Labeling Turkey as a Middle Eastern regional power is nothing but Euro-centrism. France and Germany are considered regional powers but no one refers to them as European regional powers. Russia is a regional power, mainly in Central Asia with the only influence in Europe being Belarus and no one refers to Russia as a Central Asian regional power. Giving Turkey's regional power another title is nothing but forcing an identity that other countries are not forced to accept. This is open racism and I would expect better from the editors of Wikipedia.  12:28, 11 August 2012 (EST)