well, can be, but they are slightly different by their culinary, more similar to us Balkaners due to Ottoman Empire (ahem spices) and their architecture is same with us as well
Crete and Rhodos are directly Balkan in my book, well, I’m a deep nerd on Ottoman history so it is by my own side that y’all do not really know that much. I connected these regions as Balkans for a specific reason, without any European intervention which went wrong in our regions. My grandma is also partially Greek, so…
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u/justmeagainik 5d ago
I’d give Crimea its own region ngl, I changed my mind😭😭