tur: Yakın Doğu

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/tur/Yak%C4%B1n%20Do%C4%9Fu

Meaning
means	(noun) the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization" Near East, Middle East, Mideast