Is Türkiye, which straddles Asia and Europe, an Asian country or a European country? Why?

In fact, logically speaking, Turkey should be considered an Asian country, but they consider themselves a European country and reject the identity of an Asian country.

Turkey is not a small country, but a very interesting thing is that it spans two plates, Asia and Europe, but most of its land area is located in Asia, and only a small part of its land is located in Europe. But Türkiye considers itself a European country and they really want to join the EU.

And they also have their own rhetoric. For example, Turkey once set its capital in the European part, including their very important city Istanbul, which is also located in the European part, so they consider themselves a European country. In addition, Turkey will also take Russia as an example, believing that most of Russia's land area is located in Europe, but they also belong to European countries.

On this point, Russia does not dare to refute Turkey. Although the relationship between Russia and Turkey is not good, Russia still uses Turkey's Black Sea for transportation, so they are not willing to offend Turkey.

Including that they will also participate in European competitions in sports competitions, but will not participate in the Asian Games, etc. They will also compete in the name of European teams when participating in world competitions. In short, they do not want to compete with European teams. The country has the slightest connection.

Of course they also want to join the EU, but the EU has always wanted to reject them for some special reasons, because Turkey itself is a relatively large country, including its own unique resource conditions. If it enters the EU economy It is developing rapidly and is likely to surpass some of these countries, so many countries in the EU are naturally unwilling. But over time, perhaps the world will recognize Türkiye as a European country.