Is Turkey in Europe?

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emmaumbrella

Geographically yes, however it is not part of the European Union. Many people also consider it to be Asian as it has a lot of Asian influences and borders with the continent.

HandyMan

A small section in the west of the country is considered geographically to be in Europe and the remaining part is in Asia.

Stan

Turkey is in both Europe and Asia. If you look closely at a map, you will see that Istanbul is on both sides of the Bosphoros - One side Europe, the other side Asia.

Suriyah

yes its considered a european country

Orla C

The Western part, the smaller section is in Europe, while the larger Eastern part is in Asia.

ak222002

its not part of the eu , but a % of it is in europe its self

love_me

a part of it is in Europe and the rest is in Asia Istanbul a big city from Turkey is on both continents

zooyork_riseagainst

it's in both europe and Asia the boarder goes through istanbul

MÎ±Ï„Î¸Î±Î¹Î¿Ï‚

Part of Turkey is politically, but the lands that are part of Europe were captured at the time of the ottoman empire so... culturally no (more central asian and Mediterranean genetic wise too), but yes here look at this map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LocationTurkey2.png everything west of the Bosporus which is the river that splits Istanbul into Europe and Asia minor is Europe

nicky

i dont think so yet

Misty Blue

It's the one place were you can stand on two continents at the one time.Europe and Asia

v_1194

not really. . . its like 50/50 . its also like cyprus and russia

Top Contributor

Some of it is
It is not in the EU but is trying to get in

ukok

The injustice of the turks (ottomans) slaughtering and conquering constantinople lead to them claiming rights to istanbul and the penisula that sits in europe, including the conversion of churches to mosques (the blue mosque used to be a church) They are not europeans and nor will they ever be. Why do the muslims never mention the barbarous turks and their slaughter of europe.

Jonathan B

nope not yet but there working on it
check out the source for more info

altruist

Not yet

bo dji

Yes, Turkey is in Europe, because:

1. They use the latin alphabet ( adopted 80 years ago )
2. They have parliamentary political system
3. Most of women are dressed in modern style (men too)
4. Many football (fussball) teams are with european succes (natinal team also)
5. They have a wonderful european type cinema

â™¥ Angel_Eyes :O â™¥

Yeah..I think so

baby_face_paris

Yes

Valter

Yes its in AFRICA.

MICHAEL D

Yes Part of Turkey is in Europe.50. 50.

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