Is Balkan mentality closer to that of other Europeans, the Near East or a combination of the two?

[Nurzat]

between Germany and Turkey, Balkans are closer in appearance and mentality and customs and folklore to.. Turkey. closer, but still quite different. but definitely closer to Western Asia than to Western and Northern Europe

[Jana]

It's not a ''European mentality'', honestly.

[Herr Abubu]

It depends, those from the Western Balkans have a mentality and temperament similar to mountaineers from other parts of the world, especially Northern Caucasus. That's changing fast, however. Thinking that it will somehow make them as rich as the West, they try to become as degenerate as the West.

[Linet]

Which one is the European mentality? ....the French one? The German one? The Spanish one? The Italian one? The Norwegean one? the Maltese one? The Russian? etc etc etc and by balkan mentality which one you mean? The Romanian or the Greek? Because our mentalities are like night and day ....the Albanian or the Serbian? The Croatian or the Bulgarian? which mentality? ....we are not one thing, we dont come out of a "Balkan maker" factory

[dawson]

Euro

[Kastrioti1443]

I am buthurt

You are clearly buthurt about something vlach tomato farmer who infected the lands of bosnia...

[Dorian]

no such thing as "turkish" folklore,appearance,custom and mentality..lol

[Imamudin]

They're more like Europeans.

[Imamudin]

It depends, those from the Western Balkans have a mentality and temperament similar to mountaineers from other parts of the world, especially Northern Caucasus.

Maybe in your dreams.

[Jana]

From a legal perspective, Balkans can't be grouped as near-eastern like either. Without Byzantine law, especially Corpus Iuris Civil there wouldn't be modern civil law system as we know it today. However, Ottomans brought their ''rules'' in formas of quasi-legal system with them, and it was incompatible with mainstream Europen traditions. Survived until 20th century and left cultural imprint which alienated pasts of southeastern Europe. It's interesting how a legal system, or lack of it influence culture of the region.

But, other parts of Europe have some outliers too. Southern Spain and Italy, bit oriental influence. Extreme northern regions, isolated and speresly populated, also developed culture of their own. So it's hard to answer this question. Differences are smaller now than they were before I think.