Maybe there are more videos etc to watch in Turkey. e.g. I hear about other people watching videos for tokens, but for my region I wasn't able to find any. So that might be why their teams are particularly strong.

lol I'm playing a guy tomorrow morning, in the cup, who is 3 levels above me (he's 5, I'm 2). Although I think it'll be one of my easier games, as looking at the amount of money he has vs the value of his team, he hasn't been playing for quite some time lol (He has ~$23M, but his team is only worth ~$4M).