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