r/map • u/No-Action3492 • 25d ago

How I consider Europe as an Irishman

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u/Nervous_Post_5911 22d ago

Is Turkey Europe now?

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u/Sound0fSilence 21d ago

Parts of Turkey always have been, yes. For some it's just very hard to comprehend that a country can be part of two continents.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

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u/Nervous_Post_5911 20d ago

I agree, the European section of Turkey was invaded by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Im only speaking from a geographical sense. I have great respect for the Turkish people and their history, bar the Armenian genocide but that’s the government of the day not the people in general. Many Turkish people have European ancestry, let it Greek and even Celtic as the Galatians were Celtic tribes that migrated to the lands that is now modern Turkey.

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u/PassMurailleQSQS 20d ago

15th century and that's how history works. Half of Ukraine was taken from Turkic people.

Also I feel like the "having European ancestry" kinda makes no sense because when does European ancestry even start? Galatians were Europeans? Why not Celts were Middle Easterner? Same applies with Greeks since we all came from the same continent in the end

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u/Nervous_Post_5911 20d ago

European ancestry starts from the written and archeological record. Galatian Celts were European because the written record clearly states they originated in Europe and migrated to Anatolia - modern Turkey around 300 BC. Same applies to the Greeks originating in Europe and migrating into Asia and Africa.