A Middle Eastern country but its people will argue with you they're European, even though barely
5% of the country is in Europe. Turks have more in common with
Asia than with Europe; for
one, they are
Muslim like the countries on its east side; and two, unlike the Slavic people from transcontinental
Russia, the Turkic people (Tajiks, Uzbeks etc) are associated with central
Asia than Europe. They are very knife-
happy people and are known to turn the
weapon on their own relatives, just search for Yuksel Yesilova on YouTube.
Turks are known for their tyrannic behaviour, for example oppressing the native Kurds in the south-east region of the country for many decades and invading Cyprus in the '70s, which is currently disrupting the neutrality of the independent island and further integration into the European Union.
The only argument Turks can put forward for being European is that their country can qualify for the UEFA European Championship, well so can Israel and Azerbaijan and that doesn't make them European countries.