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How did Turkey find its way to Eastern Europe?
by blfr 5y ago
How did Turkey find its way to Eastern Europe?
- guythedudebro 5y agoThrough Greece and the Balkans
- cheschire 5y agoIt bridges Europe and Asia and geographically considered a part of both, according to wiki.
- davidw 5y agoIt shares land borders with Bulgaria and Greece.
- csomar 5y agoHalf of their "capital" is in Europe. They used to own some of the E.E. countries before the Ottoman fell.
- yusucan 5y agoNo it's not. Istanbul is not the capital, Ankara is.
- csomar 5y agoThat's why I put it in quotes. Ankara is the political capital while Istanbul is the financial, industrial, and anything really capital.
- School-Cotton 5y agoA bit like NYC vs. Washington in the US.
- toyg 5y agoOr Rio de Janeiro vs Brasilia in Brazil. Sydney vs Canberra in Australia. Auckland vs Wellington in New Zealand. There are probably a few more...
- cesarb 5y ago> Or Rio de Janeiro vs Brasilia in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital for centuries (even before it became an independent country), it only changed to Brasilia in the 1960s, well within living memory of many people, so that one is justifiable.
- toyg 5y agoI personally don't see anything as "unjustifiable" - modern states can (and arguably should) be multipolar. Dedicating a city to administrative bureaucracy is not a terrible idea, in the same way as you'd separate salespeople offices from the factory floor. It's just a very modern concept. I was just listing a few other famous "unintuitive" capitals. Another one would be Milano vs Roma, although the two are evenly matched on the cultural level.
- ardacinar 5y agoMore like two thirds of it, by the way.
- dsjoerg 5y agoPart of the country is literally in Eastern Europe, the part west of the Bosphorous. Istanbul is half Europe, half Asia.