public perception of the kurdish question in turkey - the SETA ...

P u b l i c P e r c e p t i o n o f t h e K u r d i s h Q u e s t i o n i n T u r k e y
A national survey entitled “Public Perception of the Kurdish Question” was carried out
between 7 and 15 August 2009, following the announcement of Kurdish Initiative by the
government, in order to collect large-scale data on this question. A total of 10,577 respondents
in 601 urban and rural areas, and in 2,497 locations were sampled. Experienced
pollsters used a structured questionnaire and carried out face-to-face interviews with respondents.
The survey was conducted in 12 regions in Turkey, namely Istanbul, Western
Marmara, Aegean, Eastern Marmara, Western Anatolia, the Mediterranean, Central Anatolia,
Western Black Sea, Eastern Black Sea, Northeastern Anatolia, Central-eastern Anatolia
and Southeastern Anatolia. Upon the completion of survey, all the questionnaire forms
were returned to Ankara and the results were analyzed with SPSS 15.0. A group of political
scientists, sociologists, economists, social psychologists and international relations
experts contributed to the design and execution of the survey.
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