Is There a Place Called ‘the Middle East’?

Dr. Sedat Laciner

The regions, in geographical and political terms, are classified according to their common and similar characteristics. For instance, ‘continents’ are vast territories surrounded by seas. Peninsulas, mountains, rivers etc. determine the boundaries of geographical and political regions. Religions, sects or languages and dialects etc. may also be used to define a region (as for Islamic World, Latin America etc.). The income level is also useful for defining regions (like North-South). In short, for a territory to be distinctive from the others, it must have some meaningful particularities or at least some common characteristics....................