Turkey is in continental Asia.

Turkey is partially in Asia and partially in Europe. The Asian part is bigger, I guess by population as well as area. I think Russia would have a larger population in its European part. But really I don't see why this list needs to be classified by continent, when airlines are not exactly constrained by such boundaries. ( 19:12 27 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Basically agree. Economic ties (which is also largely affected by geography) is more relevant than boundaries of continents. — Instantnood 10:15, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Probably for no other reason then helping to create a more manageable list. And yes, I would classify turkey under Asia too.--Huaiwei 10:18, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Difficult question. The accession of Turkey to the EU will make it more complicated. Fortunately it's still long time to go. :-D — Instantnood 10:47, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

It is indeed difficult, but as far as geographic regions are concerned, Turkey is still largely considered Asian. Until major atlas publications around the world start listing Turkey as European and not Asian, wikipedia should not be the one making definitions for them.--Huaiwei 16:38, 29 July 2005.