Assertion: gulf's area | /r/HasProperty | centered around turkey
Facets:
value: as the "near east"
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Until World War II, it was customary to refer to areas centered around Turkey and the eastern shore of the Mediterranean as the "Near East", while the "Far East" centered on China, and the Middle East then meant the area from Mesopotamia to Burma, namely the area between the Near East and the Far East.[citation needed]