Which MENA nation has the closest connection with Europe ?

[Negah]

Persians are the closest to Europeans.

Lol not true

If you exclude the Ashkenazim jews then Anatolian Turks

[Jana]

Jews are white they can't be seen as a middle eastern population (only the ancient jews were)

White is meaningless term and Jews are not European neither they see their own people as such. Their origins lie in Levant and they are culturally distinct from Europeans as well.

[Adamm]

Western Turks (Balkan Turks, Turkified Greeks).

[TheForeigner]

If we can't choose Israel, Turkey or Armenia, then none of the MENA countries is particularly close.Today even Lebannon has a Muslim majority. Islam creates a sharp divide between Europe and the Orient.

[Nassbean]

White is meaningless term and Jews are not European neither they see their own people as such. Their origins lie in Levant and they are culturally distinct from Europeans as well.

By white I meant that genetically they are predominantly european and that's a fact ( that's why they look different from other MENA people) and culturally if they are distinct why did you put them close to europeans ?? I see contradictions here.

[Nassbean]

Western Turks (Balkan Turks, Turkified Greeks).

Reread pls I said turkey and armenia are not included in this debate

[Nassbean]

If we can't choose Israel, Turkey or Armenia, then none of the MENA countries is particularly close.Today even Lebannon has a Muslim majority. Islam creates a sharp divide between Europe and the Orient.

not only culturally i said historically and genetically too

[TheForeigner]

not only culturally i said historically and genetically too

Then genetically it's Levantines for sure. I don't know which of those nationalities more. In recent history Lebannon has had somewhat stronger ties with the West, especially France, because of it's large Christian population which was the majority population of the Mount Lebanon region in Ottoman and post-Ottoman times. Unfortunately the French added nearby Muslim areas to their mandate "state" in Lebannon and Muslims have long had a higher birth rate.

[Nassbean]

Then genetically it's Levantines for sure. I don't know which of those nationalities more. In recent history Lebannon has had somewhat stronger ties with the West, especially France, because of it's large Christian population which was the majority population of the Mount Lebanon region in Ottoman and post-Ottoman times. Unfortunately the French added nearby Muslim areas to their mandate "state" in Lebannon and Muslims have long had a higher birth rate.

thanks for your opinion

[Hajimurad]

In the Middle East only two countries closely connected to Europe: Israel and Lebanon (Phoenicians, Jewish diaspora,Roman-Byzantines and Crusaders).
North Africa has three countries who contacted with Europe: Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria (Carthage, Romans, al-Andalus and French colonization).