Is Turkey part of Europe or Asia?

Answer 1

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Southwestern Asia and the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. In addition, it borders the Black Sea to the north; the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara to the west; and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

Turkey is a democratic, secular, constitutional republic whose political system was established in 1923 after the fall of the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of national hero Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It is a founding member of the United Nations,[1] the OIC,[2] the OECD[3] and the OSCE,[4] a member state of the Council of Europe since 1949[5] and of the NATO since 1952,[6] and is currently in accession negotiations with the European Union, being an associate member since 1964.[7].

Due to its strategic location straddling Europe and Asia, Turkey has been a historical crossroad between eastern and western cultures.
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Answer 2

Is Turkey Part Of Europe

Answer 3

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Is Turkey part of Europe or Asia?

Answer 4

Asia

Answer 5

The above answer is correct. Turkey is in both (Asia and Europe). If I recall, Istanbul (the city) is actually the area where it is divided. Look at a map and then look for the waterway that splits Istanbul. That's where the Europe/Asia meet.

Answer 6

turkey part europe asia

Answer 7

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both. Everything west of the Urals in Russia are technically Europe (although in practice, the russians see everything east of the Volga as asia) In turkey, the dividing line is the Bosporus, Marmara Denizi, and Dardanelles. So the part of turkey that borders greece and bulgaria is part of the european continent

Answer 8

geographically split but mostly in Asia with a toehold remaining in Europe.

Turkey could be said to be European in the same sense that France was African when Algeria was part of metropolitan France or indeed in the way that Spain is African or Russia Asian.

I think it unlikely that we in the EU will eventually accept Turkey as a member state. It is a wonderful country in many ways, I really like it but it is most definitely not European and the difference would only end up making both side miserable.

Answer 9

Both. Half of the city of Istanbul is in Asia, the other half in Europe, split down the middle by the Bosphorus. 10% (give or take) is geographically in Europe, the rest in Asia.

That's the physical answer - the psychological answer is somewhat more challenging.

Answer 10

Whether a country is European or Asian is defined by the traditional character of the dominant ethnicity. In case of Turkey, it is entirely Asian. Take a look at religion, customs, art, attires, history, names, appearance, etc.

The fact that Turkey is secular, relatively careful with civil rights and interested in the European market simply makes it a decent country to live in. One shouldn't equal these characteristics to the European status of a country. There are European states that have problems with these (Russia, Serbia or Belarus), as well as Asian states that sport all the traits (Japan, South Korea or Hong Kong).