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Am I the only one to believe that Ararat is in Asia?

Nope, it's definately Western Asia as is most of Turkey...

CA wrote:Actually, it's on the border between the two continents. [...] They were separated by cultural differences which were the result of the mountain range containing Ararat.

Just curious - where is that border supposed to run? Conflicts caused by a mtn range - I am a bit confused. I guess you mean that hurly burly during the last centuries?

Personally, I consider it Asia too.

The NW corner of Turkey is Europe. Everything East of that big river that flows through Istanbul (I forget the name) is Asia to my understanding. At least that's what I read in the Loney Planet when I was last in Turkey.

There again Turkey were in the Eurovision Song Contest last night... (no I didn't watch it!)

That is the consens. Some might feel different, which is OK since it does not matter much really.
But carefull with these LPs - they can be a bit biased particularly when it comes to all things Turkic (the Caucasus one is biased).

BigLee wrote:There again Turkey were in the Eurovision Song Contest last night... (no I didn't watch it!)

ukraine was great

Thin Air wrote:

CA wrote:Actually, it's on the border between the two continents. [...] They were separated by cultural differences which were the result of the mountain range containing Ararat.

Just curious - where is that border supposed to run? Conflicts caused by a mtn range - I am a bit confused. I guess you mean that hurly burly during the last centuries?

Personally, I consider it Asia too.

http://www.summitpost.org/object_discussion.php?object_id=195819&type=vote_comments&discussion_id=170013#170013

Commented on the same thing once, physically speaking, Ararat is in Asia. Politcally speaking, it's in Europe. My idea was just to use the definition of "Europe" as the Council of Europe uses it. And just leave Kazachstan out.

CA wrote:Actually, it's on the border between the two continents.

Ararat is entirely in Turkish territory and not even the wackiest theories on where the border runs have it go through there.

CA wrote:However, Europe and Asia geologically are really one continent named Eurasia.

True. The distinction between Europe and Asia is not a geological one.

CA wrote:They were separated by cultural differences which were the result of the mountain range containing Ararat.

False. Read the first few chapters of Herodotus.