PERCEPTION and
ATTITUDES
Sexual Relation
Among the questions on perceptions
and attitudes, the questions on
pregnancy and abortion had the
highest number of “agree” responses.
It is understandable for a BOY who
impregnates a girl to marry the girl.
70%
Marrying off a pregnant GIRL is
understandable.
70%
I AGREE
144 respondents
I DISAGREE
62 respondents
I AGREE
144 respondents
I DISAGREE
62 respondents
It is understandable for an adult man who
impregnates a girl to marry her.
While 60% of Turkish citizens said “I
68%
disagree” for both a boy and a girl,
94% of respondents from Syria said “I
I AGREE
140 respondents
I DISAGREE
66 respondents
disagree”. The fact that the person
who impregnated the child was also a
child slightly increased the acceptance
of marriage.
May a pregnant girl have an abortion?
YES
66%
She is a minor, she
can have an
abortion because
she is still a child.
Abortion is a
sin.
70 respondents
NO
136 respondents
Haram
While 66% of
Turks (all Roma)
said “yes”, 92% of
Syrians, all
Afghans and
Iraqis said “no”.
No, what do
you mean!
Not
religiously
permissible.
Whatever she
wants.
She does not have
to give birth to the
child.
47
I’m afraid of
that.
No, but if the father
of the child is not
known, she can
have abortion.