Does Turkey Belong To Asia or Europe? | Street Interview

Did you know that Turkey lies partly in Asia and partly in Europe? The European portion of Turkey only comprises 3% of the country and the rest of the country lies in Asia. Are you curious as to how the locals identify themselves? Do they see themselves as Asian or European? To find out, for the first time ever, we hit the streets of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia.
The opinions expressed in this video are those of individual interviewees alone and do not reflect the views of ASIAN BOSS or the general Turkish population.
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Do you think Turkey belongs to Asia or Europe?
1:13 - Why does Turkey belong to both continents?
2:01 - Do you think Turkey belonging to two continents is good or bad?
3:12 - What kind of European and Asian influences do you see in Istanbul?
6:16 - Do you see yourself as more European or Asian?
10:52 - Turkey and the European Union
12:47 - What do you want to say to our global audience that’s curious about Turkey?
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[@tsukasa1608]

To most Asian, Turkey is too European. To most European, Turkey is too Asian. To me, Turkey is Eurasian.

[@tsukasa1608]

@Arda Şen Why choose? Why can't be both?

[@Emulator833]

@Arda Şen Americans were once European or African etc. That doesnt mean Americans now are European or African. Ottoman Empire ruled Balkans a lot longer than it did Middle East so we have a lot more cultural similarity with Balkans rather than Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia except religion which we dont even practice the same or we dont really practice at all tbh, we practice islam more like Albania and Bosna compared to Syria, Iraq etc.

[@Emulator833]

@Arda Şen Would you say Iceland is North American because 80% of the country is in North American continental plate including the capital Reykjavik or Cyprus which is wholly in Asia/Middle East. Yes Turks history started in Central Asia but that doesnt have much of an impact in todays Turkey except like you said language. Idk what you are smoking but Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Estonia are fully European and definitely not Asian idk why you are so obsessed with that far past of countries when their past doesnt have any influence in lifestyle and culture today. Britain ruled overseas territories, Balkans were core territory for Ottoman Empire it pretty much started there east of İstnabul. Britain didnt really have cultural exchange with their overseas territories, Ottoman Empire did for centuries. Alot of or even most of the people of importance in Ottoman Empire and even in todays Turkey were/are Balkan origin not the case for Britain. Also a lot of population exhange between Turkey and balkans.

[@yigit979]

We are belong to Turania :)

[@Emulator833]

​@Arda Şen Well you must smoke something if you think Finland, Estonia, Bulgaria and Hungary are asian. Yes i know Turks started in North/Central Asia and i know there are still some remnants of that in our culture but its minuscule especially compared to our similarity to Balkans. Yes you can give me more examples but i can give you 10x examples how we are similar to Balkans for your every example of how we are similar to Central Asian countries. Of course it matters if its overseas or not i told you why it matters but you just completely ignored it. Britain didnt have any cultural exchange with those countries, Ottoman Empire did. "Small population migrations" lol? Its estimated that there are 20-25 million Balkan Turks in Turkey.

[@kaanaktas5941]

As a Turkish, we're done talking about this. We are mediterranean, eastern european, western asian, balkan, anatolian and caucasian.

[@ala_dine2709]

😱😂

[@places-travelvideos4k335]

That‘s the point 👏🏻

[@greenmachine5600]

Yes, having multiple identities is fine.

[@SalmanAhmad-xw2fu]

@@SiberianStar I guess you're Indian. You think only Christians live in Eastern Europe?

[@kaanaktas5941]

@@SiberianStar Lol you're indian 😂😂. I don't take people who still live in caves seriously 😂😂😂

[@uvejspreza9879]

One of the most fascinating things for me in Turkish language is how the verbs are usually the last word of the sentence. This makes learning the language more difficult as you have to pay attention to the full speech until they reach the end to figure out what it is being talked about. have never seen this in any other language. Very unique. I visited Istanbul almost 3years ago. Best city in the world kesinlikle

[@Umut_9182]

I think it depends on what your native language is. For example as a Turkish speaker to me, English was very hard to learn since verbs are not at the end of the sentences. Grammar structures of Turkish and English are completely different. But for example Hungarian is much much easier for me to learn since grammar structures are same. So it depends on the native language but yes, Turkish is kinda hard since it's also an agglutinative language

[@mgnrvnn4199]

I've also thought that was really interesting, I've noticed that in other languages such as Persian, Korean and Japanese as well. I also thought it was unique but when I researched about it, it's actually the most common word order in the world.

[@kc5479]

👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻 Başarılar dileriz Türkçe’yi öğrendiğin ve bizi tanımak istediğin için teşekkürler

[@phoebeb2111]

it’s interesting to hear actually, I’m a linguist so out of curiosity I wanted to ask how does Turkish sound phonetically for you?

[@catlover7]

It's actually not that unique. For example, Korean and Japanese are also like this. The verbs are at the end of the sentence.

[@bumin7095]

There is one thing that asian boss didn't mention and that's that although only 3% of turkey is geographically european it has more than 12 million people living on that tiny part (almost 15% of Turkey lives there).

[@rezzzakresds8319]

aynı fikirdeyim dostum senle türk ne avrupalı nede arap kültürünü benimsememeli bence

[@bumin7095]

@Arif doesn't change the fact that we are genetically more european/middle eastern nowadays. not:bizim ata yurdumuz lake Baikal, Mongolia degil!

[@araz6445]

@Arif not mongoloid people they were different tribes but had similar culture with the mongolians then those turks conquered central asia and and some of them had to migrate to anatolia middle east and caucasus because of climate and threats in central asia

[@joekheem3834]

@@turkishissunlanguage IE?

[@fugenturkoglu]

Vatican City (800) San Marino (33,000) Monaco (37,000) Liechtenstein (37,000) Andorra (78,000) Iceland (331,000) Malta (425,000) Luxembourg (570,000) Montenegro (620,000) Cyprus (876,000) Netherlands 17,211,447 411.27 Belgium 11,668,278 382.22 Czech Republic 10,736,784 136.14 Greece 10,316,637 78.16 Sweden 10,218,971 22.69 Portugal 10,140,570 110.12 Hungary 9,606,259 103.26 Belarus 9,432,800 45.44 Austria 9,066,710 108.10 Switzerland 8,773,637 212.52 Serbia 8,653,016 97.93 Bulgaria 6,844,597 61.73 Denmark 5,834,950 135.40 Finland 5,554,960 16.41 Norway 5,511,370 17.02 Slovakia 5,460,193 111.35 Ireland 5,020,199 71.44 Croatia 4,059,286 71.73 Moldova 4,013,171 118.57 Bosnia And Herzegovina 3,249,317 63.45 Albania 2,866,374 99.71 Lithuania 2,661,708 40.76 North Macedonia 2,081,304 80.94 Slovenia 2,078,034 102.50 Latvia 1,848,837 28.64 Estonia 1,321,910 29.23 Cyprus 1,223,387 132.24 Luxembourg 642,371 248.40 Montenegro 627,950 45.46 Malta 444,033 1405.17 Iceland 345,393 3.35 Isle of Man 85,732 149.88 Andorra 77,463 165.52 Faroe Islands 49,233 35.34 Monaco 39,783 19694.55 Liechtenstein 38,387 239.92 San Marino 34,085 558.77 Gibraltar 33,704 5617.33 Vatican City 799 1815.91

[@b.e.6230]

There's a term for this: Eurasian. Turks don't have to pick one side. Why would they? Historically, culturally and genetically they have ties with both of them. As the guy said, Turkey is a bridge and bridges don't lay on 1 side.

[@MrCarl2020]

This sounds so much like biracial people and their identity problems. Unfortunatly like them, Turkey don't have a say in this matter. Others will define you as they please and Europeans don't see Turks as European. End of story

[@kiaaurora]

@B.E. Turks from Istanbul are more European, the rest is more Asian

[@deathoftheneon]

@@kiaaurora i dont agree there are secular and conservatives everywhere but we can say western part of the country is more european and eastern is more islamic

[@b.e.6230]

@@kiaaurora no. As an İstanbul resident I disagree with you. İstanbul is the most mixed city in the whole country. It is definitely not more european and others are asian lol

[@Anonymous-qb4vc]

Asia is very big and diverse home to 60% of world and people shouldn't simply generalize it as one cultural, political or ethnic space. Its insanely diverse from region to region. People from Middle East/West Asia are more closer to North Africa and Europe in terms of culture, region, race, religion than let's say far east(Asia). Also Asian regions or even countries(India/China) are comparable to Europe in terms of size, population and diversity. But in the end we are all humans and inheritly similar irrespective of our differences. In this modern globalized world I can have more in common in terms of values and interests with someone from east asia or west then from where I am from.

[@JanHanuko]

I studied at university in İstanbul. My apartment was located in Asian part of İstanbul and the university is located at european part of İstanbul. So basically you have to change continents everyday just to go to class, to work or home : D

[@annafrancis7567]

wow thats so cool

[@EgnachHelton]

I heard there's a cat who travels around Istanbul using public transports, even crossing the Bosporus at times.

[@ivaerz4977]

Really what University is that.

[@jupiterbirlesikgezegenleri9884]

@@EgnachHelton yeah they are just chilling...

[@avibcci1297]

Sounds cool

[@ebruuu9343]

As a Turk, I don't feel european or asian. I feel very distant, especially from europeans. We are Anatolian. We don't have to define ourselves as european or asian!

[@ulkuasasoglu2896]

İşte bu ya

[@Tan-zi4eh]

@@ulkuasasoglu2896 Açıkçası Anadolu ferasetinden nasiplendiğimi sanmıyorum. Birçoğu üçkağıtçı köylü kurnazı. Ege, Akdeniz ve Trakya'nın insanı iyi diğer bölgeler için aynı şeyi söyleyemem. Allah her şeyi görüyor diyip şerefsizlik yapmaları yok mu...

[@near9132]

Yok öyle bişey hem batı hem doğu olunmaz.Bir tarafta medeniyet, fikir ve düşünce özgülüğünü , insan haklarını diğer taraf dogmatik düşünceleri, baskıcı yönetimler ve çağ dışı uygulamalar bir tarafı seç

[@murtadhaalkenani3876]

Your heart calls you back to the horde 🐎

[@asd-ip5hj]

@@near9132 kore mi medeniyetsiz

[@davidnguyen4707]

This is my first time hearing Turkish, and it sounds beautiful

[@Semihim-lj3pq]

what language do you think it looks like?

[@lan-dedim]

Trust me these people dont even speak fluently if you have heard someone speaking this language the way it should be spoken you would love it much more

[@haebaragi2312]

I'm really happy to see Asian Boss in Turkey. Eurasian is a good term for explaining Turkey's situation. Turkey is not going to be fully a part of Asia or Europe due to conflicting opinions but I think it is a unique characteristic that shouldn't be changed.

[@andrekoniger3020]

Eurasia is a continental plate, every country wether in Europe or in Asia is a eurasian country.

[@haebaragi2312]

@@andrekoniger3020 absolutely, I agree. Eurasia is the largest continental area and I just don't find it right to say Turkey is only in Europe or Asia.

[@andrekoniger3020]

@@haebaragi2312 Well that'd be wrong, since Turkey lies in europe aswell as in asia

[@yigit979]

We are belong to Turania :)

[@haebaragi2312]

@Arda Şen Why do you find saying unique offensive?

[@zhanatbagissova]

I am Kazakh. While I was watching video, I tried to read subscriptions to understand all the questions and answers. But also I was listening to Turkish people - I understood 30-40% of everything they said... Nice feelings. Turk people can understand each other for sure☺️💯

[@murd4c]

Counting to 100 is the exact same btw

[@ScrinGeneral17]

Yup. You should be able to understand the root-Turkish words since the pronunciations are still very much Asian. Also *fistbump* my fellow Turk.

[@ericpoeperic]

That's pretty cool!!

[@ScrinGeneral17]

@@murd4c Hahaha didnt know that. Amazing.

[@Musti_43]

My Grandfathers-Grandfather went from Kazakistan to Turkey to support the Ottoman Turks few hundert years ago :P. We are all Turks we are one Nation got splittet in Countrys and forgoten our History, becaus of the assimilation in many Countrys like Kazakistan from the Udssr (Russia). If you would met a Uygur Turk in China you would understand them also aswell but i think there will be soon no Nation called Uygurs becaus they getting force´t from the Chinese Gov. to forget there Identification in camps sadly....

[@armadyl54]

10:25 heartbreaking to hear, I hope the best for these gentlemen and the whole working class of turkey 🇹🇷✊🏼

[@vengovoy4606]

these are clowns ripping off tourists on the street. don't be too sad.

[@tex3211]

​@@vengovoy4606bullshit

[@kutayfrat1654]

@@vengovoy4606 cry more gae

[@lucia-ux9ui]

Thank you Asian Boss for bringing this topic 🙏 As a Turkish person who always watch your videos it made me proud that seeing you İstanbul 💫

[@Joseph-qd9ew]

Kazakhstan and now Turkey! I’m glad Asian Boss is expanding to more and more countries 😁

[@jinain]

Turkish grammar is Subject + Object + Verb. Turkish is the same grammar as Korean and Japanese. their way of thinking is similar.

[@ScrinGeneral17]

Wow not many people know that. Also there are many mutual words between the three which is very interesting to me as a Turk :)

[@ScrinGeneral17]

@which world That doesn't explain the Japanese part at all.

[@arbs3ry]

Chinese \Vietnamese grammar is Subject + Verb + Object. Chinese/Vietnamese is the same grammar as English. their way of thinking is similar. C'on, give me a break. Makes no logic at all.

[@jinain]

@@arbs3ry Yes, that's right. So, Koreans, Turks, Japanese have ways of thinking unlike Chinese & Vietnamese. Chinese and Vietnamese is Brother 😊

[@Basuko_Smoker]

@@jinain brothers geologically speakint, but their relationship is...crude at best

[@windywendi]

Glad to see Asian boss expand their operations to more countries! Taiwan, Turkey, etc. Really excited about which one will be next!

[@bookinsights1092]

Turkey is it’s very own specific country that can’t be compared to neither Asia nor Europe. Why do people always try to put different places and make them seem alike. When you go to a country, even if it is your neighbor, you will always see differences. I think Turkey should stay the way it is and be proud.

[@Cocker-Lilaa]

🇹🇷🇪🇺🇹🇷🇪🇺

[@rebellefleur2993]

Absolutely 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@umay17]

++

[@user-gh6ly4pr8l]

It is in the muslim union

[@zera_61]

​@@user-gh6ly4pr8land this makes it what? Why mentioning it?

[@jfkgkgkhkhjgkgjgjg5914]

In Turkey people define themselves with religious, sectarian, ethnic, regional, lifestyle etc. identity. But no Continental.

[@suzandefneklc8167]

exactly

[@kadircanyldran1849]

finally somebody understands us finally somebody has spoken rightly thanks man :)

[@thekraken1173]

Exactly.

[@roenin]

Same goes for most of the world actually. Chinese define themselves not with their continent either. Nor do Germans call themselves Europeans most of the time. Younger folks sometimes for the sake of the EU but older generations know too well how different the nationalities are as Europe goes.

[@viewercjg]

My grandfather lived in Istanbul as a young man before coming to the US near the end of the Ottoman times. He was from the Balkan portion of the Empire and loved the life in the big city! He had interesting stories to tell and would close his eyes and smile when he would hear traditional Turkish music.

[@FM_GOBi]

May I ask, which Balkan portion of the Empire? Asking because I am from Bosnia.

[@viewercjg]

@@FM_GOBi Macedonian region now part of Greece - near current day Florina.

[@berry278]

That is so swet

[@ysti6552]

Read this Book: The Blight of Asia,

[@firsts2262]

@@viewercjg Sir you probably have some relatives in Izmir always welcome!

[@nigelmansfield3011]

I've been too and travelled though Turkey a couple of times. Turkey is an incredible country full of history. It's DNA profile is beautifully complex. I could wax lyrical about Asia Minor's , Thrace's and Istanbul's histories but Turkey is Turkey. The nation is to be admired and loved.

[@moonmon77]

asian boss i am so happy that you visited turkey and introduced our people to a broader audience thank you :)

[@annag1202]

I’m from the U.K. and in school geography lessons we are taught that Turkey is partly in Europe and partly in Asia so in my opinion it depends on which area of Turkey you are referring to. Anyway should it really matter? Perhaps if we weren’t all so fixated on such things the world would be more peaceful. I’ve been to Turkey and it’s a fantastic country, good people and has the most delicious food.

[@HackedPC]

We *HATE* UK 🇬🇧🤢🤮😡🤬👿💀💩😤

[@kuto608]

Yes we were taught in geography lessons over here in the UK that Turkey's partly in Europe and Asia. I also agree with this statement, people are so fixated on whether Turkey's in Europe or Asia to the point some people become overly toxic, being rude, racist or xenophobic for no apparent reason. Also thank you very much for the comment on Turkey, it's an incredibly beautiful country with lots to it but I just wish the political situation would get better back home.

[@HackedPC]

@@kuto608 we hate uk, turkey hates uk all asia hate Uk 🤬😡 🇹🇷>>>>>>🇬🇧

[@yunus6050]

as a turk, i really don't care we are in europe or not and i think it is not just about the maps of europe and asia. It is about culture, people, buildings, religions... everything. Turkey, anatolia is like bridge. there is so many different people going away and passed away. If you ask racist arabs they gonna say turks are not real muslims, they are not in middle east, they are europan people, and if you ask the racist europans they gonna say turkey is not part of europe, turks are arab etc. We can't choose our hometowns. We can't choose our nationality. We were just born here and we are so many different people living at this region. If you ask me, i have not any problems with armenians, kurds, greeks, arabs.. and i know there is too many people in these countries thinking like that. Sometimes it is all about politics and we need to understand each other.

[@ysti6552]

Read this Book: The Blight of Asia

[@jamosss]

I always called Turkey along with Russia and a few other nations, Eurasian nations since they are geographically occupying a place in both continents

[@khmatjshmid1591]

33% of Russia is in europe while only 3% of turkey is

[@WhoLeeAnnita]

I agree with you! I think the same thing! What about Russians' opinion? I think they feel more European than Asian. Nevertheless their territory lies more on the Asian side. 😜🤷🏻‍♀️

[@khmatjshmid1591]

@@WhoLeeAnnita i think the difference is maybe the people. Russian people as in the ethnicity are slavic and euopean while turkish people are west asian and turkic. I bet if you ask asian ethnic groups within russia they will say asia

[@tiberianexcalibur]

I like to define continents as one large landmass that’s almost completely separated by water. I think of Europe and Asia as just Eurasia.

[@RicoClout28]

Russians are white, Turks are not, simple as that.

[@jake-zk3nk]

interesting and informative.. we want more interview about Turkey

[@nickohira1397]

Thank you for making this video ❤️ Turkey is both mixed south east European and Asian

[@jadapomu]

Okay but people thinking Europe as the ‘wise, open minded’ continent while Asia as ‘narrow minded, left behind’ is a stereotype. Asia is a big continent with really developed countries and people too. Europe is developed overall but it isn’t as open minded as it’s seems.

[@kevinmiller9760]

No, East Asia is pretty developed too. But South Asia and Middle East are little bit narrow minded and left behind, maybe because of their religions ? South East Asia is just poor, hope they will get better soon.

[@annaairahala9462]

Yes, but I think it's more that they're comparing neighbours. On one border they have developed countries while the other they have unrest countries Also, just want to point out "stereotype" isn't inherently a bad thing as your comment implies. If they are stereotyping the entire continent that way then it would be a bad stereotype

[@Name-jw4sj]

@@kevinmiller9760 Dude, do us all a favor and don't comment anymore lol.

[@thecurious82]

South Asian and middle eastern (except Saudi Arabia) are not so developed and are narrow minded people but china and other east Asian countries are developed and not so narrow minded like south asian and middle eastern

[@sambatra6162]

@@kevinmiller9760 true

[@patrycjawolanin598]

I've been to Turkey once and it's an absolutely stunning country with rich culture. I've been to almost all europian countries but Turkey is for sure my favorite. The climate, people, cuisine - everything was fascinating. I would love to revisit this country and explore it more in the future!

[@n.8626]

It’s not European

[@dimasadityaramadhan4599]

@@n.8626 its european and asian

[@dimasadityaramadhan4599]

@@n.8626 and there is a name for that eurosia

[@m.k.s.7417]

@@dimasadityaramadhan4599 that is why; I personally: see/class-ify; "us"_ Turkey, being: "The National Version; for/of: "us"_-"Eurasians"!! -M.K.S.

[@n.8626]

@@dimasadityaramadhan4599 no

[@aartie1999]

Sometimes I feel like Turkey myself. I'm between two culture constantly struggling with the question where I belong to. That's why I have a deep existential connection with Istanbul especially, eventhough I've only been there once.

[@nsm6526]

The real question is..does Europe or Asia belong to turkey? *mehter ottoman music starts playing*

[@suzandefneklc8167]

Foreigners are more obsessed with this question than actual Turkish people. Label us however you want but remember we have our own unique culture and language that is different than the border countries except for Azerbaijan.

[@Letnistonwandif]

Actually foreigner doesnt give a fk about it. Dont lie. Its just turkish who cares.

[@pigeonlove]

The Kazak citizen above said they could understand 40pct Turkish knowing Kazak.

[@suzandefneklc8167]

@@pigeonlove That's because it's a Turkic language like Turkish. I can understand like 20-30% of it.

[@suzandefneklc8167]

@@Letnistonwandif Yes they do. I see foreigners asking this question on forums and even arguing about it. I've had foreigners even ask me this question multiple times. Turkish people don't think about this topic because we already know the answer. You're not even Turkish. Who tf are you to say I'm lying? You even clicked on this video and replied to my comment which is about TURKEY, so you're the one obsessing over it here. I've never had discussions about this topic with my fellow Turkish people. We view ourselves as a transcontinental country and that's it. You're the one living in your little American bubble where there is probably 0 Turks and you have 0 Turkish friends and you have the audacity to say I'm lying ahahahahahhahahahahahhahaha.

[@cernkoc]

@@suzandefneklc8167 I really agree, foreign people - especially people trying to vilify Turkey - are constantly giving false information on the internet. but I do not think that Azerbaijani language and TurkeyTurkish are similar in terms of language. Turkey Turkish is a slightly modified and softened version of old Turkish. But the Azerbaijani language is of Kurdish-Persian origin.

[@dalazcano]

I really loved this video, Turkey seems like a very complex place with a really intricate history and a beautiful language. I'm really looking forward to going there sometime and I hope you keep making more videos from this country. Greetings from Chile 💕

[@s.o.s2689]

7:55 as a Turkish this is how me and my friends feel like, explained it very well! I think this is what Turkish people are, just like two different elements come together and they make wholly a different thing, like molecular compounds.

[@xdemgeo3581]

As a southeast asian (I'm from the Philippines), I consider Turkey a good hybrid. A great mix of European and Asian. I love Baklava, and I love VakifBank and Fenerbahce volleyball. Just saying :)

[@devrimsarigul8387]

Was very happy to see such a video as a person who lives in Europe but originally is from Turkey. Can definitely agree with the opinions, it is indeed very conflicted you can even hear it from the conflicted opinions. But that’s the beauty of it.

[@nereus246]

As a German🇩🇪 and Brazilian 🇧🇷 I grew up here in Germany and love my Turkish friends. They are as different as we Brazilians. Really a mix of extremes in terms of culture, politics and view of life. Love from Recife BR 🇧🇷👌🏻 arkadaşlarım 🇹🇷 ☺️

[@ScrinGeneral17]

Right back at you from TR Bursa friend 👍🏻

[@s.o.s2689]

Thank you! I personally always felt closer to my Brazilian friends, find them sincere and humorous, Brazil is also ethnically and culturally has variety what makes it unique, just like us. And it is cool to see both nations embrace their varieties

[@semih7529]

Amigooo

[@kuruvaziyer]

❤️❤️

[@hsnv279]

Germany turks originally mostly eastern turkey so kurd or arab originally mostly

[@suss466]

We dont care asia or europe I Love My Country 🇹🇷❤

[@user-dm4mm2ro1o]

Vallaha ülkemiz çok guzel, ama RTE'yi nefret ediyorum, gittikce dinle ve mültecilerle sapıttı ülkeyi, ve onun için de, bizi bazıları arap zannediyor, vallaha gittikce ülkemize yazık oluyor.

[@suss466]

@@user-dm4mm2ro1o Aynen Katılıyorum bende nefret ediyorum RTE den ama bu arap zannetme olayı eskiden belli var Osmanlıdan Kaynaklı sanırım böyle bir önyargı var

[@Mr.Nichan]

Fun facts: The Roman province of "Asia" was in modern day Turkey, on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, and the word "Asia" may come the "Assuwa", a bronze age confederation in the same region. That being said, Herodotus was already using the word "Asia" to refer to a region including the entire Persian empire (or at least most if it, including Anatolia) centuries before any such Roman province existed (though also even more centuries after the Assuwa Legue fell to the Hittites).

[@bishiler]

A funnier fact is that the Roman province of "Europa" was also in modern day Turkey, in Eastern Thrace (i.e. the Turkish territory west of Istanbul).

[@bantorio6525]

❤ ... I've never been in Turkey but I know it's an amazing country with a friendly people. Long live Turkey ... !!! ... Greetings from Miami

[@berry278]

Love from Turkey to Miami

[@klaudinegarcia8932]

This is my first time to hear Turkish and Im already in love with it! :)

[@ScrinGeneral17]

Thank you for your kind words :) any Turk would be happy and proud to hear that from a foreigner.

[@khmatjshmid1591]

the language actually comes from central and northeast asia

[@ScrinGeneral17]

@@khmatjshmid1591 Indeed it does. Its Altaic.

[@ihsan7826]

@@ScrinGeneral17 altaic language family doesnt exist

[@ScrinGeneral17]

@@ihsan7826 Or so they've decided. I don't care honestly. I can observe the similarities myself.

[@askosefamerve]

As a Turkish person, this is the first video i saw about Turkey in this channel! Thank you, we wait more!

[@mystictraveler8642]

Wow, this segment is an eye opener for me. It's very interesting. I feel turkey must have a good balance.

[@Mikaela_Westmt]

Turkish sounds so beautiful, I was fascinated. 😊 L💗ve from Japan

[@ScrinGeneral17]

I happen to feel the same way about Japanese :) We have some mutual words like "ii" if you wanna look it up. Also arigatō. Love from Turkey 🇯🇵🇹🇷

[@dunoo751]

thank you 💗

[@sbd03]

🇹🇷💖🇯🇵

[@vivelafrance1800]

Japanese and Japanese culture fascinates me! I love your culture and life style so much ! Love Japan from France ! 💗 Do you have Instagram or something to stay in touch ? Sorry I just love Japan so much its so exotic for me ! 😊私は日本が好きです！

[@Mikaela_Westmt]

@@vivelafrance1800 Sorry for late response! I never got notification for your reply, I don't think. Find me @sleek_mikaela on IG - that is, if it's ok for you that I'm probably your mom's age or older, lol.

[@mehmettalhakurt4776]

great to see an interview on turkey. hope you can make this continous

[@afdalridwan3813]

The sound in my head still saying about "Yes, look look i am more white than you, you look gypsy, i am blonde hair"

[@necmikeskin545]

strong sp3rm. :D

[@JustJulyo]

Please continue being awesome Asian boss! As an ignorant American I never think about these questions! I always imagine Turkey as part of Asia since it looked like a huge country!

[@lowroar5127]

Great video! Would love to see more Turkey content

[@jacobandrews2663]

Oh, this is great! Excited to see more stories about Turkey

[@laluzsatzo2572]

As a Turk I dont describe myself as either european or asian I am only turkish, but I respect both europe and asia

[@shamil.khanv2]

We are Eurasian country.

[@yuzan3607]

It's because the division between Asia and Europe is made-up, it's not real. Human communities and cultures change gradually not suddenly. That's why Turks are similar to both eastern Europeans, South Europeans, Levant Arabs and central Asians. Just like how Greece has a lot in common with Arab countries like Lebanon and Egypt. Morocco with Spain and Portugal. Europe is not different from Asia and the middle east. The difference is just an illusion.

[@FS-me8mj]

But honestly, most Turkish people associate themselves with the west. So more respect to Europe.

[@laluzsatzo2572]

@@FS-me8mj I am personally interested in ancient east asian culture and anime culture so it doesnt apply to me .^w^.

[@biruzayl6188]

katılıyorum

[@ThySombreWings]

Dude that said he's a citizen of earth .. he definitely nailed it, I was stunned when I heard him cuz that's exactly how I've been living the past 9 years .

[@imecliipse]

omg thank you very much for coming to Turkey. Ive been watching you for a long time.

[@russetvelvet]

Interesting and informative, thank you for your efforts.

[@letslm]

An interesting thing that I noticed is even their language Turkish, to my ears, it sounds like both a European language and an Asian language at the same time.

[@Freezeflight]

Yeah lol xD it sounds like Chinese and French mixed

[@metehankanmaz8805]

Nope not all European or Asian languages sounds all same. Arabic is definitely closer to French than Chinese to my ears or Finnish does not feel a Germanic language and feels like a Siberian one but it is in Europe. No definitely there is not European or Asian languages. There is just some Indo-European languages and others.

[@metehankanmaz8805]

@@Freezeflight Turkish is definetly far from French. French feels like more a guttural like Arabic. Probably closest one in Europe by sounding are Scandinavian ones because of similar letters

[@diobrando5620]

@@Freezeflight It sounds like Kazakh, Turkmen, etc.

[@wrathoflichking9603]

and how do European language sound like and also asian language????

[@hitzkopf9639]

Very likeable people. I hope to see more interviews from Turkey.

[@nathan_drake1237]

The most interesting video I’ve seen in a while, half I got to see the video. Very informative video, good job Asian Boss 👍🏼

[@definitelynotacheater]

I didnt expect to see my country in Asian Boss yeeey 😍I am looking forward to watching more videos about Turkey but please dont narrow it down to Istanbul and consider visiting other cities like İzmir,Çanakkale etc ✨As for the question culturally we are a mix (Asian being dominant) and our language is also Asian therefore I feel more Asian 😊

[@ilbilgehatun278]

I think it's the most beautiful country in the world, the mix of Asia or Europe and the combination of cultural differences is great. You don't get bored, different views, cultural accumulations, living together and integrating, a reality that is not found anywhere else in the world.

[@asya8036]

Kardeşim bizdeki sıkıntı kimde var

[@anlugurlu907]

@@asya8036 he volla

[@paolosantiago3163]

That's why I like Turkey too very unique and exotically beautiful country.

[@momcilojabucilo9320]

Now Syrian refugees are restoring turkey though

[@metehan2403]

We do not use the word Asia in Turkey. We say the European side and the Anatolian side. If we must belong somewhere, we belong to Anatolia.

[@theygoastheycome90]

@Arda Şen Anadolu

[@theygoastheycome90]

@Arda Şen yok knk biliyorum ama asya demek yerine anadolu demek daha doğru olur bence

[@edenia9080]

@Arda Şen Aslında Asya isimlendirilmesi ilk Anadolu topraklarına ait. Roma döneminde de küçük Asya olarak geçiyormuş zaten.

[@Yrkr785]

Turks haven’t even lived in Anatolia as long as the Greeks how do they belong there

[@metehan2403]

@@Yrkr785 We have been living in Anatolia for 1000 years, but we do not belong here, we do not belong to Asia, we do not belong to Europe. where do we belong to mars?

[@korean6706]

Both linguistically and culturally, I feel profound familiarity to Turkish culture as Korean. Although I consider their facial features to have far more resemblance to europeans than to east asians, when I have convo with Turkish people, it is indubitable that at the core we share highly similar values.

[@tahini2076]

Why linguistically? Just curious

[@khmatjshmid1591]

@@tahini2076 because turkish language comes from east and centrral asia

[@kadircanyldran1849]

my friend i am your distant cousin :D yes something we still share and we will always share :)

[@tahini2076]

@@khmatjshmid1591 a lot of languages do, but they aren't necessarily similar

[@shu4art]

@@tahini2076 Turkish and korean (and japanese) have the same language structure grammatically. They are agglutinative languages and also both part of the Altaic languages family. Hope it helped 😊

[@LX777]

Happy to see Asian Boss interviewing Asian bosses from all around Asia!!! Asia is so full of unique flavors and colours in everything 💖 Greetings from the heart of the Balkans - Bulgaria 🇧🇬 I would like to see the same video for Russia btw especially atm

[@jeangerald1]

it depends upon how people in general perceived themselves in a cultural, ethnical, religious and social aspects.. either 3% in Europe and 97% in Asia geographically. at the end of the day, one can only decide for himself wherever he feels comfortable and accepted as a human being with respect and dignity.

[@Soulripper38]

As a turk living abroad. This was super wholesome. Follow Turkish news or western news about turkey paints the country and it's people in such a negative light. I love this, keep up the great work!!

[@_KITE]

I think each one of the respondents has a good intuition with how to parse apart this question of their Eurasian identity. Analyzing themselves in terms of geography, ethnicity, religion, culture, architecture, politics, etc. is a very good start.

[@ririra952]

as a Turkish person myself i think there will never be a final conclusion regarding us being Europeans or Asian there is always conflicts because of ethnic minorities I’m a Turkish person from the heritage of Bosnia and tbh eastern Turkish people are very different from me in terms of looks and lifestyle but we are all Turkish at the end of the day and that’s what makes us unique 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@froglifes6829]

Youre Bosnian because the turks enslaved your ancenstors

[@theygoastheycome90]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@bujub7250]

exactly! im ethnically not turkish but my nationally is and im so proud by it. like atatürk said, how happy is the one who says I am a turk!

[@atayuce1948]

As a Turkish I know very well my ancestors from Atilla’s Huns to Cengiz Khan Mongols left our original Homeland… we’re originally from Sibirya & Northern China 🇨🇳 , nowadays Mongolia 🇲🇳 But I don’t feel myself nor Asian neither European, I’m more unique, I’m a Eurasian, that’s it 🇹🇷❤️

[@Just4Kixs]

Turkish people are pretty! Love from the Philippines!

[@hurhursjarf4527]

I would generally say I never saw Turkey as European, but also not entirelly as Asian or Middle Eastern, I kind of always considered countries like Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia their own thing/group.

[@metehanakar0]

Caucasian?

[@hurhursjarf4527]

@@metehanakar0 Sort off but not in an Ethnic sense,more in a small cultural sphere where it and those other countries are more or less it's own thing rather then European or Asian.

[@koseku3]

those countries have similar genetics and cultures as well despite having different languages and religions.

[@hurhursjarf4527]

@@koseku3 Yes and no, Turks are predominantly Greek-Anatolian as an example where as Georgians and Armenians are essentially an ethnic group of their own and the Azeri's are essentially a mix of mostly Turks and quite a bit of Persian. Culturally however they are sort of similar, hence my personal view that I tend to group them together.

[@ala_dine2709]

They are asians

[@2waffle758]

Turkey is a Eurasian country, the most accurate conclusion.

[@crozzxj8556]

I agree

[@shortcake420]

Can you do more videos of Turkey!? Thank you 💯

[@oguzhan4792]

Heyy its so nice to see you guys in Turkey

[@gulsahbayrak7473]

why choose when you can have the best of both worlds :) I love turkey! The warm people, the incredible history, the nature, and the cuisine. I went on an artist residency in Istanbul for a month with my Belgian best friend. We were so overwhelmed, and in a way, Istanbul absorbed us into its beautiful madness. We miss it so much and are planning to visit soon again. Thank you Asian boss for this video

[@kubilayh.1230]

abla zaten sen türk değil misin :D Adın Gülşah Bayrak

[@zabalayn]

@@kubilayh.1230 Belki doğma büyüme avrupalı, adı Türk diye neden Türk kültürünün içinde doğup büyüdüğünü düşündün ki? Bu sebepten istanbul büyüleyici gelmiş olabilir.

[@kubilayh.1230]

@@zabalayn Olabilir. Elf gözlerin yine iyi görüyor Lego

[@redtski]

Wow im so glad to see AsianBoss in West Asia sphere! As a West Asian, Id love to see more of that (maybe Lebanon or Jordan next?👀). Also, I believe the further away from Istanbul/ the deeper you go into Anatolia,the more likely the answer will be Asia

[@marcbecker]

I think there’s no need need to decide for neither sides. It’s the coolest thing you guys belong to Europe and Asia. That makes you so special. ❤

[@nesucka]

In fact, In Turkey, we do not think about whether we are European or Asian. We say we are Anatolian for our own territory. And Turkey has 7 regions. Each region has its own culture and food,weddings . For example, people prefer to say I am from the Black Sea or from Thracian. Btw, thank s for your video about Turkey Asian Boss !

[@RoyPearsonVue1313]

I can’t wait to fly Turkish Airlines to Istanbul next month. First time and the airport is so beautiful 🤩 Asian Boss, thank you for such a great video 👍

[@MissesWitch]

that's an interesting topic!

[@LeonahMagalona]

For me, Turkey is unique on its own. I see Turkish people so handsome and beautiful. If given a chance, definitely I would love to visit this country, learn it's culture, food etc. 😍

[@fatmanurer4938]

Thank you, I hope you can come. Where are you from?

[@LeonahMagalona]

@@fatmanurer4938 Philippines

[@fatmanurer4938]

@@LeonahMagalona I hope we can see you in our country.

[@respectabletampodcast]

I have always considered Turkey as West Asian. This conversation was much more enjoyable than I thought it would be.

[@MissesWitch]

I think it's a really wonderful thing because you get the diversity of the two worlds there, and they blend in well. When I think historically, Good for Trade always come to mind! (and maybe it still is today!)

[@buraksimsek7264]

As a Turk who lived in the Netherlands and has lived in Istanbul, I have seen both sides of the picture. Turkey is geographapically and culturally an Eurasian country with ethnic and historical roots from the Central Asian steppe and later influenced by religioun from persia and the middle east that formed the traditional Turkish identity. Today the Turkish people are very conflicted between the traditional, conservative, religious groups and the younger generation who has more modern and western values, more sense of freedom and is less contristricted by religious values. Some cities like Izmir and along the west coast are more shifted to the west while the eastern side of the country is still very traditional and conservative. This causes conflicts and butting heads within different groups and generations of people, that is also being fueled and marjinalized by politics. Today we are a natiom that is still struggling to form its identity and beliefs as we are growing more progressively to thre west, while other people are still refusing to accept this.

[@jubanumidia8460]

Most people of Turkey are tuekified , nothing related to central Asia

[@minzblatt]

@Leanne Wesk Well, you miss the part where it is the same for your story. Indo-European invaders genetically only make a small percentage of today's Western world and they came from the steppes of Asia as well, which is ironic. So, you should maybe ask yourself what small bearing your statement has on topics of Turkish identity. Also, in your examples you took the two Kipchak (which are closer to Mongolian phenotype) Turkic people of Kırgız and Kazaks, but conveniently left out the other much closer Turkic people of Oghuz or Karluk descant, which never came to Anatolia but still have a similar genetic mix.

[@aybuke2279]

@Leanne Wesk What is Islamic culture? The vast majority of Turks are so-called Muslims in reality. Therefore, he cannot adopt the culture of a religion he does not adopt. Kazakhs and Kyrgyz are also Muslims. Yakuts in Siberia have the real Turkic culture today. The culture of all other Turkic peoples has changed.

[@asmirann3636]

@Leanne Wesk What he is saying is that Europeans are invaders from Central Asia itself. Europeans cannot have the monopoly to define who is European because they themselves migrated as tribes into Europe around the fall of Roman Empire. Europeans, genetically, are not some homogeneous group. They have Central Asian, Mongolian, Hunnic, Turkic, Uralic etc. genes in them. European tribal method of conquest involved, first invading the land, then trying to commit a genocide on the natives of the land and finally assimilating the few native women left through sexual slavery. They also appropriate the culture of the Native land and try to pass it off as their own culture. From the times of the fall of Roman Empire till the period of colonization, the Central Asian migrants into Europe, who now call themselves Europeans, have repeated the same strategy over and over again.

[@springrose5]

@Leanne Wesk Leanne I don't think you can speak for Turkish people and say we are only Turkic linguistically lol. Turkish people still do things that are Turkic in culture and have mentalities similar to other Turkic people. It's not just the language we share, but much more than that. Even looks-wise there are plenty of Turkish people who look similar to other Turkic people. Remember that there are around 150mil Turkic people today, spread throughout many countries.

[@nikiejane22]

They are Eurasian. They have rich of cultures. I've been to İstanbul on new year holiday 2022. I'm sure will be back next time to explore more the city ❤️ love the cats so much. You can find cats in a whole city of Istanbul. Turks are nice and helping me when I asked the direction, they are treated tourist so well, and some Turks understand Indonesian 🇲🇨 they are so friendly to indonesian 😁

[@celestine3148]

There are so many stereotypes. I don't understand why so many people consider a modern lifestyle automatically as European. Anyway, I got to learn about Korean culture thanks to a Korean friend and I think there a similarities in the mindsets which is very interesting.

[@metehanakar0]

Welcome to Balkans

[@aexorator]

As a Turk, I don't feel asian or european. I'm from Mars.

[@_RTX2060SUPER_]

@@turkishissunlanguage Lmao why ?

[@theonef570]

Your so funny

[@_RTX2060SUPER_]

@@turkishissunlanguage Ok Thx.

[@FS-me8mj]

Geez, don't wanna eat mars anymore🤢

[@berry278]

Turkey belongs to Turkey and they dont consider themselves as both Europen or Asian. They have their own life style which is different than Europe and Asia but they tend to be closer to Europe than Asia.

[@softylalisa286]

please a lot of Turkey video😍

[@merveozer6556]

7:54 completely right analyse 👍🏻We're Turkish and we have our own style. Neither European nor Asian. We are just Turks with different dynamics 😉

[@mariasimone1231]

When I was in Istanbul I often been sitting around a cafe near the sea side and from afar where the bridge from the two sides connected I can't help but think how amazing to see the two continents in one country. I was there in the late 90's and for what I observed Turkish back that time were more modern than the typical muslim country and honestly it is quite appealing and comf'table in that kind of environment w/ not much restrictions except being decent around ppl

[@emreksc2995]

Turistler için rahat tabi amma biz Türkler için rahat değil.

[@odoimia]

@@emreksc2995 why is that so?

[@QuranRecitation-xo8vm]

you think like that doesn,t mean all the ppl want that u got my point

[@ece8094]

@@odoimia Erdoğan's ridiculous regime

[@yigitalikabozkurt4409]

turkey is secular country

[@aaronmoiche330]

It’s crazy how Turkish language has a similar musicality to norwegian

[@The5streetThe]

I was thinking about exactly the same thing!! Like a mix of nordic and german

[@Atlass2023]

İnteresting as a turk it sounds to me the soft scandinavian-german languages

[@xxxxxx-rg6qr]

@@serdar9461 hadi ordan git öyle boktan konuş o zaman biz istanbullular böyle konşuruz bu bizim dilimizdir

[@berry278]

@@serdar9461Hemen TÜRKİYEyi kötülemek gbmkvfdlfödl

[@serdar9461]

@@berry278 malmisin. kotuleme yok batidakiler avrupa kirmasi aksan konusuyor. dogudaki turkler asyali turkler gibi

[@EC-ze8ls]

As a Turk I feel Anatolian and Anatolia has always been called Asia minor. I feel that people of Asia - it doesn't matter which part of it they are from, be it India or Japan or Iraq - have some basic similarities in terms of mindset, view of world and traditions concerning family ties, therefore I feel closer to Asia. Also although some Turks insist on not seeing it, Europeans never did consider and would never consider Turkiye as a part of them, its clear. Let aside considering Turkiye as a part of Europe, a thousand year passed and they still view us as invadors living in Anatolia . No matter what they think Anatolia is our beloved mother and will always be so. Turkey has a project called Asia renew, I love the name of it. We have tried to establish positive deep relationships with Europe now it has never been successful for a thousand year. I believe we might have a chance with Asia again.

[@copypastebot2052]

@@trikebeatstrexnodiff what do you expect from them Ottoman empire did genocides and slavery accross Europe

[@cernkoc]

ya ne anadolusu allasen tecavuz kulturunden baska bi şeyi yok

[@ratchetjoker1317]

What are you kidding me? Most turks outside of turkey live in europe though? How is europe not welcoming to turks?

[@EC-ze8ls]

@@ratchetjoker1317 I was not talking about Turkish people, i was talking about Turkey. But still let me explain the immigrants case to you. It's because Europe can not survive without immigrant workers, Europeans are old. And they obviously discr*minate Turkish immigrants, call them that they are not europeans in any unrelated occasion and discr*minate them because of that, some europeans say go back to your home we don't want you here. And I have seen some online internet news about Turkish immigrants got b*eaten in Germany only because they are immigrants. Homes of some immigrants had been se*t on fir*e. And because they get discri*minated because of not being European , Turk immigrants living in Europe wants Turkey to became a European state so that they would be accepted by society they live in. Tbh i think europeans do not want to live with immigrants anymore but they are old and have no other choice.

[@cernkoc]

@@Error_-xn7po balkanı da inkar etmezsin kanka

[@jellie00]

the most important thing to take from this video is, to let people decide what they want to identify with. especially this conversation can be quite annoying when non-turkish people try to decide what others should be labeled as.

[@ouroboros5474]

It's not really up for debate though. Anatolia was identified as being 'Asia' far prior to its Turkification several centuries later. So, as things are, the country is very much part of Asia, safe for Eastern Thrace.

[@deanzaZZR]

Such an interesting sounding language and nice to listen to. I do hear some resemblance to Hungarian, Finnish and even Mongolian I heard some time ago in Northwest China. The video also shows very articulate speaking people.

[@Atlass2023]

I don’t have opinion about finnish similiarity

[@marckdem5537]

TURKİSH PEOPLE ARE ORİGİNALLY FROM NORTH MONGOLİA BETWEEN ORHON AND YENİSEY RİVER

[@Atlass2023]

@@marckdem5537 Eurasian race

[@Raidon8537]

@@Atlass2023 EAST ASIAN RACE*

[@Raidon8537]

Turkish is similar to Mongolian or Korean than Finnish or Hungarian. Why you said " *even* Mongolian"

[@alisupra8172]

Definitely worth seeing I still remember that moment when I was in there such a great place to visit over and over..

[@scarletkurono2814]

I like the way the guy who said he is a global person cause it kinda makes sense we are all humans after all.

[@Normalaatsra]

Asia's sub regions should be more significant than the whole Asia continent, especially West Asia where Turkey belongs to. Turkey would be classed as Asian but that West Asia information is enough for people to know that this region closely borders Europe and that Turkey is socio-economically aligned with Europe.

[@skeptic7336]

As soon as I saw the word turkey I immediately clicked. I'm a fan of turskish drama, its definitely fun to watch and discover more of their culture.

[@lbvg1013]

They play the Turkish drama's a lot here in South Africa- very popular.

[@legendoffeiyouknow709]

IT TOOK YOU SO LONG BUT YOU FINALLY INCLUDED TURKEY.

[@grace4683]

Ikr! Finally!!

[@easternblacksea6844]

Like it or don't like it. Turkey is a part of European history. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, they called it the sick man of Europe, not Asia. If the Turks were a Christian society, such a discussion would not exist today. For example, Turks and Greeks share the same culture and genetic heritage, but I have not seen a question asked whether Greeks are European or not. If we are to speak geographically and culturally, the roots of European civilization are in Anatolia. Also, for centuries, even the westernmost part of Europe was ruled from Istanbul. This is the capital of Rome.

[@nickohira1397]

Facts

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

Uh hello? Greeks laid the foundation for European culture, that's why people don't think twice about calling them anything but European. Even the word Europe is derived from Greek. All Turkey needs to do to be accepted as a European nation is to become eastern orthodox again and give back Constantinople.

[@clmky5485]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic Istanbul has been Turkey's since 1453. Stop dreaming.

[@dunyaakl8952]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic “become eastern orthodox again”??? btw if we are the descendants of greek people whom are islamized and turned into muslim as you think Doesn’t it also mean we own istanbul/constantinapole?after all we are the ones whom lived there for over 500 years and share blood with you so greece has no business taking such thing back,it was allways ours. Huh? If you wanna unite so badly you can join your brothers/sisters like they joined 500 years ago,they prefer to use the term”turk” tho,so you can give athens and turn into muslim,and live freely in istanbul,how does it sound?We are the proof that it works wonder,different ethnicites and cultures under the roof of being turkish,we would welcome you,you will adapt very easy don’t worry,the living people are the proof. How does it sound?

[@enigma6357]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic in your dreams lmao, cry more

[@chandralukito7489]

Superb content

[@Razear]

If Turkey has territory in both continents, why can't you just label it as Eurasia?

[@shivam-kd7dq]

Because Eurasia is not a recognised continent.

[@hank4920]

Wikipedia: Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago in the east

[@shynx6926]

Because "European" is slowly becoming a term for "christian" and more of an ideology than a geographical attribute, thanks to right-wing politics. So right wingers will do absolutely anything to undermine the importance and significance of the european part of Turkey and will only refer to it as solely asian rather than Eurasian, while simultaneously declaring Georgia and Armenia as 100% European even though they are fully Asian.

[@hank4920]

@@atenarouza6522 apart some atheist, Europe even have many Muslim countries, or a Buddhist like Kalmykia.

[@gradipadia9800]

@@hank4920 I thought the largest was Afro-eurasia...

[@stalkerentertainment3671]

I think that you cannot really call Turkey neither European or Asian, because we Turks blur the lines of Asia and Europe. We Turks have a unique culture and I think we should just go our own way instead of calling us Asians or Europeans. But if we see it from a geographically point of view we are on a Eurasian continent so we are on one continent along with all other European nations as well as all Asian nations. European, Asian is just a cultural distinction but we all live on one continent.

[@sosoable]

You turkey are Islam in the Middle East. Not for Europe or Asia.

[@That1HotMF]

Turkey has one small piece of land in europe Also turks: we r both

[@juanat2061]

I don't care we are all human we are brothers and sisters no matter where we live it's just identity love you all stay safe 😘

[@yehehehaw]

As an a Asian I've always thought of Turkey as part of Asia. Glad to know about this. 👍💓