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Try actually watching the episode and Rick addresses this on multiple occasions in his information about how the east and west meet at this cultural center - as well as having a bridge that spans both CONTINENTS. Amazing how that works.

Do you consider Bulgaria to be Europe?

Actually...Turkey spans both the European and Asian sides of the Bosphorus; which means it is a part of both Europe and Asia Minor.

I'd like Rick Steves and all viewers to understand something important--Istanbul is not in Europe, because Turkey is not in Europe.

Turkey is located in Asia Minor, which is not a part of the European continent. Therefore, it is not a European country. This is why it will never be a member of the European Union as well. Unfortunately, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel are among the only politicians who aren't too dumb to notice this.

This should be called Rick Steves in Asia Minor.

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Season:Episode	Title	Type	Runtime	Air Date	User Rating	Queue
Season 5						All
11	Denmark Beyond Copenhagen	Full Episode	25:03	12/13/2008
10	Copenhagen	Full Episode	25:03	12/06/2008
9	Greece's Peloponnese	Full Episode	25:03	11/29/2008
8	Athens and Side Trips	Full Episode	25:03	11/22/2008
6	Vienna and the Danube	Full Episode	25:03	11/08/2008
7	The Czech Republic Beyond Prague	Full Episode	25:03	11/01/2008
5	Great Swiss Cities	Full Episode	25:03	11/01/2008
4	Little Europe: Five Micro-Countries	Full Episode	25:03	10/25/2008
3	Barcelona and Catalunya	Full Episode	25:03	10/18/2008
2	France's Dordogne	Full Episode	25:03	10/11/2008
1	Burgundy: Profoundly French	Full Episode	25:03	10/05/2008
12	Istanbul	Full Episode	25:03	10/01/2008
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Season 3						All
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Season 1						All

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1 : 15	Egypt	Full Episode	25:27	09/23/2005
1 : 13	Central Turkey	Full Episode	25:34	09/21/2005
1 : 12	West Turkey	Full Episode	25:34	09/20/2005
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1 : 9	Great Side Trips from London	Full Episode	25:27	09/15/2005
1 : 8	Northwest England	Full Episode	25:27	09/14/2005
1 : 7	Oslo, Bergen, and the Fjords	Full Episode	25:27	09/13/2005
1 : 6	Stockholm and Helsinki	Full Episode	25:27	09/12/2005
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