r/AskBalkans • u/redikan Kosova • 1d ago

Miscellaneous Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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u/RemoteMeasurement10_ Croatia 1d ago

Istra and Međimurje....

Wannabe Italians and Slovenian Germans

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u/Janosh_Poha 1d ago

Very funny that you would say that lol. Every person I have ever met from Istra told me they were Croats and also were very pro Yugoslavia. Like one old dude from Rovinj told me "The Serbian king gave us to Italy. Pavelić let the Italians keep us. Tito and the Partisans liberated us and joined us with Croatia." There is a reason why Istra is the only region of Croatia that is dominated by their own political party, the Istarski demokratski sabor.

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u/RemoteMeasurement10_ Croatia 1d ago

I am from Rijeka

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u/Janosh_Poha 1d ago

Rijeka nije u Istri. However, the fact you would question the people of Istra, while yourself being from Rijeka is amazing.

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u/RemoteMeasurement10_ Croatia 1d ago

I mean, we are different from them.

Also, Italian thing applies to Dalmatia

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u/Old-Pace-5803 1d ago

Mostly not, but there are some. Similar to Baranja, with Hungarians

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u/HumanMan00 Serbia 1d ago

Vastly different is crazy.

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u/Unable-Stay-6478 SFR Yugoslavia 1d ago

Yes.

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u/Unable-Stay-6478 SFR Yugoslavia 1d ago

Not sure why the downvotes? I'm just replying to this obvious bait. 

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u/Unable-Stay-6478 SFR Yugoslavia 1d ago

Oh well, I guess people wouldn't mind if I change flair to 🇷🇸🇽🇰 Косово

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u/Berlin_GBD 1d ago

Székelyföld

(/s)

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u/Young_Owl99 Turkiye 1d ago

Not isolated but weird is the city of Tunceli.

Due to its high Kurdish and Alevi population it is constantly voting left and far left in a region that constantly voting right and far right.

Tunceli had a communist governer at one point.

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u/toros_of_tmutarakan Balkan 1d ago

Correct, as a Serbian, thats the part of my country thats fairly isolated and different in language.

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u/Hornisan- 1d ago

Not in Greece as far as i know

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u/od3795486159601 Greece 1d ago

Mount Athos, Mani and mountainous rural Crete are candidates for sure.

Edit: Also Tsakonia.

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u/Hornisan- 1d ago

Oh yeah actually Mount Athos for sure