Za a iya samun ɗan rikice a cikin amfani da kalmomin "Turai" y "Tarayyar Turai", ana amfani da biyun don musanyawa, amma a sarari suna nuna ƙungiyoyi biyu daban-daban. Don kawar da duk wani shakku, za mu bayyana a cikin wannan labarin bambanci tsakanin Turai y Unión Turai don amfani da waɗannan kalmomin guda biyu daidai.
Turai Yana daga ɗayan nahiyoyi 5 waɗanda suka haɗu a duniya. Iyakokinta suna da rikice-rikice, amma ana ɗauka gabaɗaya zai iya haɗa shi da Tekun Arctic zuwa arewa, Tekun Bahar Rum zuwa kudu, Tekun Atlantika zuwa yamma, da Asiya ta haɗu da tsaunukan Ural, Kogin Ural, da Caspian Teku, tsaunin tsaunukan Caucasus, Bahar Maliya da Bosphorus.
Turai yana da fiye da mutane miliyan 739 a ciki 45 Jihohi: Albania, Germany, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, Russia (kawai ana daukar bature ne), San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden Switzerland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, The Vatican .
Akwai bambanta a cikin mallakar wasu ƙasashe zuwa Nahiyar Turai: Turkiyya, Armenia, Georgia da Azerbaijan wasu lokuta ana ɗaukar su wani ɓangare na Turai saboda suna ɓatar da Turai da Asiya, kuma saboda tarihi ɗaya.
La Unión Turai Ungiya ce ta siyasa da tattalin arziki na wasu ƙasashen Turai. A halin yanzu yana da ƙasashe 28, amma yana haɗa sabbin membobin akai-akai. Kasashen da suka hada Tarayyar Turai su ne: Jamus, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Faransa, Girka, Hungary, Ireland, Italia, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Kasashen Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia da Sweden.
La UE Unionungiyar ƙungiya ce don haɓaka haɗin kai tsakanin membobinta. An kafa shi kamar haka a cikin 1993 ta Yarjejeniyar Turai, kodayake ta wanzu tun daga 1951 a cikin hanyar Coungiyar Coal da Karfe da kuma Kungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Turai.
La Unión Turai Ya ƙunshi cibiyoyi daban-daban waɗanda ke amfani da ikon da ƙasashe membobin Tarayyar Turai suka wakilta. Manyan sune majalisar Turai, da Hukumar Turai, Majalisar Turai, Kotun Turai da kuma Babban Bankin Turai.