http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=21397
"95 percent of Turkey's territory and 80 percent of its population is in Asia. As a result, the fierce and lively debate - in Turkey and much more emphatically in the EU - about whether Turkey really belongs to Europe has continued, despite the start of negotiations. Of course, the question of Turkey's European identity cannot be answered with geography lessons. At least half of the body of Greek theater and philosophy was produced in Asia Minor. The first Christian evangelization trips of Saint Peter and Saint Paul were to Turkey. Later, Ottoman Turkey was for centuries considered a part of the 'concert of Europe,' proving indispensable in defining and securing the strategic balance among Europe's Great Powers. Yet this historical evidence is not enough to unite European sentiment in favor of Turkey's EU membership. "
