Question: Veliefendi Race Course and Istanbul High School are both located in which Middle Eastern country

Context articles: Sabirli (horse)
International Topkapi Trophy
Umec
Gazi Race
Tiga Abdul
Veliefendi Race Course
Yasin Pilavcılar
International Bosphorus Cup
Istanbul High School
Syraq

Sabirli (in Turkish Sabırlı) (April 9, 2001 – 15 September 2010) was a Turkish racehorse and sire.
 Sabirli was noted for his toughness on the turf winning twenty-six of his fifty-one races over seven seasons from 2003 to 2009.
 In 2006 he became one of the few Turkish-trained Thoroughbreds to compete successfully abroad when he won a race in Dubai.
 In the following season he defeated an international field to win Turkey's most valuable race, the Topkapi Trophy at Veliefendi Race Course in Istanbul.
 Over his career he won the equivalent of more than $2,800,000.
The International Topkapi Trophy is a Group 2 flat horse race in Turkey open to horses aged three years or older.
 It is run at Veliefendi Race Course over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September.
 The race is part of Istanbul's International Racing Festival.
Umec is a fictional Middle Eastern country appearing in DC Universe.
 Its name is an acronym, standing for "unnamed middle eastern country" per its co-creator Greg Rucka.
 In "The Adventures of Superman", it was occupied by U.S. military forces.
 Lois Lane was shot while embedded with the troops.
 Like the other fictional DC Middle Eastern countries - Qurac, Syraq, Kahndaq and Bialya - it is supposed to be on the Persian Gulf.
The Gazi Race (Turkish: "Gazi Koşusu" ) is a Turkish thoroughbred horse flat race that is established in honor of the founder of the Turkish Republic Gazi Mustafa Kemal.
 It is country's most prestigious horse racing event, which is held uninterruptedly since its establishment in 1927.
 Restricted to 22 three-year-old thoroughbred horses, it is raced clockwise at a distance of 2400 m on turf (grass) track at the Veliefendi Race Course in Istanbul.
Tiga Abdul (The Three Abduls) is a 1964 Malaysian comedy film directed by and starring Malaysian silver-screen icon P. Ramlee.
 It tells the story of three brothers who are caught in a web of trickery set by the cunning Sadiq Segaraga who uses his three daughters to fleece the three brothers of all their wealth.
 The movie is a tribute to traditional folktales with a moral set into the story and is set in a fictional Middle Eastern country named Isketambola, loosely based on Istanbul, Turkey.
 It was the last film to be directed by P. Ramlee in Singapore before he moved to his new workplace in Merdeka Studios, Kuala Lumpur in 1965.
Veliefendi Race Course (Turkish: "Veliefendi Hipodromu" ) is a horse racing track located at Veliefendi neighborhood in Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey.
Yasin Pilavcılar (born September 11, 1990, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a horse racing jockey, who is currently riding at Veliefendi Race Course in Istanbul, Turkey.
The International Bosphorus Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in Turkey open to horses aged three years or older.
 It is run at Veliefendi Race Course over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September.
 It is part of Istanbul's International Racing Festival.
İstanbul High School, (Turkish: İstanbul Lisesi , German: Istanbuler Gymnasium ) also commonly known as İstanbul Erkek Lisesi, abbreviated İEL, is one of the oldest and internationally renowned high schools of Turkey.
 The school is considered elite among Turkish public high schools.
 Germany recognizes the school as a "Deutsche Auslandsschule" (German International school).
Syraq is a fictional Middle Eastern country used in the DC Comics Universe.
 It was mostly prominent in issues during the 1980s.
 Now probably defunct, it appeared to have been an amalgamation of Syria and Iraq.
 It is not surprisingly mistaken on many occasions as being one of these.
 Like the other fictional DC middle eastern countries, Qurac, Umec, Bialya and Kahndaq it is supposed to be on the Persian Gulf.