Bulgarians fear that the situation in Turkey will deteriorate after the failed coup attempt in Turkey on 15 July, a survey conducted by Gallup International shows.

At the same time, Bulgarian citizens don’t expect significant changes to take place in their everyday lives and Bulgarian-Turkish relations as a result of the events taking place in Turkey after the coup attempt.

The survey was conducted over the phone in Bulgaria on July 20 and 21 among 822 respondents aged 18 and over.

Seventy percent of the respondents fear that the threat of new conflicts in Turkey will increase, while 20% expect that threat to decrease. Women as well as people with higher level of education and social status are more pessimistic than the rest of the respondents.

Sixty-nine percent of those polled believe that the situation in Turkey is unlikely to affect their lives, while 27% are of the opposite opinion, Gallup International said in a statement.

Sixty percent of the respondents say that they don’t expect a change in relations between Bulgaria and Turkey. Expectations of a possible improvement of relations between the two neighbouring countries prevails among Bulgarian ethnic Turks, according to the statement.

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