I am pretty sure Turkey is first-world - it's a member of NATO. Not that there a...

gaius on Oct 21, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Second-world child - Need Advice

I am pretty sure Turkey is first-world - it's a member of NATO. Not that there are such things as first- and second- worlds really; third-world meant "neither NATO nor Warsaw Pact" when it was first coined. Now it just means any undeveloped nation.

eru on Oct 21, 2008 [–]

Let's say 'emerging market'.