Pew Research Center

World’s Muslim population more widespread than you might think

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order temporarily freezing immigration from seven predominantly Islamic countries would affect only about 12% of the world’s Muslims, according to estimates from a 2015 Pew Research Center report on the current and projected size of religious groups.

How have Gaziantep's exports to war-torn Syria quadrupled since 2011?

Turks seem to be fed up with the number of Syrian refugees coming to Turkey. According to a recent survey by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center, 67 percent of Turks believe that "Turkey should allow fewer refugees from Syria and Iraq." Does that mean that Turks now consider Syrians as a burden?

Turks divided over how democracy is working: Pew report

Turks are split on whether democracy is working in the country, according to a new Pew Research Center report based on a survey that was conducted in the spring. 

The Turkish public is split evenly on the subject, with 49 percent saying they are satisfied and 49 percent saying they are dissatisfied with it. 

Study: Americans becoming less Christian, more secular

The number of Americans who don't affiliate with a particular religion has grown to 56 million in recent years, making the faith group researchers call "nones" the second-largest in total numbers behind evangelicals, according to a Pew Research Center study released May 12.

Christianity is still the dominant faith by far in the U.S.; 7 in 10 Americans identify with the tradition.

US House votes to block Obama immigration plan

The U.S. House on Jan. 15 defied President Barack Obama by adopting Republican measures blocking his controversial immigration reform efforts, but the bill is unlikely to survive in its current form.

Lawmakers voted 236 to 191 to fund the Department of Homeland Security through September 30, the end of fiscal year 2015.

Turks’ corruption concerns double in last seven years: Report

Turks who believe that corrupt leaders are a substantial problem in the country have almost doubled since 2007, according to a recent survey by the PEW Research Center.

The survey revealed that the percentage of Turks who believe that corrupt leaders were a “very big problem” in their country has almost doubled from 37 percent in 2007 to 62 percent in 2014.

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