Turkey

Turkey is a country in southeastern Europe that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula and Thrace in the Balkan region. Its capital city is Ankara and it shares borders with Greece, Bulgaria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, also some countries in the Middle East like Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, owls from Turkey were kept in quarantine, presumably to avoid the spread of a disease. This fact made Daily Prophet headlines.

Magical Games and Sports

 * The Turkish National Quidditch team plays for this country.

Behind the Scenes

 * Tolga Safer, an actor who is Turkish origin, portrayed Igor Karkaroff's aide in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.