Is Turkey a Middle Eastern country?

[DarkSecret]

Şu thread'ı şeriatçı yobaz resimleri ile doldurucam şimdi görürsün o zaman "Ottoman Empire was European"

Gülünç duruma düşüyorsun başka bir şey değil. Beni trollemek için ülkenin konumunu ve tarihini değiştiremezsin.

[Gold-Shekel]

Yeah because every single fucking institution in the world is wrong but only you Apricitians are right... Okay...

Most of Turkey borders Iran, Iraq and Syria while 3 percent borders Europe... Plus the culture was more influenced and has influenced more the Middle East than actual Europe.

[DarkSecret]

Most of Turkey borders Iran, Iraq and Syria while 3 percent borders Europe... Plus the culture was more influenced and has influenced more the Middle East than actual Europe.

Not really. Only the southeastern region of Turkey has middle eastern culture. The other parts have Southern European, Eastern European and Caucasian culture.

[Anthropos]

I consider modern day Turkey to be an Asian country although it matters little to me how we categorize it. Whether Turkey should be its own country or not is a different question, where I am a sceptic. It would be much better if Turkey was in the hands of Europeans altogether, but as things are it is not that way at all. By the way, Turks, as far as I know, are not an ethnic group. That's not just something I made up, but it has been confirmed by numerous Turkish citizens that I have had the pleasure to talk with. Generally I have found "Turks" to be reasonable regardless of ethnicity, with few exceptions. As an ethnoplurist I tend to oppose the Turk movement or Turkish Turanism, whatever it should be called. Is Turkey Middle Eastern? Well I really care very little how we categorize Turkey, as I said, but when someone says Middle East, I do not think about Turkey.

[Marmara]

Gülünç duruma düşüyorsun başka bir şey değil. Beni trollemek için ülkenin konumunu ve tarihini değiştiremezsin.

Esas sen Avrupalı olduğunu iddia ederek kendini rezil ediyorsun farkında değilsin.

[Marmara]

I consider modern day Turkey to be an Asian country although it matters little to me how we categorize it. Whether Turkey should be its own country or not is a different question, where I am a sceptic. It would be much better if Turkey was in the hands of Europeans altogether, but as things are it is not that way at all. By the way, Turks, as far as I know, are not an ethnic group. That's not just something I made up, but it has been confirmed by numerous Turkish citizens that I have had the pleasure to talk with. Generally I have found "Turks" to be reasonable regardless of ethnicity, with few exceptions. As an ethnoplurist I tend to oppose the Turk movement or Turkish Turanism, whatever it should be called. Is Turkey Middle Eastern? Well I really care very little how we categorize Turkey, as I said, but when someone says Middle East, I do not think about Turkey.

Turk is like French. It's an ethnicity and nationality, so there are ethnic Turks.

[Ryujin]

I consider modern day Turkey to be an Asian country although it matters little to me how we categorize it. Whether Turkey should be its own country or not is a different question, where I am a sceptic. It would be much better if Turkey was in the hands of Europeans altogether, but as things are it is not that way at all. By the way, Turks, as far as I know, are not an ethnic group. That's not just something I made up, but it has been confirmed by numerous Turkish citizens that I have had the pleasure to talk with. Generally I have found "Turks" to be reasonable regardless of ethnicity, with few exceptions. As an ethnoplurist I tend to oppose the Turk movement or Turkish Turanism, whatever it should be called. Is Turkey Middle Eastern? Well I really care very little how we categorize Turkey, as I said, but when someone says Middle East, I do not think about Turkey.

I always appreciate this kind of common-sensical inputs.

[Gold-Shekel]

Not really. Only the southeastern region of Turkey has middle eastern culture. The other parts have Southern European, Eastern European and Caucasian culture.

What do you define as "Southern European & EE culture"? Even those cultures are heavily Persian influenced, the food for example. Culture is relative and fluid.

Turkey belongs to the Middle-East because "Middle-East" is a geopolitical concept, your national interest are fought in the Middle-East against or with countries like Iran, Saudi Kingdom of Arabia or Israel. While the Balkans and Caucasus are not direct interest but rather a sphere of influence.

[DarkSecret]

What do you define as "Southern European & EE culture"? Even those cultures are heavily Persian influenced, the food for example. Culture is relative and fluid.

Turkey belongs to the Middle-East because "Middle-East" is a geopolitical concept, your national interest are fought in the Middle-East against or with countries like Iran, Saudi Kingdom of Arabia or Israel. While the Balkans and Caucasus are not direct interest but rather a sphere of influence.

Oh yeah it's good to learn that USA is Middle eastern country too then. I learn something new on apticity everyday!

[Cristiano viejo]

when someone says Middle East, I do not think about Turkey.

Really? when someone says Middle East, I think in this zone (and it seems that not only me, if you put in Google "Map Middle East" look what it appears)