Egypt is in the Middle East even though it's in the African continent!
Egypt is considered to be in the Middle East
due to their culture and international ties with the Arabian Peninsula. The
country is part of the Arab world and is greatly involved in the Middle Eastern
politics. Many of the citizens of the country are Muslim who also conduct their
pilgrimages in the Middle East.
Russia's landmass is huge, but it's part of Europe.
Majority of Russia’s landmass is located in
Asia but it is considered a part of Europe for cultural reasons. The Slavic, or
the ethnic Russian, are purely European culturally. The majority of the
population lives in the European part of the country as well. In terms of
politics, the former USSR premise is also located in Europe.
Turkey is European.
Turkey is considered a part of Europe even
though its landmass spreads on both the European and Asian continent. However, the
country has been recently adopting the ways of the West or Europe. Turkey has
been integrated with Europe by being a member of several organizations such as
Council of Europe and the European Union.
Even if Switzerland is in the middle of all those European countries, it is not one of them.
Switzerland is not part of Europe because she
refused to be a member of the European Union based on two principles which is
democracy and neutrality. Switzerland has been in a neutral stance and avoiding
creating alliances with other countries since 1815 and the citizens have also
voted on rejecting to be a member of the EU.
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