Turkey [antikvár]

The Country and the People15The CountryGeographica! and Political Location: Being lo-cated at the crossroads of Asia, Europe and Africa, makes Turkey one of the most geopolitically stratégie countries of the world. Because of having the shortest intercontinental routes, it is where the Eastern and Western civilizations meet. The center of major trade and migration routes, Turkey has Georgia, Armenia, Nakhchivan and Iran to the east, Bulgaria and Greece to the west and Iraq and Syria to the south.Turkey is surrounded by the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Mediterranean. The Marmara Sea, the Bosphorus, and the Dardanelles are distinctive features of the Turkish geography.Turkey is a member of a variety of international organizations such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization of Is-lamic Cooperation (OIC), the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization and the Economic Cooperation Organization, and it is also continuing accession negotiations for füll EU membership.