Abstract :I study the determinants of anti-American views in the Turkish society. I embedded an experiment into a nationally representative survey in Turkey in late 2015/early 2016 with 1,289 respondents. The respondents are randomly assigned into one of the four different versions of the survey instrument. Informed by the theoretical literature on drivers of anti- Americanism in Muslim-majority countries, I ask respondents assigned to the three experimental groups to take some time to think either about (i) U.S. foreign policy, (ii) capitalism and globalization, or (iii) American way of life and society, and tell us what comes to their mind. Respondents assigned to the control condition do not undergo this procedure. The results indicate that about 42% and 37% of Turkish respondents express very negative views of the U.S. and Americans, respectively. Moreover, reminding people of capitalism and globalization leads individuals to express more unfavorable views of the U.S. In contrast, reminding the respondents of the U.S. foreign policy or American way of life and society does not have such an effect. The negative effects of reminding people of capitalism and globalization are not observed among individuals who are economically satisfied and among devout individuals. Keywords : Anti-Americanism, public opinion, Turkey, survey experiment
