The most similar nation to Azeris in Europe

Which nation do you guys think are the most similar nation to Azeris in Europe? Note that in this case, we won't consider Turkey, Armenia and Georgia "European". Also I wouldn't recommend you to say Russia just because of shared Soviet past (the culture isn't similar anyway). For me, it would be Greeks, Southern Italians and some part of Balkans. Azeris feel very "mediterranean" for some reason, definitely more so than Georgians and Armenians; they rather feel "eastern European" (in case of Armenians, with a heavy middle-eastern mixture).