Because of its geographical position and wealth in natural resources.
They didn't.
europeans
They are Europeans and Asians, because Turkey has a part in Europe and in Asia. Turks origianlly came from the Altay region
The Turks undertook a series of actions to conquer the Byzantine Empire. This lead to the crusades, which included a series of wars between Europeans and Turks. After the crusades, the Turks continued working to conquer the Byzantine Empire until they finally succeeded in 1453. This ended the Middle Ages, but not the Turkish conquests in Europe.
Because they were very interested in it.
Europeans were interested in Africa because they were interested in turning the natives in to slaves.
500 years before the assassination of the archduke franz Ferdinand , Serbia had been defeated by the Turks and had lost all independance
Constantinopole
Its actually the Europeans since they affected them.
Europeans were forced to explore when the Turks blocked the caravan routes to the Far East and the Spice Islands
Most Middle Easterners are hairier than Europeans. It's just a result of genetics.
Europeans found wealth in any new countries in the form of exploitable resources.