I never understood rcdb's way of putting some countries under certain continents. Turkey is Europe on there, despite the majority of population and huge majority of land being in Asia, while Russia is Asia, despite the majority of population living in the European part. An even weirder issue is Crimea (that technically isn't even a country) being listed under Asia, despite being well in what's considered to be Europe.Dammit! I keep forgetting that! Thanks @Lofty! It's just because RCDB says that Turkey is in Europe, and I trust RCDB's judgement. Although I suppose it did say that the only city in Gloucestershire was Stroud...
P.S. Edited my post!
Yeah, like Israel, Azerbaijan and Australia.Isn't Turkey in Eurovision?
Except its just not? Its in the western half of Turkey so if you split Turkey between the two continents it would still be in Europe. Not saying Turkey is in either Europe or Asia but the geographical location of Ankara is definitely not closer to Asia given Georgia is another Eurasian debate and its bloody miles away from EuropeNot to mention that Ankara itself, which we are discussing, is in Asia...
What are you on? The border between Asia and Europe are the Turkish straits (Bosphorus and Dardanelles) and they are nowhere near Ankara (Bosphorus splits Istanbul into two parts).Except its just not? Its in the western half of Turkey so if you split Turkey between the two continents it would still be in Europe. Not saying Turkey is in either Europe or Asia but the geographical location of Ankara is definitely not closer to Asia given Georgia is another Eurasian debate and its bloody miles away from Europe
What are you on? The border between Asia and Europe are the Turkish straits (Bosphorus and Dardanelles) and they are nowhere near Ankara (Bosphorus splits Istanbul into two parts).
I hope you don't think parts of China are in Europe too, considering the line that would split Russia into two also crosses China (and a bunch of other Asian territories)?
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/is-turkey-in-europe-or-asia.htmlI was taking a more theoretical approach of ignoring the straits and labeling Turkey as Europe as this is a generally used throughout. I wasn't sure if @Lofty was referring to the Turkish straights as the defining boundary line or just the Hypothetical location of Ankara if Turkey were to be split in half.
How does Georgia get confused if the Turkish Straits are considered out of interest?
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/is-turkey-in-europe-or-asia.html
Thrace is home to more than 10% of Turkey’s inhabitants, and Istanbul is its largest city while the capital, Ankara is in Asia.
SoOoOoOoOo......
That's the Turkish government for you. They've been investing heavily in their hemorrhaging tourism industry with hotel grants, highway construction etc while the poorer residents feel they're being left behind or 'swept aside'. It's Catch 22 really because they need tourism to thrive ...They have been testing the creds and rides (with people), but I don't think it's actually open.
In fact, you can see that they have loads to do and it seems that the locals are still angry at the local government for spending so much money on the park.