Most of Europe’s borders are self-evident. They are the waters that border it on three sides: the Arctic Sea to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean and Black Seas to the south. Where to draw Europe’s eastern border? And does it even have one?

The Turkish Straits are considered the geographical border between Europe and Asia.

The Balkan region belonged to the Ottoman Empire

Constantinople, the “New Rome” and the center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, fell to the Turks in 1453 and has been under Islamic rule ever since.

2013: Current borders of the European Union

Europe's influence extends well beyond its formal geographic borders. The EU has eight regions that are geographically very distant from the European continent but that still form an integral part of the EU member countries they belong. (“Outermost regions”)

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