Murat Somer, associate professor of international relations at Koc University and fellow at the Institute for International and Regional Studies at Princeton University, says the survey results indicate that despite socioeconomic development, Turkish society is not becoming more open to diversity, pluralism and equality. "Instead, many people are becoming more religious-conservative, patriarchal and open to violence," he says.
Murat Somer, docent na odeljenju za međunarodne odnose Univerziteta Koč i saradnik Instituta za međunarodne i regionalne studije na Univerzitetu Prinston, kaže da rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da, uprkos socioekonomskom razvoju, tursko društvo ne postaje otvorenije prema različitostima, pluralizmu i jednakosti. „Umesto toga, mnogi ljudi postaju konzervativniji u pogledu religije, patrijarhalniji i otvoreniji za nasilje“, rekao je on.