But ordinary Europeans have begun looking at maps, and the geography that they see cannot be denied: 95% of Turkey’s territory and 80% of its population is in Asia. As a result, the fierce and lively debate – in Turkey and much more emphatically in the EU – about whether Turkey really belongs to Europe has continued, despite the start of negotiations.
但是，普通欧洲人开始观查看地图，而他们所看到的地理情况无法否认：土耳其95％的领土和80％的人口分布在亚洲。因此，尽管谈判已经开始，但是，有关土耳其是否真正属于欧洲的强烈而生动的辩论在土耳其和欧盟继续展开，欧盟内部的辩论更为激烈。