Hijab is not mandatory, there’s no dressing code in the whole of Turkiye not only in Istanbul. This country gave women’s voting rights before much of the Europe. Only in the past 10-15 years there’s been a deliberate attempt to create a religious appearance to the country, millions of middle eastern refugees also amplified this effect, that’s all you are seeing right now.
“Attempt to create a Religious appearance in the last 10-15 years” of course you kemalists get annoyed when people start to actual practice their religion again after countless decades of oppression by the Kemalist government. It's funny that you mention women's voting rights when talking about the hijab. Is it due to the fact of you perceiving it as a backwards thing?
I suggest that you check the latest elections then. Erdogan's party lost the elections. Plus, when he was elected, he only surpassed by 2% and the people outside of Turkey, immigrant Turks in Europe, and Middle Eastern immigrants played a huge role, unlike presidential elections, those who cannot vote and he lost the municipal elections. Now, Erdogan won't stay one more election, I can assure you that, also I gotta mention that the runner from the main opposition party was a terrible choice, but he got egoistic and still ran for it.@@Gossuarit
My friend, there is an illegal immigrant problem in the country. There is a lot of political pressure on the government regarding this issue. For this reason, they increased the checks to catch illegal immigrants. 1 year ago there were no such frequent checks
Yes, I witnessed the same while I was there 3 times within 2 years. I stayed right in the neighborhood of refugees in Fatih. The entire street is full of Syrian restaurants and businesses. 5 millions of them is too much, I give a lot of credits to Turkish people.
@@jamestaylor6053 all because of US / NATO destroying neighboring countries, blowing up people's homes, killing innocent so people flee. Since Türkiye is part of nato, we were complicit thanks to our spineless politicians in destruction of neighboring countries.
1:30 the difference is it's a secular country with muslim majority. But the country is a republic so anyone can do anything without a gender prevalence
Is it really so hard to understand it's not an islamic country and it is secular. It's not "loose" or anything. It is SECULAR. And women can wear anything they want in any city, not only in Istanbul since the laws are not varied here according to different states like usa.
@@abdullahiabdisalan1170 selling women 😂😂😂😂 Here is not Saudi Arabia where women would get sold. Have you heard Sex worker or Sex work! The oldest trade; she's selling a service. Do you work Abdul! Everyone sells. When you look for a job, having interviewed, you're selling.....
Turkiye is the most interesting country in the world. Nothing is surprising in this country.Many kind of people, cultures,religions or ateists.Secular country no mandatory religion or wear.Ataturk built this country as a freedom,democratic, secular!
Mustafa kemal didn't bring any Democracy to this country,stop lying,he made it a republic country,but it doesn't mean anything without Democracy, Democracy has come in 1950 with free elections,prior to that there was no free elections, there was only one party,and that was today's CHP. Don't forget Saddam Huseins Iraq was a republic and Syria's regime is also republic but without Democracy all of them are dictatorships.
You have to understand that when Mustafa Kemal Paşa was putting a government together and later declared Ankara as the capital the British were occupying Istanbul (1919-1922). You can watch "Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm" it's about Atatürk's struggle to form a government quickly.
Although Türkiye is majority Muslim, it is a secular country. hijap is not compulsory in any city in Turkiye, and alcohol is also legal. Most of the hijapted women you see around you are Syrian or Arab immigrants. (It makes me very sad that people think Turkiye is a very Islamic and normative state😥)
We were missing a large parking lot and a Walmart, then he would have better impressions of turkey 😂 obviously he was there to be judge mental with a horse google. It’s funny how immigrants are seen as Turkish somehow.
Majority of muslim on the paper😂All mosques empty many of them drink, gambling and live western style.To make Türkiye islamic country harder than America or Europe.
In pretty much every Turkish neighbourhood there's a small liquor (and snacks) shop that is open 24/7 which does home delivery. Here in Chicago you cannot purchase alcohol from a retailer after 12am. Also, sex work is legal though heavily regulated by the Turkish state (health and safety). With its 17m+ population, violent crime rate is very low in Istanbul and you realise what it means when you move to a high crime city such as Chicago or Baltimore. So don't believe anyone who says crime is a by-product of high population.
In Australia, only open between 7pm and 9pm, and can't drink in streets or parks. Also, can't purchase alcohol at petrol stations or in grocery stores as in Turkiye - Australia allows alcohol to be sold only at liquer shops - only sells liquor nothing else. Also, it's difficult to get that license. The reason cigarettes a packet $60 or alcohol expensive because big taxes and very expensive for the licenses on those items.
Bro those police checks are truely a necessity! Plz plz plz dont take it personal. Yes Istanbul and Turkey in a general sense, quite safe for all kinds of travellers and tourists, but just last year there was bombings in the middle of Taksim square, İstanbul. Turkey and its people have been dealing with lots of different terrorist groups for decades now. You never know when they're gonna do their next move even though the waters are calm currently, so yeah such precautions are necessary for us to have this level of safety. Its actually thanks to these police that Istanbul has that level of safety. So please dont take it personal.
I'm black and never yet have I gotten pulled over while in Turkey. I've been going there like a million times seriously, it's my favorite country. The last time I was there in early 2022, the Turks were complaining about too many Arab Syrians.
@@andersonbin265Actually we are not complaining about Syrians ör other countries we only complain about refugees ,this is huge burden for Turkish economy ,our resources are not enough
@@K1ngq4t No not really. Its weird to say it that way but currently possibilities of such attacks are on the same level as any other European city. If we are speaking of children or elderly people I would book a hotel or airbnb on the Asian side, which is much more calm and has a quieter rythym. European side is much more energetic. Lets not forget Istanbul has the population of over 16 million now. You don't need to have any worries its quite safe for turists.
Many thanks, I’ve enjoyed all your Istanbul videos. I’m planning a trip there this fall and I can’t wait. I’ve seen a lot of tourist information type videos on YT but I’ve appreciated your interesting “regular American guy” take on the city. Happy travels!
Hey Michael, I am glad you enjoyed the video! Make sure to take the ferry to the Anatolian side, it would be a mistake to stay in the old town, Fatih area all visit along. Make sure to visit Nisantasi, even the prince’s islands, and Baghdad street.
@@Sanguine830 Thanks for the tips! We'll be staying in Ortakoy which I hope will away from some of the tourist madness but still accessible by public transportation. Definitely planning to take lots of ferry trips including over to the Anatolian side.
@@michael7191 If you like nature prince’s islands are pretty good to bike in, swim at as if you’re far from the city (depending on which beach you take, you can pretty much do a full circle around the island) highly recommend it. Belgrade forest is great too.
Ya bir tek ben mi böyle düşünüyorum bilmiyorum ama başta verdiği yanlış bilgiler çok sinirimi bozdu. Biraz olsun medyaya, dizilere baksa bile durumun öyle olmadığını görürdü. Videoyu izleyen insanlara da yanlış bilgi kaynaklığı ediyor. Biri şu arkadaşı bilgilendirsin gerçekten.
Ne yazikki yorumlara cevap bile vermiyor. Sinir bozucu hem de Cok. Turkiye ye gelmis komsu cinsel iliskiye giriyodu, yabanci turistlerdi sanirim, veya orasi bir genelevdi, ahlak polisi gelmedi falan diyo. Cinnet geciricektim.
places outside Istanbul secular too there is no dress-code and honestly rn just elder people, my grandma's wear hijab other than that what u see wear hijabs arab tourists (btw i am Turkish and live Edirne another Turkey's city so i write from my experience)
Cats are quite common all over Europe, Middle East. They were worshipped in Egypt. Yes so if you possess that crazy American gene that fears cats or hates them because they are independent and are not loyal to a fault like others then yeah please don't kick them. As you stated. 🙄
Türkiye is not Islamic country women rights much earlier than Many of European country even before than many area of North America.Women can walk while drinking beer on the pavements, parks.Many of Galatasaray, Beslkas or Fenerbahce soccer fans women walk drinking beer before match.They can wear mini skirt or hijab because of secular country.Also according to statistics 14% people ateist or deist.
1:04 actually in Turkey wearing hijabs was prohibited for quite some time actually, I remember when i was a kid woman with hijabs were kicked out of shops, you couldn't got in to universitys with hijabs etc. But not wearing a hijab was never prohibited. we truely are a secular country.
Have not been to Turkey but when i traveled a lot, those moans you described i have heard in different places/ countries i visited. They r from guests at the hotel who were just noisy. There was a time I could not sleep because they were even banging on the wall and my headboard was shaking.i was really tired the next day and slept on the plane. I believe that was in Germany.
Türkiye granted women the right to vote and be elected before many European countries. Just as secularism works in Western countries, it is the same in Turkey. The only difference is that there is a Muslim majority instead of a Christian majority. Do not pay attention to what I call the Muslim majority, because these conservative Muslims are relatively few in the country. Many of them call themselves Muslims but adopt the civilized lifestyle.
@@Sephirothmmd No, I am not saying such a thing. On the contrary, I am showing that Muslims can also adopt a civilized lifestyle. The vast majority of the population of Turkey is like this anyway.
Hi there. American living in Istanbul here. As far as the police checks, the biggest reason why you probably got checked so much is because you were filming. In Türkiye, there are regulations against filming people's face. If you watch the news here, they blur out everyone's faces unless they have agreed to be filmed. So if you were filming a lot, they would see that and check. Once they found out you were a foreigner, they were probably understanding the filming as you were a tourist. I've been here for a little over a year and only been stopped a couple times when my wife wasn't with me. But once they see I have the proper documentation, they are very friendly.
I was born in Istanbul and live here. I’ve been in the places you show in your video may be twice in my life (except Istiklal Caddesi). So whatever you call Istanbul is hardly my Istanbul. Cheers.
Wow… I was in Istanbul for around two weeks… a lot of the time I was on my own (my friends get tired easily) and went everywhere on the metro… I never got stopped once or asked first my passport. In fact I didn’t even get harassed by any street sellers… it was chilled experience.
I live in Turkey (Izmir). Whenever I go to Istanbul, the police stop me. He immediately understands that I am a foreigner. It asks for ID. He's checking to see if I'm wanted. Then he sees that there is no problem. He says okay, go ahead. by the way welcome to our country. I hope you have a nice holiday.
In the Lord of the Rings, Frodo is involved in so many incidents and dangers until he destroys the ring that at the end of the movie one wonders how this ring got there and was destroyed. The possibility of democracy and secularism coming to Turkey was just as slim. We Turks always remember Atatürk in order not to forget this and to protect his revolutions.
Hi there , I am from Istanbul and I want to say that police check thing is totally normal , even for me as a female sometimes there are women officers that may ask you for your ID and have a random check , so you don't need to worry about that , and great content btw
When you comment and publish based on your own opinion, you are not informing people.. In fact, I think he did this on purpose to humiliate the country!!!!
Don't take it personal they (police) chek everybody because safety issues so many people coming different country's not long ago Taksim square had incident 😢 Unfortunately so everyone get checked out for safety reasons
Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'...... .....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :) In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name, partially or fully. Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages, but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :) Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's. The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to', just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc. Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on. Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old. Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye' we got various spellings like; Turq-uía (in Spanish), Turch-ia (in Italian), Turq-uie (in French) Turk-ei (in German) Turk-ey (in English) Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German, but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years. Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas. Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)
In the the USA, sex w...is illegal and jail time start from 5 months. You can't drink alcohol in the streets or park, or buy alcohol 24/7 in the US.Also, Turkiye people do not walk with weapons , also have cabinet, cabin , a separate house to keep their hunders of hundereds of guns/weapons to protect themselves. And students going to school without being high or with a weapon. Culture shock for him! He didn't mean in negative way!
Only in Inglish it was Turkey, in other EU languages, and in Turkiye it was always called Turkiye. so, it was about time it is changed, we just have to make it stick now :)
bro dont be upset about police stops. im from here and they stop me in every checkpoint. walking or driving. they even did me a id check in front of my house one time. i hate it too but its not just against you.
You are very lucky to avoid the person who offers you a woman. Such people are shady and can take all your money. If you fall into such issues in Turkey, they may see you vulnerable because you are a tourist and try to take your money by scaring you.
How do you know people have their whole life with them in their luggage? Some people could have nothing in there as they just bought a new suitcase or some people could use it to carry shopping.
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06:38 police wear civilian clothes in the crowded places for not disturbing regular people.
I met 2 teenagers in a mosque from Minnesota. Believe they were from Africa originally. One was there for a hair treatment. He wanted to have a full head of hair and went all the way to Istanbul for the treatment. I told him dud just go MJ.
The reason that you were approached by the cops was probably because you were videotaping buildings and streets at popular tourist destinations. That is how the city is reacting to terror bombings and you felt safe. Not because they were profiling you nor it is a common thing. I have spent a month there last year and since I have been there so many times I didn’t record. No one stopped me.
My impression of Turkish people towards Americans is that while many hates American policies.. they like American culture. Having said that, I do not recommend Americans to be walking around broadcasting in public that you are Americans. Keep low profile. A few times that someone asked, I"d tell them Im from Canada.
Turkey also means 🦃. So we hate it to be called like that. And the only language calling Türkiye this way was English. Now that we got rid of it, we want people to call us with the right way.
Turk here. We don't hate it. Only Turks with inferiority complex hate it. Gov't changed it without asking anyone and even if you say Türkiye it basically sounds the same as Turkey with a foreign accent. Most Turks don't care and still call it Turkey. Call it Turkey if you wish, it's been the name of this country for centuries. The bird is named after the country, not the other way around.
Omg, hijabs? Majority of European women obtained their rights at least a decade after Turkish women. Some did not have the right to have their own bank account in Europe when Turkish women were mayors, members of parliament, professors, etc. To be this uninformed somewhere you visit is remarkable. Not everything is about what you wear or where you go to pray.
Good comment 👍 he keeps strolling the same place over and over and spits uninformed nonsense about religion, people’s clothing, how free they are, what they do, what police do, and he does all this in the same touristy places where 3/4 of the population are low educated refugees 😂
@@TalaaboDheer I’m sure if he saw a Walmart with a gigantic parking lot, he would respect Turkey more, because apparently for tourists with high horses American way is the superior way rofl.
Türkiye is a Eurasian country. Even though the majority of its people define themselves as Muslims, a modern modern life is lived here. If you want, you can pray 5 times a day. If you want, you can drink alcohol at the bar. No one will interfere with anyone else. In the past, it was estimated that 99 percent of the population was Muslim, but in recent surveys, the number of people who call themselves Muslim is approximately 80 percent and it is decreasing... More than half of the youth are atheists or deists
türkiye cumhuriyetti laik ve avrupada oldugu gibi özgürdür islam ülkesi degiliz nufusun belirli kesimi müslüman sadece araştır konuş dostum yanlış bilgi verme
Hijab is not a requirement in Islam, even the Quran does not explicitly instruct women to cover themselves. Women covering themselves is an manifestation of stone age patriarchal Arabic culture. It's sometimes difficult to separate Arab and Islamic cultures because they are very intertwined but they are not one and the same.
Polis checkups include even Turkish citizens , so nothing personal they are dealing 40 years with terrorism, and they treated shopping centers like a airports checkups at least for the last 30 years
In the busy/touristy areas the police will pick you out when you walk as a single man. I think wearing a backpack also makes you interesting to them. It’s cause of the terrorisme
Sly, I guess the reason you were stopped and checked for ID is maybe because you visited Turkiya in a political election week ? Was it the Mayoral election for Istanbul ? I'm not sure, but they tend to be more vigilant in those parts of the world with heighted security. Anyway, the Mayor that won was a secular Mayor.
Thank you for sharing your honest and objective views. It was more meaningful to hear it from you honestly. Police interrogation is a periodic issue and illegal immigration is at intolerable levels. The mafia has also come into the country from outside. They are trying to prevent such problems.
Türkiye is the real name closer to how the people there pronounce it in their own language. Most of the sex workers there are from Russia or other former east block countries and not Turkish
Open the map of Türkiye, split it right in front of the middle. Western part of that line is more secular, relaxed, modern, "europian like". Cities such as İstanvul, Eskişehir, İzmir, Aydın, Muğla, Çanakkale and so on. The eastern part of the line is occupied by mostly conservative and Kurdish population which isn't a bad thing because eastern hospitality is amazing. People there are way more kinder to the foreigners and Turks and Kurds are brothers. You still shouldn' forget that they are more conservative. Turkiye is a big country, if you project it over the map of europe it can strech from London to Warsaw hence the diversity. Either way i love every part and every culture of my country.
Dude... Is it really hard to understand that Turkey (or Türkiye) isn't an islamic country? You were still speculating about that topic. Please dont spread misinformartion. that's all I want.
Dude what are you on? You asked him to visit Bosporus, bagdat street, try lahmacun. He didn’t do any of that, instead he says “women need to wear hijab when they leave, although in Istanbul it’s pretty relaxed, unlike rest of Turkey, btw some neighbor was having loud sex, but I don’t know they were tourists or Turkish, it must have been a brothel, and says, the morale police didn’t knock on the door (comparing us with Iran) right after stating that the state is secular and majority is muslim.” This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about, screw him tbh.What a joke of a video.
If you go frim itanbul to ankara with thebus, sometimes they 3 stop and contole the bus 3 times. So itsn that you turist, its for us al brother. Its normal with a lot teroriz and refugees.
The police checks happen to me several times as well, and there seemed to be a pattern to the people they were stopping, as I'm sure you may have noticed as well. It's been a minute since I've been profiled (last time was probably Arkansas in the US lol), but I don't think I've ever been to another country where they were so blatant about it.
Calling Turkey an islamic country is the same shit as calling the US a christian country. You might have assumed that was the case which is okay because well... you are American. But once you have realized that wasn't the case why are you still questioning it? This is not really a culture shock you just thought it would be different and it wasn't. Also can't believe how you mentioned the moral police could've been a thing in Turkey. Man...
Bir ülkeyi böyle bir platformda tanıtırken ilk önce tarihi ile ilgili bilgi sahibi olmanızda fayda var...😅 Video çekmek basit, önemli olan bilgi aktarımı arkadaşım....
They were uding a bunch of infian guys all the time for the tricks. They werent even bothering with lookalikes. "If the content is there, the sell will do.". If someone with us thought it was the actual guy..then it would work.
I was shocked at secular the country is, but it’s still a very pleasant place, it’s just very touristy so don’t come to Türkiye looking for an adventure lol
Safety comes at a cost in a country where terrorism is a real problem! Im very fond of our police, they are more polite than many other European country’s. They check you and let you go past very quick usually. About that moaning, what can i say, Turkiye has a young population and the morality of them is a bit off. You mentioned that in other country’s the moral police would take care of it, in Turkiye thats a no go. As long as it is no criminal activity they wont let them be bothered by anyone and because they are stubborn it is really not advised to get involved.
Hijab is not mandatory, there’s no dressing code in the whole of Turkiye not only in Istanbul. This country gave women’s voting rights before much of the Europe. Only in the past 10-15 years there’s been a deliberate attempt to create a religious appearance to the country, millions of middle eastern refugees also amplified this effect, that’s all you are seeing right now.
“Attempt to create a Religious appearance in the last 10-15 years” of course you kemalists get annoyed when people start to actual practice their religion again after countless decades of oppression by the Kemalist government. It's funny that you mention women's voting rights when talking about the hijab. Is it due to the fact of you perceiving it as a backwards thing?
These people u see they are NOT Turkish at all they are Arab migrants and Refugees they will all be sent çavm to there countries soon
Gave women’s voting right, but stripped away their right to freely wear whatever the f they wanted to? Oh yea it’s a ‘traditional clothing so you dgaf
Erdogan is not getting elected out of thin air. Despite his efforts to Islamize Turkey, Turks vote for him. Idk why?
I suggest that you check the latest elections then. Erdogan's party lost the elections. Plus, when he was elected, he only surpassed by 2% and the people outside of Turkey, immigrant Turks in Europe, and Middle Eastern immigrants played a huge role, unlike presidential elections, those who cannot vote and he lost the municipal elections. Now, Erdogan won't stay one more election, I can assure you that, also I gotta mention that the runner from the main opposition party was a terrible choice, but he got egoistic and still ran for it.@@Gossuarit
My friend, there is an illegal immigrant problem in the country.
There is a lot of political pressure on the government regarding this issue.
For this reason, they increased the checks to catch illegal immigrants.
1 year ago there were no such frequent checks
Yes, I witnessed the same while I was there 3 times within 2 years. I stayed right in the neighborhood of refugees in Fatih. The entire street is full of Syrian restaurants and businesses. 5 millions of them is too much, I give a lot of credits to Turkish people.
@@jamestaylor6053 all because of US / NATO destroying neighboring countries, blowing up people's homes, killing innocent so people flee. Since Türkiye is part of nato, we were complicit thanks to our spineless politicians in destruction of neighboring countries.
@@jamestaylor6053 it’s a lot more then 5 million more like 15 million
1:30 the difference is it's a secular country with muslim majority. But the country is a republic so anyone can do anything without a gender prevalence
What does he mean offer women to him?
@@abdullahiabdisalan1170 This isn't a common thing, honestly it's never happened to me in 30 years. It's probably a trap
@@abdullahiabdisalan1170I dont get it aswell. Its not a common thing here.
@@genveon0it is a trap… these guys normally hang around Istiklal and the Taksim area… I personally haven’t come across it but my friends have.
Correct Turkey is a Modern Secular country
Is it really so hard to understand it's not an islamic country and it is secular. It's not "loose" or anything. It is SECULAR. And women can wear anything they want in any city, not only in Istanbul since the laws are not varied here according to different states like usa.
What does he mean that people are selling him women?
@@abdullahiabdisalan1170 selling women 😂😂😂😂 Here is not Saudi Arabia where women would get sold. Have you heard Sex worker or Sex work! The oldest trade; she's selling a service. Do you work Abdul! Everyone sells. When you look for a job, having interviewed, you're selling.....
@@abdullahiabdisalan1170 pimps? xD
Most of the Turks i know aren't even religious. They all drink alcohol and eat pork.
@@abdullahiabdisalan1170 Means he went to some bad parts of Istanbul, it's not common.
The people of Istanbul love cats! There's even a movie called "Kedi" (cat). They showed that cat statue :)
People in instabul love cat, people in Yemen and somlia love Khat (plant drug they chew)
@@joemama4473Legend has it that feline aliens lived in that region before the Flood.
Turkiye is the most interesting country in the world. Nothing is surprising in this country.Many kind of people, cultures,religions or ateists.Secular country no mandatory religion or wear.Ataturk built this country as a freedom,democratic, secular!
Mustafa kemal didn't bring any Democracy to this country,stop lying,he made it a republic country,but it doesn't mean anything without Democracy, Democracy has come in 1950 with free elections,prior to that there was no free elections, there was only one party,and that was today's CHP. Don't forget Saddam Huseins Iraq was a republic and Syria's regime is also republic but without Democracy all of them are dictatorships.
You have to understand that when Mustafa Kemal Paşa was putting a government together and later declared Ankara as the capital the British were occupying Istanbul (1919-1922). You can watch "Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm" it's about Atatürk's struggle to form a government quickly.
Although Türkiye is majority Muslim, it is a secular country. hijap is not compulsory in any city in Turkiye, and alcohol is also legal. Most of the hijapted women you see around you are Syrian or Arab immigrants.
(It makes me very sad that people think Turkiye is a very Islamic and normative state😥)
Why would it make you sad you shouldn’t care what people think
We were missing a large parking lot and a Walmart, then he would have better impressions of turkey 😂 obviously he was there to be judge mental with a horse google. It’s funny how immigrants are seen as Turkish somehow.
Most of the covered ladies are Turkish your just a troll, Recep Tayyip Erdogan ❤️🇹🇷😜
Majority of muslim on the paper😂All mosques empty many of them drink, gambling and live western style.To make Türkiye islamic country harder than America or Europe.
Dont spread misinformation. Many Turks were hijab. Many Arabs wear burkha, it's their traditional clothing.
In pretty much every Turkish neighbourhood there's a small liquor (and snacks) shop that is open 24/7 which does home delivery. Here in Chicago you cannot purchase alcohol from a retailer after 12am. Also, sex work is legal though heavily regulated by the Turkish state (health and safety). With its 17m+ population, violent crime rate is very low in Istanbul and you realise what it means when you move to a high crime city such as Chicago or Baltimore. So don't believe anyone who says crime is a by-product of high population.
In Australia, only open between 7pm and 9pm, and can't drink in streets or parks. Also, can't purchase alcohol at petrol stations or in grocery stores as in Turkiye - Australia allows alcohol to be sold only at liquer shops - only sells liquor nothing else. Also, it's difficult to get that license. The reason cigarettes a packet $60 or alcohol expensive because big taxes and very expensive for the licenses on those items.
Bro those police checks are truely a necessity! Plz plz plz dont take it personal. Yes Istanbul and Turkey in a general sense, quite safe for all kinds of travellers and tourists, but just last year there was bombings in the middle of Taksim square, İstanbul. Turkey and its people have been dealing with lots of different terrorist groups for decades now.
You never know when they're gonna do their next move even though the waters are calm currently, so yeah such precautions are necessary for us to have this level of safety. Its actually thanks to these police that Istanbul has that level of safety.
So please dont take it personal.
I'm black and never yet have I gotten pulled over while in Turkey. I've been going there like a million times seriously, it's my favorite country. The last time I was there in early 2022, the Turks were complaining about too many Arab Syrians.
@@andersonbin265Actually we are not complaining about Syrians ör other countries we only complain about refugees ,this is huge burden for Turkish economy ,our resources are not enough
the bombing part is scary as we're planning a family trip for september. Should we change destination ?
@@K1ngq4t No not really. Its weird to say it that way but currently possibilities of such attacks are on the same level as any other European city. If we are speaking of children or elderly people I would book a hotel or airbnb on the Asian side, which is much more calm and has a quieter rythym. European side is much more energetic. Lets not forget Istanbul has the population of over 16 million now. You don't need to have any worries its quite safe for turists.
Many thanks, I’ve enjoyed all your Istanbul videos. I’m planning a trip there this fall and I can’t wait. I’ve seen a lot of tourist information type videos on YT but I’ve appreciated your interesting “regular American guy” take on the city. Happy travels!
Hey Michael, I am glad you enjoyed the video! Make sure to take the ferry to the Anatolian side, it would be a mistake to stay in the old town, Fatih area all visit along. Make sure to visit Nisantasi, even the prince’s islands, and Baghdad street.
@@Sanguine830 Thanks for the tips! We'll be staying in Ortakoy which I hope will away from some of the tourist madness but still accessible by public transportation. Definitely planning to take lots of ferry trips including over to the Anatolian side.
@@michael7191 If you like nature prince’s islands are pretty good to bike in, swim at as if you’re far from the city (depending on which beach you take, you can pretty much do a full circle around the island) highly recommend it. Belgrade forest is great too.
Your preconception about Turkiye is a bit sad.
He try to inject , without a feel of stick,, Amsterdam is the city of Pipms . cant , dont let u steal.
Ya bir tek ben mi böyle düşünüyorum bilmiyorum ama başta verdiği yanlış bilgiler çok sinirimi bozdu. Biraz olsun medyaya, dizilere baksa bile durumun öyle olmadığını görürdü. Videoyu izleyen insanlara da yanlış bilgi kaynaklığı ediyor. Biri şu arkadaşı bilgilendirsin gerçekten.
Ne yazikki yorumlara cevap bile vermiyor. Sinir bozucu hem de Cok. Turkiye ye gelmis komsu cinsel iliskiye giriyodu, yabanci turistlerdi sanirim, veya orasi bir genelevdi, ahlak polisi gelmedi falan diyo. Cinnet geciricektim.
Silip duruyo yazdiklarimi =D neyse. Benim de cok sinirim bozuldu gidip pazar cekmis ve bunu sehir diye tanitmis.
Bizim Türk medyasında değil ama Türkiye hakkında yabancı medyalarda böyle islamik dar görüşlü bir ülke olarak yansıtılıyoruz
İstanbul a gelip de wafle yiyen kültürsüzden ne bekliyoruz ki...
yanlış bilgi yok ki la hangisi yanlış
places outside Istanbul secular too there is no dress-code and honestly rn just elder people, my grandma's wear hijab other than that what u see wear hijabs arab tourists (btw i am Turkish and live Edirne another Turkey's city so i write from my experience)
Batılılar, Türklerle Arapları ayırt edemiyor.
Cats are quite common all over Europe, Middle East. They were worshipped in Egypt. Yes so if you possess that crazy American gene that fears cats or hates them because they are independent and are not loyal to a fault like others then yeah please don't kick them. As you stated. 🙄
Türkiye is not Islamic country women rights much earlier than Many of European country even before than many area of North America.Women can walk while drinking beer on the pavements, parks.Many of Galatasaray, Beslkas or Fenerbahce soccer fans women walk drinking beer before match.They can wear mini skirt or hijab because of secular country.Also according to statistics 14% people ateist or deist.
1:04 actually in Turkey wearing hijabs was prohibited for quite some time actually, I remember when i was a kid woman with hijabs were kicked out of shops, you couldn't got in to universitys with hijabs etc. But not wearing a hijab was never prohibited. we truely are a secular country.
Have not been to Turkey but when i traveled a lot, those moans you described i have heard in different places/ countries i visited. They r from guests at the hotel who were just noisy. There was a time I could not sleep because they were even banging on the wall and my headboard was shaking.i was really tired the next day and slept on the plane. I believe that was in Germany.
Another Awesome Adventure Thank You Sly🙂❤👍Watching from NB Canada🙂🙂🙂
Bonjour ! Hi from Quebec lol
Türkiye granted women the right to vote and be elected before many European countries. Just as secularism works in Western countries, it is the same in Turkey. The only difference is that there is a Muslim majority instead of a Christian majority. Do not pay attention to what I call the Muslim majority, because these conservative Muslims are relatively few in the country. Many of them call themselves Muslims but adopt the civilized lifestyle.
So you're basically sayin a Muslim cannot adopt a civilised lifestyle but a Christian can
@@Sephirothmmd No, I am not saying such a thing. On the contrary, I am showing that Muslims can also adopt a civilized lifestyle. The vast majority of the population of Turkey is like this anyway.
Thanks for sharing
Hi there. American living in Istanbul here. As far as the police checks, the biggest reason why you probably got checked so much is because you were filming. In Türkiye, there are regulations against filming people's face. If you watch the news here, they blur out everyone's faces unless they have agreed to be filmed. So if you were filming a lot, they would see that and check. Once they found out you were a foreigner, they were probably understanding the filming as you were a tourist. I've been here for a little over a year and only been stopped a couple times when my wife wasn't with me. But once they see I have the proper documentation, they are very friendly.
Been here 5 days this week, all over the city. No police checks at all for us.
Maybe Sly went during the Istanbul Mayoral election week and thus security was tight
@@spidyman8853 Probably 👍 I understand exactly how he felt as a tourist in Istanbul. I had the similar experiences, but not in Turkey.
Police checks are good !
I was born in Istanbul and live here. I’ve been in the places you show in your video may be twice in my life (except Istiklal Caddesi). So whatever you call Istanbul is hardly my Istanbul. Cheers.
#2 “It’s a trap” - Admiral Akbar
I’ve been to Istanbul 5 times. Never been asked about wanting women.
i heard only in here for the first time.. Exactly, could be a trap..
I've been offered women in Taipei, Bangkok, and in Hamburg.
Wow… I was in Istanbul for around two weeks… a lot of the time I was on my own (my friends get tired easily) and went everywhere on the metro… I never got stopped once or asked first my passport. In fact I didn’t even get harassed by any street sellers… it was chilled experience.
I live in Turkey (Izmir). Whenever I go to Istanbul, the police stop me. He immediately understands that I am a foreigner. It asks for ID. He's checking to see if I'm wanted. Then he sees that there is no problem. He says okay, go ahead. by the way welcome to our country. I hope you have a nice holiday.
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You should if you could visit the coastal regions, so beautiful
I liked your observations, they are to the point ! BTW: Were you filming when the police checked you ? Police are known to be nervous about vloggers.
He was filming one instance it was in the video
In the Lord of the Rings, Frodo is involved in so many incidents and dangers until he destroys the ring that at the end of the movie one wonders how this ring got there and was destroyed. The possibility of democracy and secularism coming to Turkey was just as slim. We Turks always remember Atatürk in order not to forget this and to protect his revolutions.
Glad that you had a good trip
thank you for visiting, introducing our country 👏🙏
Hi there , I am from Istanbul and I want to say that police check thing is totally normal , even for me as a female sometimes there are women officers that may ask you for your ID and have a random check , so you don't need to worry about that , and great content btw
man I love your travelling video, I hope you are enjoying life doing good!
When you comment and publish based on your own opinion, you are not informing people..
In fact, I think he did this on purpose to humiliate the country!!!!
Don't take it personal they (police) chek everybody because safety issues so many people coming different country's not long ago Taksim square had incident 😢 Unfortunately so everyone get checked out for safety reasons
Because of the PKK terrorist faction
Heres something you may find interesting. :)
The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird 'turkey'......
.....but the name of the bird does have a connection with the name of my country, let me explain. :)
In the past 40 years 37 countries have changed their name, partially or fully.
Obviously one can not change the name of an apple or an orange etc in other languages,
but country names are like peoples' individual names, so if you're named John we don't call you Karen. :)
Name of my country has always been Türkiye, it's been known as such since around the 1200's.
The name it self has a suffix, '-iye', that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means 'land of/belonging to',
just like the Latin suffix of '-ia', which exists in such country names like
Austr-ia, Austral-ia, Indones-ia etc.
Basically, the use of '-iye/-ia' is the same as the the use of '-land' suffix in country names like
Ire(Eire)-land, Po(le)-land, Eng(Anglo)-land and so on and so on.
Many would remember the country Czechoslovak-ia which changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia).
The Latin suffix -ia probably originates from Turkish -iye as Turkish been over 10,000 years is much older than Latin which is around 1300 years old.
Spelled in different languages in different ways to phonetically resemble (to sound like) 'Türkiye'
we got various spellings like;
Turq-uía (in Spanish),
Turch-ia (in Italian),
Turq-uie (in French)
Turk-ei (in German)
Turk-ey (in English)
Mind you this was way before the animal we currently know as turkey was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas. The bird was first sent to europe from north americas in the year 1519, so up until that point there was no bird named turkey....
...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird 'Turkey Fowl' to define 'Turkish Chicken'...
....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc.
In time you don't get to call the harehound simply as Greek or you don't call the terrier Britirsh, or shepherd as simply German,
but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just 'Turkey' and later 'turkey', and this went on for hundreds of years.
Now in modern times, this caused confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their own country on an atlas.
Basically we didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : )
So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : )
Best wishes. ;)
Well explained my friend ❤️☺️
@@Hakankirbas Thank you. ❤
Anyway! Almost I every language is Turkiye or very similar. Only, in English is Turkey!!
Great explanation ❤
Thanks for the video
How is it a culture shock. Istanbul is a Massive huge Modern City
In the the USA, sex w...is illegal and jail time start from 5 months. You can't drink alcohol in the streets or park, or buy alcohol 24/7 in the US.Also, Turkiye people do not walk with weapons , also have cabinet, cabin , a separate house to keep their hunders of hundereds of guns/weapons to protect themselves. And students going to school without being high or with a weapon. Culture shock for him! He didn't mean in negative way!
Only in Inglish it was Turkey, in other EU languages, and in Turkiye it was always called Turkiye. so, it was about time it is changed, we just have to make it stick now :)
İnsan gelecegi ulke icin önceden bir araştırma yapar.Ön yargılarıniz sizi fazlasıyla yönlendirmiş.
bro dont be upset about police stops. im from here and they stop me in every checkpoint. walking or driving. they even did me a id check in front of my house one time. i hate it too but its not just against you.
You are very lucky to avoid the person who offers you a woman. Such people are shady and can take all your money. If you fall into such issues in Turkey, they may see you vulnerable because you are a tourist and try to take your money by scaring you.
How do you know people have their whole life with them in their luggage? Some people could have nothing in there as they just bought a new suitcase or some people could use it to carry shopping.
06:38 police wear civilian clothes in the crowded places for not disturbing regular people.
Duh, Turkey is a secular country.
Excessively
Oxcossovoly
Not for too long things are changing back to how it was 100 years ago adapt to the change, or go to Texas
No, we will stay in our own secular country, you will go to your desert back@@Hakankirbas
I met 2 teenagers in a mosque from Minnesota. Believe they were from Africa originally. One was there for a hair treatment. He wanted to have a full head of hair and went all the way to Istanbul for the treatment. I told him dud just go MJ.
The reason that you were approached by the cops was probably because you were videotaping buildings and streets at popular tourist destinations.
That is how the city is reacting to terror bombings and you felt safe.
Not because they were profiling you nor it is a common thing. I have spent a month there last year and since I have been there so many times I didn’t record. No one stopped me.
My impression of Turkish people towards Americans is that while many hates American policies.. they like American culture.
Having said that, I do not recommend Americans to be walking around broadcasting in public that you are Americans. Keep low profile. A few times that someone asked, I"d tell them Im from Canada.
Oh dear..
Americans really do well with others..
Nobody cares you are from America , they just gonna charge you're money for everything
Turkey-Türkiye change thingy is a recent topic, so we get why you all get confused about it😅.
Ankara. I was hoping you would go to the capital in Ankara. I will try to get there another trip
Yo is this the real Carlton? What happened to your vids man?
Carlton will you ever start vlogging again?
@@kentnormhr why you copying my comment ?
@@brandons2842 Wzup. Yep this is Carlton. Stopped YT due to the time commitment. Now I can enjoy my trips. Also spend more time now on FOREX. Love it.
@@kentnormhr Probably not. Miss the people but not the time commitment.
Turkey also means 🦃. So we hate it to be called like that. And the only language calling Türkiye this way was English. Now that we got rid of it, we want people to call us with the right way.
Turk here. We don't hate it. Only Turks with inferiority complex hate it. Gov't changed it without asking anyone and even if you say Türkiye it basically sounds the same as Turkey with a foreign accent. Most Turks don't care and still call it Turkey. Call it Turkey if you wish, it's been the name of this country for centuries. The bird is named after the country, not the other way around.
Omg, hijabs? Majority of European women obtained their rights at least a decade after Turkish women. Some did not have the right to have their own bank account in Europe when Turkish women were mayors, members of parliament, professors, etc. To be this uninformed somewhere you visit is remarkable. Not everything is about what you wear or where you go to pray.
Good comment 👍 he keeps strolling the same place over and over and spits uninformed nonsense about religion, people’s clothing, how free they are, what they do, what police do, and he does all this in the same touristy places where 3/4 of the population are low educated refugees 😂
He wouldn't have known that if he didn't travel and now he does.
@@TalaaboDheer I’m sure if he saw a Walmart with a gigantic parking lot, he would respect Turkey more, because apparently for tourists with high horses American way is the superior way rofl.
@@Sanguine830 Did you start watching his videos during his stay in Istanbul?
@@TalaaboDheer yes
Türkiye is a Eurasian country. Even though the majority of its people define themselves as Muslims, a modern modern life is lived here. If you want, you can pray 5 times a day. If you want, you can drink alcohol at the bar. No one will interfere with anyone else. In the past, it was estimated that 99 percent of the population was Muslim, but in recent surveys, the number of people who call themselves Muslim is approximately 80 percent and it is decreasing... More than half of the youth are atheists or deists
Last year 2 weeks and filming and never got checked. Guess things changed.
türkiye cumhuriyetti laik ve avrupada oldugu gibi özgürdür islam ülkesi degiliz nufusun belirli kesimi müslüman sadece araştır konuş dostum yanlış bilgi verme
Turkey is beautiful , it's sad few turks are giving up their traditions trying to satisfy westerners
Dude, no one absolutely no one is giving any traditions to satisfy anyone. It’s your own little belief…
Hijab is not a requirement in Islam, even the Quran does not explicitly instruct women to cover themselves. Women covering themselves is an manifestation of stone age patriarchal Arabic culture. It's sometimes difficult to separate Arab and Islamic cultures because they are very intertwined but they are not one and the same.
That's completely false , It is indeed mandatory the Quran states that clearly , you're just a Madkhali
Очень люблю Турцию. Была в разных странах, но Турция покорила моё сердце ❤️
Polis checkups include even Turkish citizens , so nothing personal they are dealing 40 years with terrorism, and they treated shopping centers like a airports checkups at least for the last 30 years
In the busy/touristy areas the police will pick you out when you walk as a single man. I think wearing a backpack also makes you interesting to them.
It’s cause of the terrorisme
7:53 CatStanbul
Sly, I guess the reason you were stopped and checked for ID is maybe because you visited Turkiya in a political election week ? Was it the Mayoral election for Istanbul ? I'm not sure, but they tend to be more vigilant in those parts of the world with heighted security. Anyway, the Mayor that won was a secular Mayor.
Na mate 🤓 it's just the way he looks
Очень интересно было взглянуть на Стамбул вашими глазами - человека иной культуры. Правда, это было очень интересно, спасибо за интересное видео❤❤
"Istanbul is very safe"
..as long as you stay in non-crowded, touristic areas. i wouldn't say the majority of istanbul is safe
Thank you for sharing your honest and objective views. It was more meaningful to hear it from you honestly. Police interrogation is a periodic issue and illegal immigration is at intolerable levels. The mafia has also come into the country from outside. They are trying to prevent such problems.
Türkiye changed its name many years ago but they started enforcing the change late 2022. And yes don’t harass the cats and dogs
Türkiye is the real name closer to how the people there pronounce it in their own language. Most of the sex workers there are from Russia or other former east block countries and not Turkish
Dude, you just had 5k? What happened? I'm happy for you
Following lol
@@TheDestineyy Ok lol
Open the map of Türkiye, split it right in front of the middle. Western part of that line is more secular, relaxed, modern, "europian like". Cities such as İstanvul, Eskişehir, İzmir, Aydın, Muğla, Çanakkale and so on. The eastern part of the line is occupied by mostly conservative and Kurdish population which isn't a bad thing because eastern hospitality is amazing. People there are way more kinder to the foreigners and Turks and Kurds are brothers. You still shouldn' forget that they are more conservative. Turkiye is a big country, if you project it over the map of europe it can strech from London to Warsaw hence the diversity. Either way i love every part and every culture of my country.
I ma Turkish , don’t get upset police check is normal in turkey
What??? Its kinda wild in Turkey!
Why?
Dude... Is it really hard to understand that Turkey (or Türkiye) isn't an islamic country? You were still speculating about that topic. Please dont spread misinformartion. that's all I want.
its a honest review video! many thanks Sly for sharing your thoughts!
Dude what are you on? You asked him to visit Bosporus, bagdat street, try lahmacun. He didn’t do any of that, instead he says “women need to wear hijab when they leave, although in Istanbul it’s pretty relaxed, unlike rest of Turkey, btw some neighbor was having loud sex, but I don’t know they were tourists or Turkish, it must have been a brothel, and says, the morale police didn’t knock on the door (comparing us with Iran) right after stating that the state is secular and majority is muslim.” This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about, screw him tbh.What a joke of a video.
Very nice video. Just curious, have you met any ladies in Istanbul?
I didn't like your video or preconceptions about the country.
🙏🏼🌷🫶🏼
Will you visit Iran? 💟
No
@@Hakankirbas why you talking behalf him
@@absiyehassan36 😏
If you go frim itanbul to ankara with thebus, sometimes they 3 stop and contole the bus 3 times. So itsn that you turist, its for us al brother. Its normal with a lot teroriz and refugees.
The police checks happen to me several times as well, and there seemed to be a pattern to the people they were stopping, as I'm sure you may have noticed as well. It's been a minute since I've been profiled (last time was probably Arkansas in the US lol), but I don't think I've ever been to another country where they were so blatant about it.
ÖDP’s chair Alper Taş passes by at 2:10. What do I do here, in this infinite youtube scroll?
Calling Turkey an islamic country is the same shit as calling the US a christian country. You might have assumed that was the case which is okay because well... you are American. But once you have realized that wasn't the case why are you still questioning it? This is not really a culture shock you just thought it would be different and it wasn't. Also can't believe how you mentioned the moral police could've been a thing in Turkey. Man...
Istanbul Doesn’t have a rat and mice problem Like New York Cats is important😊
I love Turckey, Marmaris!)
Bir ülkeyi böyle bir platformda tanıtırken ilk önce tarihi ile ilgili bilgi sahibi olmanızda fayda var...😅
Video çekmek basit, önemli olan bilgi aktarımı arkadaşım....
My husband is from Istanbul, but we live in Moscow.😊
we were all waiting to find out this information..
Turkey is also known for it's swimming cats at Lake Van in the east.
Nice
They were uding a bunch of infian guys all the time for the tricks.
They werent even bothering with lookalikes.
"If the content is there, the sell will do.". If someone with us thought it was the actual guy..then it would work.
I removed my comment about Turkey because you have snarky trolls on your channel. Otherwise, I'm still a fan of your channel. Good content.
What do you mean they offer women to you?
Adamin kusu 🐦 kalkmiyor 🥒🤓
wait do u have to carry ur passport around? also did they frisk u too lol??
I was shocked at secular the country is, but it’s still a very pleasant place, it’s just very touristy so don’t come to Türkiye looking for an adventure lol
Safety comes at a cost in a country where terrorism is a real problem! Im very fond of our police, they are more polite than many other European country’s. They check you and let you go past very quick usually. About that moaning, what can i say, Turkiye has a young population and the morality of them is a bit off. You mentioned that in other country’s the moral police would take care of it, in Turkiye thats a no go. As long as it is no criminal activity they wont let them be bothered by anyone and because they are stubborn it is really not advised to get involved.
Very fair comment about istanbul
I’m looking to go to Turkey for dental work. Also interested in meeting a woman while I’m there lol. Did u feel any racism? I’m blk as well
Have you experienced any racism in Turkey?
this (above) part is turkey's mostly non-muslim part... atheists, christians, jews etc.... but generally not muslims...
Lol, no . There are a few christian population in here. So they are mostly turkish .
Atheists, deists, non religious but mostly Turks actually😊
WOW still in turkey 🥱🥱🥱🥱
❤️🇹🇷🫡