According to a recent opinion poll in Turkey......
“The rate of people who say some women deserve to be beaten by their husbands was 19 percent in 1996, however that has increased by 14 percent,”
six out of 10 people believe that we should involve more religious facts in our lives instead of science,”
44 percent of respondents said restaurants should be closed during fasting periods in Ramadan, a belief held by 39 percent in the 2007 poll.
The survey also noted a high rate of people, 84 percent, saying they do not like the idea of having gay neighbors.
According to the survey, not only men but also women support the idea of male dominance, which increases discrimination against women. Some 60 percent of survey participants, both male and female, said women should obey men, a rate that did not change in 15 years