West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian highlands, the Levant, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula and the South Caucasus. The region is separated from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, and separated from Europe by the waterways of the Turkish Straits and the watershed of the Greater Caucasus. Central Asia lies to its northeast, while South Asia lies to its east. Twelve seas surround the region (clockwise): the Aegean Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Suez, and the Mediterranean Sea. West Asia contains the majority of the similarly defined Middle East, but excludes most of Egypt and the northwestern part of Turkey, and includes the southern part of the Caucasus.
The history of the Jews in Turkey covers the 2400 years that Jews have lived in what is now Turkey.
The State of Israel and the Republic of Turkey formally established diplomatic relations in March 1949. Less than a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence, Turkey recognized Israeli sovereignty, making it the world's first Muslim-majority country to do so. Both countries gave high priority to bilateral cooperation in the areas of diplomacy and military/strategic ties, while sharing concerns with respect to the regional instabilities in the Middle East. In recent decades, particularly under Turkey's Erdoğan administration, the two countries' relationship with each other has deteriorated considerably. However, diplomatic ties were reinstated after a successful normalization initiative in mid-2022.
Plusiinae is a smallish subfamily of the moth family Noctuidae. As the Noctuidae appear to be a paraphyletic assemblage, the Plusiinae may eventually be raised to family status.
Euchalcia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Euchalcia variabilis, the purple-shaded gem, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
Euchalcia consona is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe from Austria, through Hungary and Siberia up to the Ural mountains.
Euchalcia emichi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widespread in Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan and Iraq. In the Levant it has been recorded from Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
Euchalcia aureolineata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It has been recorded from Syria and Israel.
Euchalcia maria is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic of the Levant. It is found from south-eastern Turkey to Israel.
Euchalcia paulina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to the Levant. It is found from Jordan to Israel.
Euchalcia modestoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the temperate areas of central Europe, east to Japan.
The Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six civilian ships of the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla" on 31 May 2010 in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine of the flotilla passengers were killed during the raid, with thirty wounded. Ten Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously. The exact sequence of events is contested, in part due to the IDF's confiscation of the passengers' photographic evidence. The flotilla, organized by the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (İHH), was carrying humanitarian aid and construction materials, intending to break the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Ismail Haniyeh is a Palestinian politician who is seen as the overall political leader of Hamas, the de facto ruling entity of the Gaza Strip. He is the current chairman of Hamas’s political bureau; as of 2023, Haniyeh lives in Qatar.
Euchalcia siderifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Italy, Greece and from Asia Minor through Russia up to the Ural Mountains and Altai Mountains.
Euchalcia albavitta is a species of looper moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Augusta was a town in the interior of ancient Cilicia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It was founded in 20 AD and named after Livia, the widow of the Emperor Augustus. Ptolemy places this town in a district named Bryelice. The town also bore the name Augustopolis, and possibly Thebae.
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