Turks see justice as most important value: Study

More than half of Turks see justice as the most important value, according to a study conducted by Doğan Holding regarding Turkish society's common values. 

The "Turkey Values Survey" said justice ranked first on both the personal values list and the list of values that people want to see in Turkey.
 
The survey aimed to reveal which concepts society attaches importance to. While more than half of the participants chose justice, morals ranked second on both lists. 

As part of Doğan Group's project regarding Turkey's common values, the study was carried out by the Konda research company in October 2016 with face-to-face meetings with 1,806 people from Istanbul using the methodology of the Barrett Values Center in Britain. 

On the personal values list, morals were followed by family, tolerance, honesty, respect, honor, trust, friendship and mercy. 

The participants pointed to negative aspects when asked about their ways of experiencing the country and current cultural values. Terror, unemployment, ignorance, crime/violence, poverty, environmental pollution, grudge/enmity, aggression, opportunism and corruption constituted 52 percent of the overall answers. 

The participants said they wanted to see trust, respect, peace, equality, prosperity, honesty, family values and environmental consciousness in Turkey in addition to justice and morals. Six of the values on the list were the same as the list of people's personal values, which are justice, morals, trust, respect, honesty and family. 

The desired values showed the significance of life quality and increasing the standards of attitudes toward other people.  

Speaking about the results of the study, the leader of the Common Values Movement and Doğan...