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To: Illbay
Ahem. Turks are Europeans.

Ahem yourself. Turkey is part of Asia, as are its neighbors Iran and Iraq

36 posted on 10/03/2002 1:52:01 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: SauronOfMordor
The boundary between Asia and Europe is arbitrary. Turks have always been considered Europeans.

Remember the historian's stock description of late Ottoman Turkey as "The sick old man of Europe"?

38 posted on 10/03/2002 1:57:39 PM PDT by Illbay
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