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About 90% of Turks Not Considering US Ankara's Strategic Partner

© AP Photo / Emrah GurelRiot police officers stand as members of Turkey Youth Union shout anti-US slogans as they protest against the upcoming visit of the US President Barack Obama to Turkey mid-November for G20 summit in Antalya, outside the US consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015
Riot police officers stand as members of Turkey Youth Union shout anti-US slogans as they protest against the upcoming visit of the US President Barack Obama to Turkey mid-November for G20 summit in Antalya, outside the US consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Some 90 percent of Turkish nationals do not regard the United States a strategic partner of their country, a poll revealed on Tuesday.

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ANKARA (Sputnik) — According to the poll conducted by Turkish-based MAK Research Company, as cited by the Yeni Safak newspaper, 71 percent of those surveyed support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and intend to vote for him in the next elections.

As many as 72 percent of respondents consider the government's crackdown on the movement of US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen after the July 15 coup to have been successful.

Seventy-eight percent of respondents support the government's operation Euphrates Shield in Syria, which Ankara began in late August, according to the poll.

About 2,700 people participated in the survey.

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