Turkey as a regional power
Turkey is a regional power, labeling it as a middle eastern regional power is nothing but Euro-centralism. Germany and France are considered regional powers but no one refers to them as specifically as European regional powers. Russia is a regional power, mainly in central asia but no one refers to Russia as a Central Asian regional power. Labeling Turkey as Middle eastern regional power is forcing an identity onto Turkey while allowing other countries to be free of said identity. it is nothing but blatant racism. I would expect better from Wikipedia editors, especially ones who have the label 'Dr'  12:12, 9 August 2012 (EST)