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97% of Turkey's territory is in Asia, but why does Turkey always pretend to be a European country?
Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, is located in Europe, so it is very normal for Turkey to pretend to be a European country all the time, because according to international practice, once a country crosses two continents, it is judged whether it belongs to a European country or an Asian country by its capital position. Istanbul is located in Europe, so Turkey is considered a European country. Although 70% of Turkey's territory is in Asia, some customs and habits of Turkey are different from those of Asian countries.

Of course, some customs in Turkey are quite different from those in European countries, because Turkey is an independent empire in history. It once created splendid civilization and culture, but later, due to the demise of the empire, the land degenerated into a small country like Turkey, and now Turkey has become a member of NATO, so Turkey often pretends to be a European country.

However, we can see that there is a great cultural and economic gap between Turkey and European countries, so European countries will not really regard Turkey as a European country at all, but just regard Turkey as a pawn. Because Turkey's geographical position is very important, once Turkey is brought in, it will help the influence of European countries to expand eastward. That's why we see that NATO will accept Turkey.

However, we can see that the economic development of Turkey in the past two years is really bad, and there has also been a very chaotic situation in Turkey. Coupled with the serious inflation in Turkey, Turkey has now become a very poor country.