What Turkish sounds like to foreigners

I played a clip of Turkish for some Canadian students to see if they are able to identify the language. Initially, most of them thought it was an eastern European language. Some also said it sounded "middle eastern". In the end it was the geographical hints that led people to the correct answer.
So far out of all the languages I've done, people struggled the most with Turkish.
I wasn't able to squeeze out a good imitation this time. I will definitely make another one in the future.