Part of Turkey is considered to be in South East Europe. They were negotiating membership in the European Union until 2017.
yeah OK Turkey is located where Asia meets Europe and geographically has land on both continents. The capital Ankara and the larger portion of the country are in Asia. According to Europe, Turkey belongs to Middle East; according to the Middle East, Turkey is European. During the Ottoman Empire, Turkey did certainly not belong to Europe. In fact, Turkey was a threat for Europe. Turkey is the successor of the Ottoman Empire, which had been the leader (caliph) of the Muslim world for about 400 years until England and France kicked it's ass in WW I, overran and gained control of all of the geographic area of what had been Ottoman Empire lands.
Today, 99 percent of the Turkish population is officially Muslim.
The closest Turkey gets to being European is that the EU is Turkey's number one trading partner.
The debate about whether Turkey should join the European Union has raged ever since the idea was first raised in 1963, along with a dozen sub arguments about if they join, when they join, on what terms and so on--so far the situation remains what it is--the last thing Europeans want is for Turkey to be considered a "European" Country---they have enough problems in already.
Anyway.......
My point in post #9 was-- the "Aselsan is good" comment has nothing at all to do with the thread or any question connected with same.
The comment is completely disconnected from the thread.
Have a look at Aselsan --one stop European shop for all laser pointer needs?? :crackup: See:
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