participated to this public opinion survey, all representing
the eligible voters in Turkey with at least 18 years of age. The
quantitative research and face to face interviewing method
were used in the realization of this public opinion survey.
When taking into consideration the profile of the persons
that participated in the survey, it can be observed that the 45
years above age group represents the highest participation
rate with 36.8%.
As regards to the level of education, it can be observed that
the high school graduates represent the highest participation
in the survey with 38%. Besides this group, 16 % of the
participants are university, 17% secondary school and 21%
primary school graduates.
When taking into consideration the profession of the
participants, it can be observed that while housewives rank
first with a participation rate of 25.7%, workers rank second
with 15.3% and retired persons rank third with 11.8%. In the
sample of the survey, 44.6% of participants are employees.
86.4% of participants have never travelled before to a
European country. Almost half of the 13.6%that has travelled
to any EU country went there for touristic purpose.