Info about Turkey Turkey is one of the countries that we have been hearing a lot about in news lately, probably because of the Syrian civil war and all the interests involved. Today, I want to talk a bit about Turkey and share my personal info on it. Geographically, Turkey is mostly located in Asia with a part of land in Europe; representing roughly 3% of its territory, and borders four seas, namely Black Sea, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Marmara. Turkey has also borders with eight different countries from both Europe and Asia, which make its location strategic and a crossing point to different continents. Turkey is considered as one of the most powerful countries at a regional level and can be compared to some nearby leading states. Economically, the government have turned around the economy during the last twenty years, making it more liberal and open to the world. This can be seen in the fact that the country have petitioned to join the European Union and works hard to achieve that goal. Furthermore, some cities like Istanbul, the economic capital, have become very thriving and actually draw millions of people for business and tourism every year. Talking about tourism, Turkey is the sixth most visited country in the world due to its beautiful nature and historical sites as well as the modern infrastructure. This sector accounts for 10.9% of the total GDP. Although the country is relatively stable and prosperous, it has different political problems and contentious relationships with its neighbors. Turkish forces have clashed with PKK rebels lately, stamping out the ceasefire enforced many years ago. Turkey had also political crisis with Russia and Israel, leading to a severe economic hardship for the country. Regardless of this, Turkey still has a great political and diplomatic influence in the region and hopes to oversee peace talks between Palestine and Israel.