Italians believe that Turkey is one of the most dangerous countries posing a threat to the entire world, according a recent poll shared by BBC Turkish.

Participants in the survey, conducted by Italian research center the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and French multinational market research and consulting firm, Ipsos, were asked, “Which country poses the greatest threat to the world?’’.

A total of 1.000 people participated in the online the survey conducted on between Dec. 9-11. Turkey ranked third place with 14 percent, after China at 27 percent and Iran at 15.

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This is the first time in five years of the survey that respondents in Italy listed Turkey as a major global threat. In 2019, Italians who saw Turkey as a threat in the same survey remained 8 percent, while this figure was 3 percent in 2018.

There is rampant negative judgment regarding aspiring EU member Turkey, BBC Turkish cited ISPI director Paolo Magri as telling Italian state-run Rai television, noting that views about Turkey in Italy were similar to that of Iran.

Source: Ahval