Turkey
Turkey is a country linking southern Europe to western Asia. Its capital is Istanbul.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
Sometime in the 14th century, a Cybertronian weather-controlling machine crashed on Earth, landing in Asia. When exposed to Earth's atmosphere, the core caused weather disasters, so a Persian seer had it encased in a protective gold and bejeweled shell, and then buried this newly-dubbed "Pearl of Bahoudin" in the Galata Valley next to the Alibey River. In 1985, the Autobots joined the Europa 2000 race from France to Turkey. Megatron anticipated their arrival in Turkey, and muscled the expertise out of both Abdul Ben-F'aisal and Professor Teranova in order to find and extract the Pearl. He attempted to use its weather-control powers against the Autobots, but failed. Trans-Europe Express
Energon comic
Kicker, Arcee, and some Omnicons battled against Mirage, Slugslinger, and Sharkticon over the control of an energon well beneath the Black Sea in Turkey. The good guys won. Multiplicity Multiplicity, Pt. 2 Multiplicity, Pt. 3 Multiplicity, Pt. 4
