Which borderline European countries do you consider as European?

**Smaug** · 06-23-2018, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by Peterski

Not true, the largest group are Ashkenazim, but there is a lot of mixing between them and Sephardim, Mizrahim and others:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews_in_Israel

Probably soon mixed Jews (of both Ashkenazi, Sephardic and Mizrahi or other descent) will be the majority of Israeli Jews.

If you think that some of these countries are fully European, you should also vote for them in this poll.

The poll includes 10 countries that are not 100% European (and therefore "borderline") in my opinion.

I don't think any of them are 100% European, the ones I mentioned I belive to borderline, whiles the others except for Russia are non-European. Russia, under a geopraphic perspective, is mostly non-European, however the core of the Russian culture lies entirely west of Urals, and is very much European and Christian.

**FinalFlash** · 06-23-2018, 02:25 AM

Russia- Slav and Finnish ethnogenesis. Orthodox Christians. Their territory in Asia is merely an expansionist policy practiced by their royalty of centuries ago. They're European, although with a noticeably different flair about them.

Malta- An extension of Italy imo so European

Cyprus- An extension of Greece, EU member and noticeably different from the Levantines.

Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey- The real borderline groups imo that we can squeeze in Europe. If Turkey wasn't Islamisized then I'm 90% sure theyd be considered European.

At worst I see these 3 as different from mainstream ME people culturally, linguistically and genetically. Not quite mainstream European but almost like it's own thing. They're "western" enough to be lumped in the Euro peripheral zone methinks.

**Damião de Góis** · 06-23-2018, 02:30 AM

I added the options. I don't get why Russia is on the list, i never saw it as non european. Europe stops at the Urals and Moscow is surely in Europe.
Same with Malta, i never saw it as non european.

**Rumata** · 06-23-2018, 04:48 AM

If Kosava is seen European I don't know why Georgia wouldn't be.

**Oneeye** · 06-23-2018, 05:25 AM

Finland should be on this list.

**~~LoLeL~~** · 06-23-2018, 06:20 AM

Turkey: Atsushi Otani, ComplicatedMystery, GreentheViper, NarLFC, Ryujin

ComplicatedMystery: Turks are Asian, not European!

06-21-2018, 11:38 AM
Some Euro-wannabes say that Turkey is Europe, not Asia and Turks are European, not Asian. All of they is false! The truth is that Turkey is not Europe and Turks are not European. We are Asian and we should be proud of it!