Thanks so much for watching! If anyone is fluent in Turkish and would be interested in translating my video for closed captions, please let me know! I would be so grateful
@@gizemkaban4127 oh my gosh! that would be amazing!! Thank you so much in advance :) i turned on community contributions so you should be able to do it. i don't know if you've ever done this before, but these are the steps to follow: -Select the video's language. -Play the video. When you get to the part where you want to add a caption, type your caption into the box. -Repeat this process for all the audio in the video, then click Submit contribution. -You'll be asked if the captions are complete or if there's still more to be done. This helps us figure out if other contributors need to pick up where you left off. Choose No - Let others keep working on them or Yes - They're ready to be reviewed. -Click Submit. I got those steps from google support - support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en
Kelly does her thing Hey, I couldn’t see Turkish subtitles on this video of yours. I guess it’s not settled. I can translate it if you want. I also live in Izmir and it is such a beautiful city! I am glad you liked it, too. By the way, I really liked your observations about Turkey. 😊
same thing applies for certain places in istanbul. if you're overly confident and dont take warnings, walking around just about anywhere like you would in izmir, youll get jumped or raped or something. just like NYC. so stay away from alleyways mate.
@@unspoken1905 Türk tarihini ve dilini 1000 yıl ile sınırlayanlar yobaz şeriatçılardır. Onlar tarihimizin İslamla başladığını ima ederler. Sen de yobaz değilsen aklına o bilgi çalınmış ve kafadan bir şey sallamışsın. İnsan bir şeyi düzeltmek için önce bir araştırır, başkasına "araştır" demez. 1000 yıldan fazla demek 1050, 1100, 1300 de olabilir, ama Türk tarihi ve dili 2000 yılın üzerindedir. Daha öncesine ulaşmıyoruz çünkü yazılı Türk kaynağı yok. Birçok şeyi Çinlilerden öğreniyoruz. Özetle şeriatçı yobazlar gibi 1000 yıl deme. Hiç olmazsa Göktürklerden kalan anıtları hatırla.
Actually there is a misunderstanding here. People can understand what Ataturk said because we were not speak Arabic before 1923, we were speaking Turkish in all history as today we do. But our alphabet is arabic and now we use latin words. That's all :)
Yes, to clarify, she says that she was mistaken in thinking Turks spoke Arabic. She says that Atatürk developed the TDK to replace loanwords from Persian and Arabic with Turkish words, and that the language itself has changed considerably since this reform. I'm confused though, why she thinks his speech from 100 years ago would be unintelligible to Turkish speakers today ...
@@tepeli4935 oh word, thank you for the correction. I didn't realize the breadth of the vocabulary change, nor how impactful it was. Are there any English-language resources about this? When I do a google search it returns Wikipedia & a few rudimentary articles, then everything is in Turkish; my Turkish reading comprehension is insufficient to understand it.
@@poopsmagoo As I checked the subject on Wikipedia, it looks clear on many things about the replacements in Turkish. I will leave the link here for you and if you have a certain question or anything else, I would really love to try and answer. Link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replacement_of_loanwords_in_Turkish
This alphabeth is not Arabic Arabs they did not have same alphabet as today they took it from Persians when they attack Iran and forced Islam on Iranians it was during that time which they changed the alphabeth from Kofi to the present one.
because the Bible was traditionally in Finnish? my line of thought was: The dominant religion in Turkey is Islam. Its religious text is traditionally written in Arabic. The dominant religion in Germany is Christianity (used to be even more dominant than it is today). Its religious text was traditionally written in Latin.
First time I heard restaurants telling me that the vegetables were not in season right now. Everything is in season in America.... Worlds of difference in the food, in the best way possible! Was my favorite thing about Turkey. Oh the lamb.... Uhhhhhhhhhh, way better than the pork in America.
The claim that Turkish language was actually "developed" in the past 100 years is pure nonsense. The first Turkish dictionary was written in 1074 (It is called "Divan'i Lugat'it Turk" and was written by Kashgarli Mahmud) Which makes it almost as old as the Anglo-saxon control on the island called Britain. (yeah Turkish dictionary is as old as England) . What happened in the republic era was to promote a puritan version of Turkish as a language of Literature, Education and Science. That is all. Language already existed.
don't like it when people who don't know history talk about historic things or events. What language the Ottoman Empire and before them the seljuks used to write their documents? What language did they use to communicate? I'm sceptical of this Western fetishized image of Ataturk as the real founder of the Turks land, language and Turkish culture.
@@theliberalthinker3308 Seljuks used Farsi (Persian language) for civil beurocracy but they used Turkish in the military. Ottomans used a version of Turkish (overly) rich with Arabic and Farsi loanwords for the beurocracy. They also used some Arabic in Science and from time to time Farsi for poetry. Muhakemet'ül Lugateyn (Judgement of Dictionaries) is a book written by Ali Şir Nevai (Turkish poet) in 15th century, and it compares Turkish with Farsi and (probably with a political agenda) tries to prove that Turkish is a superior language. In the same book he claims that the languages of the world that worth mentioning are : Arabic, Farsi, Indian and Turkish. :) He then claims that the superiority of Arabic and Inferiority of Indian is so obvious that a meaningful scientific study should be a comparison between Turkish and Farsi.. So Turkish was at least a player in the cultural game that can not be ignored. It clearly did exist.. (with a dictionary and with literature)
@@smyrnianlink It seems you misunderstood my statement above -- I didn't say the Turkish language was newly established; I was rather countering that argument with rhetorical questions. I know the Turkish language has always existed, in both spoken and written forms, at least in the last 1000 years. It doesn't matter in what alphabet it was written, Arabic, Latin or any other type of alphabet. I know that in the 11th century alone a dictionary and other books to teach Turkish to Arabs were published.
The Turkish language wasn't developed in the last century but rather standardised just like any other language nowadays. Essentially, the so-called Ottoman Turkish was used by the elites and upper class and was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian but the ordinary Turkish folk kept speaking simple Turkish but during those times this Turkish was considered "peasant" tongue. The same thing happened with English as well. For a time when English was dominated by Latin and French, people who spoke normal English was considered peasants until of course this was reversed. The same thing happened here, Atatürk brought the simple Turkish that was spoken by the people as the standard version of the newly founded state. The reason why the language developed so late was that the Turks were nomads at the beginning and travelled between various regions until they converted to Islam and settled in Anatolia.
This is the comment I had been crafting a response for to request to do a collab with you or at least a meet up. I just hadn’t figured out how to word it yet since I’ve never asked to do a collab with someone before. 🤷🏼♀️ it has me on pause with responding to comments on this video that you’ll notice anyone who wrote after you hasn’t gotten a response
way to go kelly I grew up in New york city half my life, now I moved back to turkiye my native country and here every sence I m in Rize black sea region way better than the NYC exhaust fumes
There is no comparision between istanbul and NYC istanbul has many population and bigger 4 times than NYC but its cleaner sheaper pretty girls in stylish looking many historical sites great airport the apartments are in good shape and cheap its just 250 dollar for a partment in nyc it goes to 2000 dollar wow
Great video Kelly. I've only been on holiday twice in Turkey but I know some people there and your comments were spot-on. Very hospitable indeed, Turkish people have big hearts. Also, indeed big differences between the western mediterranean parts and more inland and to the north or east. Fresh food and great grilled meats etc.! I some ways, Turkish behaviour in public places is almost like the opposite of that in Germany: A Turk is almost like "please bother me"; a German is more like "please don't bother me". ;-)
Great video!!! I'm in Turkey for the past month and am experiencing both the amazing food and the crazy driving, however growing up driving in NYC kinda prepared me for driving in Turkey. LOL thanks so much for your video, :)
Let's have more about Turkey. You had a good experience there, and we (meaning I) don't see that much about Turkey, so anything you could show us would be great.
Loved the description of the driving. I'll never forget driving down a one way street in Bodrum as a car a bit up front just stops and start to reverse at speed. The lady had missed her turn , so rather than drive an extra 2 minutes to get to where she wanted she decides to just stop and reverse. Absolute panic in our car haha. I have a house there I use regularly and love the place more and more. Love the people and the friendliness. Love the freshness of the food. Always a big disappointment eating a tomato when back in the UK.
Kelly wow! I couldn't believe my eyes. I am Turkish and have been following you for a long while. I have been to Germany and my bestfriend has come to USA for her masters degree in DC. We're both originally from Izmir. And I suggested your channel to her since now you live also in DC. Maybe you are at the same university. At the first glance I thought your thumbnail and the headline of another video mistakenly came up together. But it turned out you actually lived in Turkey. Haha I feel like we have special bond at this point! I would like to meet you in person. (Me, trying to get friends on youtube hahah believe me it is my first attempt and I'm feeling weird :D) Your observations are so damn true girl! I just admired your analytical and intellectual way of thinking. The most accurate description of Turkey by a foreign eye! Congrats! If you happened to be in Turkey again please let me know. I moved into Istanbul from Izmir and Istanbul has way more potential to be discovered compared to Izmir. You should definitely experience it :)
Zeynap - what a small world! and i'm so glad that you found my channel :) I attend George Washington University - do you know which school she attends? I'm happy you enjoyed the video :) i was a little nervous because it's been a few years since i've lived in Turkey so I know i'm a little bit outdated with my experiences, so I'm really happy to read your compliment. I for sure will let you know if i get to turkey again...i really would love to get back there! iyi akşamlar, Kelly
@@Kellydoesherthing Yess she attends the same school! Her department is politics and international relations. Lately she has been complaining about rats in DC 😂 We don't have any trouble regarding mouse and she was so shocked by the quantity of them 😅 If you miss some Turkish food maybe she can make you some. If you need anything (tangible or intangible) let us know! :)
Iskender is Turkified version of Alexander. (The man who first made this meal was a cook named Iskender in city of Bursa). You go to a restorant and ask the waiter; I want one and a half Alexander please.! Yes, I want hot butter on it. Thank you.
No that was the biggest lie ever they gave it the alexander name couse alaxender is greek and european arabo Turkic people hate them it is even written in their books so people are eating the alexander meal given my the name alexander energy a spell.. You are eating him
Spent one week (yeah, just one week) in Istanbul, and totally fell in love with that entire country! People, language, food, culture, warmth, weather - it is like a piece of heaven. By the way, did you notice their names? Every darn name sounds like a character from Lord Of The Rings.
I've never been there but have been around the Turkish language a little bit and it is such a lovely, fluid-sounding language to me. Agreed on the fascinating names!
Merhaba, Kelly! You are not weird at all! Although I never "lived" in Turkey, I vacationed there for about 12 weeks within 3 years. I can relate to many of your observations. We travelled by ourselves, most of the time by public transportation and to less touristy regions (Black Sea Coast, Ararat, Van Lake, southeastern Turkey, close to the Syrian border, even through Kurdish areas). There is a very dense net of public bus services. That way, we made easily contact with Turkish people. For us Germans, it is a bit easier, even if you don't speak the language. You may know, that many people fromTurkey came to Germany for work, starting in the 1960s - the so-called Gastarbeiter. What a euphemism! Most of them weren't treated very kindly. However, many returned to Turkey after retirement. So, when we arrived at the central bus station of a town, words made the round that there are Germans in town. Within a few minutes, a former "Gastarbeiter" showed up, offering help and of course their overwhelming hospitality. Knowing a few Turkish words are a great door opener, too, like in any foreign country. We never heard them speaking of bad experiences in Germany. Certainly a way of saving their faces. I often felt so embarrassed. It would never come to my mind to invite a stranger, just arrived at the main train station of Hamburg, to my home, to stay a couple of days. Yes, Turkish food is delicious, but stay away from Çorba soup (made of intestines). Yes, the people are driving insanely in their cars. That is why we hired a car for four days only while visiting Cappadocia. Turkish culture and history are amazing (although it really is Hethite, respectively Ottoman culture or history with Ancient Greek, Egyptian and Roman influx. Looking forward to more videos about living in Turkey. Allah ismalardik!
Merhaba, Regina! That's so great that you've gotten to see all of those places in Turkey and it sounds like you made some great memories through your experiences. I've often wondered what the relationship is between German tourists and Turks just because of some of the things I've heard about the Gastarbeiter so thank you very much for giving me a little bit of insight on that. Iyi akşamlar! Kelly
@@reginahornung Hahaha :) Yeah, işkembe soup is not for everyone :) personally I could never drink it myself with a sober head. But it is a great hangover food !
I traveled around Turkey for 10 days and I found Izmir to be sooooo different in comparison to the rest of the country. Really, really westernized. The East (Kapadocia, Konya) are very conservative and Istanbul is kind of in between. And yes, the food is to die for 🤤
Istanbul is in-between because of the massive immigration it got from Anatolian villages in the last three decades. Its original culture was very cosmopolitan and multicultural. I won't say westernized only because it was its own authentic civilized culture not a copy. The New comers have created Erdogan, whom he represents. A new kind of materialistic islamism. The ultra nationalist Ataturk worship and flags in Izmir is mainly a stand against that. It wasn't so pronounced before the wave of islamism.
Yes, he is a dictator like Hitler and Stalin Whoever criticizes Ataturk in Turkey, he will be thrown into prison for 200 years Although Ataturk is dead since about 70 years He is the only dictator in the world who still punishes his critics even he is dead since 70 years
Thank you for the video, that was pretty interesting! :) I've never been in Turkey myself, but my brother was married to a Turkish woman once. He also said that I should watch out for authentic Turkish cuisine when I visit Turkish restaurants! :D Here in Germany, where I live, in the Southwestern region, we have a lot of people originally from Turkey and even Turkish supermarkets (even in small town like this one)! :D I really like some of the less healthy foods like tahinli dut (mulberry sesame paste), helva and cemen (spice paste as a spread for bread), and of course sucuk (spicy garlic sausage)! :D Our Turkish supermarkets also have Turkish bakeries, and they have a lot of interesting stuff that has a very unique taste! ;) (btw Sucuk is even available in other supermarkets now)
there were definitely some things i had to get used to hahah maybe in a future video i will talk more about my experiences in trying to learn german in germany vs turkish in turkey. every time i tried to speak in turkish in turkey, they were so patient with me and helpful even when i was totally screwing it all up. they were really just happy to see me try haha in germany when i tried to speak in german, i usually got audibly huffed at or very impatient glances or eye rolls...it was extremely intimidating and stressful...and so i just stopped trying.
@@Kellydoesherthing This is sad to hear. The German words I heard from you are nearly perfect. So please try on learning German if you like. Although most Germans think they do speak English like their second mother language. But that's nonsense, as you know, we fail with "false friends", with grammar, with common sayings and pronunciation unless we lived in the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand at least for more than half a year. Neither did I. So I use your videos to improve my English, too. (Thank you for that!) Besides that, I like your analytic and detailed view of smaller and bigger things. More stuff about your stay in Turkey would be nice.
@@Kellydoesherthing That explains a lot -- I was wondering why you always claimed you didn't speak German when I imagined you had at least a few of the touristy-type survival phrases memorized, but if you were getting attitude every time you even tried to speak German, it's completely understandable why you'd want to stop trying. So disappointing to hear this. Was that experience true for you both in the big cities as well as smaller towns in Germany?
Vvv Nnn i was in Mainz when I tried to speak german the first several times and after having such negative experiences, I was shy to try anywhere so I can’t really say which is better or worse
I'm glad to hear that you were so satisfied to live in Turkey. It's also great to hear your experiences about what you've faced up in Turkey. Especially I highly recommend to travel the other cities that would charm you when you go there like Eskişehir that is my hometown :) also İzmir just like Eskişehir, even though it's not as good as eskişehir :)) (those Turkısh who read this, don't get me wrong. ı'm just kidding but this could be a fact:)) ıf you come to Eskişehir, you are so welcome here. Just let me know you are here. I can try to help you to visit some beautiful places. Thanks for this great video. That would be pretty good to see you vlogs about living in Turkey.
I’m happy you enjoyed the video :) I really wish I would’ve had my RUclips channel back then because i would’ve been able to do some really interesting vlogs. Thanks for the comment :)
Great and very descriptive review Kelly. I grew up in Istanbul and living in States now. I go back twice a year. You are so right about the food, lol 😆
Turkish was not formed 100 years ago... Ottoman empire also spoke Turkish (Osmanli Turkcesi) written in arabic script and it is older than the Ottoman empire rooting from central empire the only changes are from orkhon to arabic to Latin script Turkish is spoken in Turkey, Azeebaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Norrhern Cyprus, Crimea, East Turkistan (China), Kyrgyzstan and it is referred to as The Turkic language of the Turkic peoples.
Only palace people used so many Arabic Farsi words . Not the people of villages people on the streets. People were speaking almost pure Turkish very close to we speak today. What Ataturk changed is written language, palace language, so new schools can teach pure Turkish instead.(there weren't organized education system that can reach everyone in the empire until Ataturk.)
"Synchronised chaos" for Turkish traffic, kind of correct. Everybody cuts everybody off. But few accidents happen. In time you learn "proactive driving". Before my visit to the U.S. I asked an American "What do you think, will I manage to drive there?" He replied "If you can do here, you can easily drive in there" :)
Actually it's our third alphabet. Turks had been using Gokturk alphabet when they were living in central asia. When they came to anatolia they contact to arabic and persian peoples and then in centuries somehow they started using arabic alphabet. But great leader Ataturk thought arabic alphabet not so relative with Turkish language and then converted to latin alphabet. At 1923 in Turkey literacy rate was just 3.8%, and then Turks had been using latin alphabet that in decade literacy rate is improve to 38%, 10x higher rate.
I lived in turkey from 1993 to 1995. Izmir is where I worked. But I lived in Bornova. Had my 1st earthquake while there. Loved it. People were friendly. Cost was cheap and I traveled all over while there. U.S. Army. Was stationed at Nato (now closed. My son was born in Alsancak hastanisi.
@@esra9993 Analayamıyorsan tükçe bilmediğindedir. Bırak Atatürk ü osmanlıdan önce yaşamış Yunus emreyi bile çok rahat, Göktürk anıtlarını ise az biraz beynini kullanarak anlarsın
Great video! I recently have gotten interested in the Turkish culture mainly because of how giving and friendly their people are! Are you familiar with any teach English abroad programs in Turkey that doesn't involve having a TESOL/TELF certificate? I have two years of teaching as a language assistant in Spain as well as a bachelor's degree.
The funny fact: Turkey means chicken in America But in Turkey they call the 🦃 Hendi which means India But we Arabs call the 🦃 Romi which means Rome I think no one wants that poor chicken 🦃 😂
Why am I watching this video once in a few years again and again? Could it be because I am an Izmir guy living in BC, CA? or just bc it is lovely. Whatever, thank you Kelly for your kind comments and for you shared your experiences with us.
Turkish is a language with thousands of years of history and many dialects. Ataturk popularized the Istanbul accent to ensure linguistic integrity. Most of the educated people of that period had an Istanbul accent. Turkish was also used during the Ottoman period. Ottoman was used only in the Ottoman palace and its surroundings. We have English in our trainings, but since we do not use it, we forget it and it becomes very difficult to speak it over time.
interesting & funny video! I essentially grew up in Germany, to Turkish parents - there are many Turkish Germans / German Turks! I´ve been living in Istanbul for almost 7 years now and I remember when Erdogan lifted the headscarf-ban from public buildings (like schools, banks, universities, government / municipal buildings) and now - 5 years later - you can see headscarfs, hijabs, burkas everywhere. "Religious Freedom" in the worst possible case: mixing politics with religion - which was also banned by Atatürk. I digress... I agree mostly 2 things you said: - Turkish Breakfast is the best there is - "Synchronized Anarchy" as description of Turkish "Traffic Rules" is spot on! XD
Merhaba Furat :) thanks for your comment. I think it's a little coincidental that I should end up living in Turkey and then in Germany when those two countries have such a strong connection, as you've remarked. Thanks for sharing your observation about the increased hijabs, etc...I was a little nervous when making this video because I know my information is a bit outdated at this point in time as so many changes have been happening with Turkey. and i'm happy you liked my Synchronized Anarchy description hahaha :) iyi akşamlar! Kelly
@@Kellydoesherthing Iyi akşamlar Kelly! Good thing you´re in Germany... so many Turks who make so much delicious turkish food there ;-) Honestly, I prefer german-turkish Döner to real-turkish Döner! There´s something about the bread and sauce they add in Germany... Turkish Kebaps are much more varied though, like Iskender Kebap is one of my favourites too, but you gotto know where to find good ones, the meat quality they use is so important! What German foods do you prefer, now that you know how fantastic Turkish cuisine is? ;-)
really?? i didn't like that sauce at all hahaha but i feel that i'm alone in this as all the Germans loved that stuff! and your'e right, the Döner kebap in Turkey is way more varied than what you find in Germany. As for my favorite German foods...i mean, I really do love a good schnitzel mit pommes and i got into eating my fries with mayo at first in turkey, but then with mayo and ketchup mixed in Germany haha sadly i'm not in germany anymore...i moved to DC to go to school but i actually found (by total random chance) an amazing turkish restaurant near me. it's owned by a guy from Ankara and i was probably overly excited to tell him that i lived in izmir. he offered me Çay and i was like yep. this place is for real. haha
Kelly, you are so funny :) Turkish was invented in 19th century :) that was the funniest thing I have ever heard about Turkey. Do your research, Turkish is thousands years old language :))) Thank you a lot for your video. One more thing. You are so right about aggressive driving. But all those drivers get fines :) Because by law all government employees pedestrians and drivers alike are trusted and empowered to report on them. Enjoy Turkey and thank you for sharing
Really enjoyed this one. I was able to hang out with several Turkish students while in NY and yes the food is AMAZING but the people were so kind and solicitous as well. Just had great experiences with my Turkish friends. What happened to the video you had on Turkish drinks?? I didn't get to watch it before it was taken down, boo!
Yeah, I'm curious if it was a study abroad thing or if she was maybe stationed there? Just guessing. Maybe she'll reveal more, if she's comfortable doing so!
I’m an Arab from Kuwait 🇰🇼 I have a Brazilian friend came to visiting me in Kuwait & yes he thought Turkish are Arabs 😂 he thought Pakistani are Arabs too lol I think most of western think that all Muslims should be Arabs which is wrong. The majority of Muslims aren’t Arabs, actually we Arabs are mixed between Muslims & Christians.. Anyway I have been to Turkey before it’s a nice country similar to Lebanon but what I hate it about turkey is their taxis they don’t respect the tourists & trying to steal money from them it’s happened with me twice 🥺 Food is amazing. the Turkish people hardly speaking English & when I talk to them in English specially in the tourists restaurants they answer me in Arabic which I found it amazing lol 😆
Just one correction, Turkish is a language for over 1000 years old. Ataturk didn't develop the language, he only adapted latin alphabet and removed (reduced) the Farsi elements that was adopted during the Ottoman Empire, going back to its Asian roots :)
I do find the evolution of Turkish interesting. It's important to remember, though, that it's a Central Asian language with very different roots than either the Arabic language or European languages, and with a very different sound.
you're so right...it's incredibly difficult for me to pronounce turkish and to be able to understand it. every time i want to complain about how i struggle to pronounce german, i remember how difficult turkish is hahah
I very much like the way it sounds, though, at least what I hear on Turkish movies and a few Turkish tv serials. I've learned to recognize mother, father, sister, brother, good morning, bon appetit (as you say) and a few other simple things. These movies and tv shows often show everyone gathering around the breakfast table: it looks Great!
Here is a history of the Turks from Eastern Turkistan (China) to present day it is 7 mins long and shows it in country balls with the music for its era. You can hear the massive change in language over time and music of course. Goes from Mongolian style to current. ruclips.net/video/sS4iReTXruk/видео.html Turks are nomads and lived in tents most of its time. Some dishes are nomadic on the go like Lahmacun, Gozleme etc are all from China era brought with us to Anatolia.
I think you all need to go to school and learn about Turkey and Turkish language. The Origins of Turkish Language is over 8500 years or more and it called Turkic not Turkish and it is originated in Asia,The original Turkic or Turkish language has no Roman alphabet, but uses characters similar to Chinese and Japanese kanji. Turkic languages are spoken in a widespread geography from West Asia to the South East Europe in many dialects. Geographically, it can be considered one of the most spoken language families in the world. In addition to being the official languages of the countries such Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and so on is the actual orginal Turkish language and its totally different in Turkey , it is also recognized or non-recognized minority languages in countries like Greece, Iraq and Iran. Moreover, Turkish, which is the most spoken dialect of Turkic languages, is one of the most widely spoken language in West European countries such as Germany, France and Netherlands due to Turkish immigrant presence in those countries. Some estimates suggest that there are around more than 180 million of people who are speaking a Turkic language as their mother tongue.
I think you mean niqab. Burka is something completely different. Hijab covers the hair, leaving face revealed. Niqab shows only the eyes. Burka is mostly only worn in Afghanistan.
I've just subscribed your channel and you're so sweet and thanks for your opinions for my country, as a Turks say to you welcome to Turkey ;) And i live in california, and hello to you from here 😉👍
Moaath Albukairy Oh, fuck off! Im sorry but they show us like Arabs which we know today women barely have rights! Sorry to be the person who tells you the sad facts but this is exactly like that! Now, fuck off again. Its clear who has the inferiority complex.
It is fascinating to hear foreigners speak about turkey. I am of turkish origin but born and ever since live in germany. Turks do not appreciate their rich live, full of culture, warmth, adventure, nature....they think neighbours yard is always greener...
As far as food goes, there's a lot of great stuff in Turkey, but one small, humble and UTTERLY AWESOME thing is often overlooked: Ayran! Okay, it's a drink, not a food, but I think I could make a whole diet out of it, it's so yummy... Also elma çay (apple tea) and baclava (although, heresy ahead: I have to say Syrian baclava is way better than the Turkish one).
Kelly Trump is driving me crazy I want to move out of the US! I enjoyed this video so much hearing your experience in Turkey. I want to find a place in the world that is warm, peaceful with kind people and great food! Thank you again!
it really is the best. my mouth is starting to water right now just thinking about it hahaha thanks for sharing :) that's really cool that you get to go there every summer
zaid zaid Do you have anything better to do, than ruining others experiences? If you didn‘t like the fish then whatever, but please leave me alone with your drama.
Turkish language was one of the oldest languages in the world and later on because of Ottomans we lost much of our language because Ottomans loved Arabic and Persian more.
I’ll tell ya what! I’m a Turk living in America! :D Well... I was born in America. Parents moved here from Macedonia (Turkish minority there). Nice to see your perspective 🙂
They are of the same your religion as you do not forget you are also Muslim Do not try to trick us into show us how much you are liberal The whole world knows that Turkey supports terrorism and terrorists Turkey massacred one million poor Christians, 100 years ago at the same time We will not forget the massacre of the Armenians There is such a saying Do not give your back to Turk person because he will stab you from behind And there is another saying Never trust in Turk person
@@95bekirable Have you ever heard of Omar Bradley, a US commander? in 1945 Well, he is not a Muslim and his name has nothing to do with Islam But his father loved a poet named Omar Khayyam, and his son was given that name The name has nothing to do with religion The Turks have a flat mind They can not Accepting another cultures Or something named Multiculturalism The Turks are stuck with Chauvinism stuck with pride in their country stuck with their nationality stuck with Non-acceptance the freedom of opinion Non-acceptance the freedom of speech Non-acceptance the criticism they feel offended from everything And they are serious about everything so even joking their Prisons are full of journalists also They have a dictator named Ataturk he is dead 70 years ago If someone criticizes that dictator they will thrown him In jail for the rest of his life Their life there like North Korea and they have a very low IQ
Sort giyen kizlar sembolik bir soz, kadın en rahat izmirde yaşıyor. Ben Izmirli degilim 3 kez gittim Izmir'e. Tartismasiz Izmir Turkiye'nin en modern sehri. Turkiye'de gittiğim birçoklarıyla sehir resmen Ortadoğu.
Good job girl-- you nailed it! I love Turkey too.... people nitpicking about when a Turkish language was developed can Bug off. You are right that the Turkish language was formalized into the official language less than 100 years ago. The Turkic language has been around forever- but wasn't an "official" language until Ataturk made it mandatory and created today's Turkish alphabet based on the Latin alphabet.
You kept out of politics, so you enjoyed your stay. I signed several pleas, "Free Deniz Yücel." This means I should stay away from Turkey for several years.
Wow dude over doing it much? They don't care about your petitions man. Don't join or support FETO, don't join or support PKK and don't swear at Erdogan and you'll be fine.
@@Kellydoesherthing He or she is way over doing it that's idiotic we are not North Korea. Deniz Yucel supported PKK activities it is illegal. Not saying I agree with imprisonments.
@@milosjanos5058 oh sorry Theres a march named İzmir march and it's starts İzmir'in and you say İzmir,in like that And ı said ı readed like İzmir'in dağları(mountain) (Sorry if there is grammar mistakes)
Turkish language is at least 17.000 years old. There have been found 3 different Turkish writings. The Roman Emipire was build by Etrux whom did also speak Turkish.
I had several holidays in Turkey during the 90th. I can absolutely agree to your description of the kindness of people. But I have a problem to give a thumb up or down to your video. 2013 was still a fine year - but I feel that times have changed a lot - for me in a bad way. You experienced the wearing of hidschab in that time was a new freedom to the religious people - now it seems to be nearly restrictive. You mentioned Döner - I often hear, it was invented in Berlin (ok, by Turkish people). During my visits I only saw Döner in the touristic centers - never in general areas. Yes, most of the Turkish food is healthy - and everything is delicious. Well I don't have to travel far - here around is a large population of Turkish - or (how to tell - their parents or grandparents came from there.
so i've learned that there is the Döner that Germans know and there is the Döner that Turks know, and they are not the same. Döner to a German means the specific type of sandwich that was invented in Berlin many years ago by some Turks who wanted to sell a food that was easy to eat on the go. Döner or Döner Kebab in Turkey refers to the type of meat that goes into the Döner that Germans know - the meat that is on the cylindrical cone and spun/grilled continuously. Döner or Döner Kebab has been around for centuries...i promise you it was not invented in Berlin. It is like Americans saying that we invented pizza because we have deep dish Chicago pizza. I hope this makes sense and that I explained it well enough. And the Turkish food in Germany is not exactly what you would find in Turkey. Just like how Chinese immigrants, etc opening restaurants in the US will often alter their food/cuisine/recipes to accommodate the American taste, Turks have done the same for you.
@@Kellydoesherthing Yea, might be. I base my speech on several discussions here in Germany. I already had a good friend in school who was a Turk. When I visited Turkey in the 90th I cannot remember to see only one Döner cone, that was daily in Cologne. Maybe one in Bodrum (cause of the German tourists). But for me it was never a fault. The traditional food offered along the highways or in small restaurants were always sooo delicious.
Thanks for the video, it was perfect. I am married with American and sometimes I cant explain things like afiyet olsun :) we would love you see more videos about Turkey:)
Came this vid as soon as I've heard you mention Turkey in one of your Germany vids 😂 Was actually preparing for a cringe fest (especially after seeing the burqa in the thumbnail) with Arabic music in the back ground and full of wrong info. Though this was quite on point 😄 Thanks for the vid. Looking forward for #2
Thanks so much for watching! If anyone is fluent in Turkish and would be interested in translating my video for closed captions, please let me know! I would be so grateful
Kelly does her thing hi, i can translate your videos
@@gizemkaban4127 oh my gosh! that would be amazing!! Thank you so much in advance :) i turned on community contributions so you should be able to do it. i don't know if you've ever done this before, but these are the steps to follow:
-Select the video's language.
-Play the video. When you get to the part where you want to add a caption, type your caption into the box.
-Repeat this process for all the audio in the video, then click Submit contribution.
-You'll be asked if the captions are complete or if there's still more to be done. This helps us figure out if other contributors need to pick up where you left off. Choose No - Let others keep working on them or Yes - They're ready to be reviewed.
-Click Submit.
I got those steps from google support - support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en
Izmir is called the infidel city???
Kelly does her thing Hey, I couldn’t see Turkish subtitles on this video of yours. I guess it’s not settled. I can translate it if you want. I also live in Izmir and it is such a beautiful city! I am glad you liked it, too. By the way, I really liked your observations about Turkey. 😊
@okan oymak İnanamıyorum. Türkiye'mizi bu sekilde mi temsil ediyorsun?
I’m an American living in Izmir too! Izmir is the best😍
Go for it! I love izmir but Istanbul is amazing also. There’s some English teaching jobs there for work. Good luck!
Americans are Welcome
As a Turkish person, Izmir is the best
@bm3racer she is a hit person there.
same thing applies for certain places in istanbul. if you're overly confident and dont take warnings, walking around just about anywhere like you would in izmir, youll get jumped or raped or something. just like NYC. so stay away from alleyways mate.
Turkish language has a history for more than 1000 years, not 100 years. Atatürk just changed the alphabet and some words. Language is the same.
"More than 1000 years"? Sen Türk dilinin ve tarihinin İslamla başladığını mı sanıyorsun? 100 yıl ne kadar saçmaysa 1000 yıl da bir Türk için cahilce.
@@eversut1 1000 yıl demedim ki 1000 yıldan fazla dedim. Sadece yuvarlak bir sayı kullandım. Araştırsın, görsün 1000 yıldan ne kadar fazla olduğunu.
@@unspoken1905 Türk tarihini ve dilini 1000 yıl ile sınırlayanlar yobaz şeriatçılardır. Onlar tarihimizin İslamla başladığını ima ederler. Sen de yobaz değilsen aklına o bilgi çalınmış ve kafadan bir şey sallamışsın. İnsan bir şeyi düzeltmek için önce bir araştırır, başkasına "araştır" demez. 1000 yıldan fazla demek 1050, 1100, 1300 de olabilir, ama Türk tarihi ve dili 2000 yılın üzerindedir. Daha öncesine ulaşmıyoruz çünkü yazılı Türk kaynağı yok. Birçok şeyi Çinlilerden öğreniyoruz. Özetle şeriatçı yobazlar gibi 1000 yıl deme. Hiç olmazsa Göktürklerden kalan anıtları hatırla.
@@eversut1 peki
@@unspoken1905 süt dökmüş kediye dönmüşsün xd
Actually there is a misunderstanding here. People can understand what Ataturk said because we were not speak Arabic before 1923, we were speaking Turkish in all history as today we do. But our alphabet is arabic and now we use latin words. That's all :)
Yes, to clarify, she says that she was mistaken in thinking Turks spoke Arabic. She says that Atatürk developed the TDK to replace loanwords from Persian and Arabic with Turkish words, and that the language itself has changed considerably since this reform.
I'm confused though, why she thinks his speech from 100 years ago would be unintelligible to Turkish speakers today ...
@@tepeli4935 oh word, thank you for the correction. I didn't realize the breadth of the vocabulary change, nor how impactful it was. Are there any English-language resources about this? When I do a google search it returns Wikipedia & a few rudimentary articles, then everything is in Turkish; my Turkish reading comprehension is insufficient to understand it.
@@poopsmagoo As I checked the subject on Wikipedia, it looks clear on many things about the replacements in Turkish. I will leave the link here for you and if you have a certain question or anything else, I would really love to try and answer.
Link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replacement_of_loanwords_in_Turkish
@İBRAHİM YOU R RIGHT
This alphabeth is not Arabic Arabs they did not have same alphabet as today they took it from Persians when they attack Iran and forced Islam on Iranians it was during that time which they changed the alphabeth from Kofi to the present one.
Haha, thinking Turks speak Arabic is kinda like thinking Germans speak Latin :D
No it’s not. signed: linguist
i was not speaking from linguistics, but from historical context.
@@silkwesir1444 Fair enough :-)
because the Bible was traditionally in Finnish?
my line of thought was: The dominant religion in Turkey is Islam. Its religious text is traditionally written in Arabic. The dominant religion in Germany is Christianity (used to be even more dominant than it is today). Its religious text was traditionally written in Latin.
We have alot of words that are Arabic and Persian
lol, turkish was always turkish. only the writing turned from arabic alphabet into western oriented one with little changes.
Peter Parker it was so full of the arabic and persian words before.I think she is trying to say that.
Çağlar Korkmazgöz doğru haklısın dediğim arapça ve farsça kelimeler saray diline aitti
Turkish is highly influenced by Arabic. Secondly, turks and Arabs are brothers after all.
@@mohamedalzohary280 The alphabet and grammar are different. Similarity is correct for old words.
@@mohamedalzohary280 siktir lan
turkey is a paradise for vegetarians ....the vegetables are so fresh and delicious
What do you even know about turkey shit eater?
@@akertheinternetwanderer467 calm down you dump
First time I heard restaurants telling me that the vegetables were not in season right now.
Everything is in season in America....
Worlds of difference in the food, in the best way possible! Was my favorite thing about Turkey.
Oh the lamb.... Uhhhhhhhhhh, way better than the pork in America.
Yes, such :)) I am Turkish and I live in Turkey. You can be sure, the cooks and moms making very healthy and so delicious dishes:))☺️
@@akertheinternetwanderer467 init
The claim that Turkish language was actually "developed" in the past 100 years is pure nonsense. The first Turkish dictionary was written in 1074 (It is called "Divan'i Lugat'it Turk" and was written by Kashgarli Mahmud) Which makes it almost as old as the Anglo-saxon control on the island called Britain. (yeah Turkish dictionary is as old as England) . What happened in the republic era was to promote a puritan version of Turkish as a language of Literature, Education and Science. That is all. Language already existed.
don't like it when people who don't know history talk about historic things or events. What language the Ottoman Empire and before them the seljuks used to write their documents? What language did they use to communicate? I'm sceptical of this Western fetishized image of Ataturk as the real founder of the Turks land, language and Turkish culture.
@@theliberalthinker3308 Seljuks used Farsi (Persian language) for civil beurocracy but they used Turkish in the military. Ottomans used a version of Turkish (overly) rich with Arabic and Farsi loanwords for the beurocracy. They also used some Arabic in Science and from time to time Farsi for poetry. Muhakemet'ül Lugateyn (Judgement of Dictionaries) is a book written by Ali Şir Nevai (Turkish poet) in 15th century, and it compares Turkish with Farsi and (probably with a political agenda) tries to prove that Turkish is a superior language. In the same book he claims that the languages of the world that worth mentioning are : Arabic, Farsi, Indian and Turkish. :)
He then claims that the superiority of Arabic and Inferiority of Indian is so obvious that a meaningful scientific study should be a comparison between Turkish and Farsi..
So Turkish was at least a player in the cultural game that can not be ignored. It clearly did exist.. (with a dictionary and with literature)
@@smyrnianlink It seems you misunderstood my statement above -- I didn't say the Turkish language was newly established; I was rather countering that argument with rhetorical questions.
I know the Turkish language has always existed, in both spoken and written forms, at least in the last 1000 years. It doesn't matter in what alphabet it was written, Arabic, Latin or any other type of alphabet.
I know that in the 11th century alone a dictionary and other books to teach Turkish to Arabs were published.
The Turkish language wasn't developed in the last century but rather standardised just like any other language nowadays. Essentially, the so-called Ottoman Turkish was used by the elites and upper class and was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian but the ordinary Turkish folk kept speaking simple Turkish but during those times this Turkish was considered "peasant" tongue. The same thing happened with English as well. For a time when English was dominated by Latin and French, people who spoke normal English was considered peasants until of course this was reversed. The same thing happened here, Atatürk brought the simple Turkish that was spoken by the people as the standard version of the newly founded state. The reason why the language developed so late was that the Turks were nomads at the beginning and travelled between various regions until they converted to Islam and settled in Anatolia.
Its the comment I'm looking for. Thanks for explanations.👍
@@zackmoly2636 If u want to see something dumb, look between your legs boy.
@@zackmoly2636 Turkey People? What are Turkey people?
@@zackmoly2636 you dumb fuck.
@@silkycherry its a political party in the USA . the young Turks
I am jealous.... I wish I could go live in Turkey for a year!
This is the comment I had been crafting a response for to request to do a collab with you or at least a meet up. I just hadn’t figured out how to word it yet since I’ve never asked to do a collab with someone before. 🤷🏼♀️ it has me on pause with responding to comments on this video that you’ll notice anyone who wrote after you hasn’t gotten a response
americans are welcome !
@@mehmetkara2666 everyone from the Southwest ist welcome yeeeeeh amk
Trust me usa is beter.. ;-;
@@weilara ok bye 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼
100 years ago we changed our alphabet from Arabic to Latin. Language is same..
we made up lots of words to replace with arabic loanwords. so language is not the same
Hey what is the nightlife like over there? I living remotely, meaning I make my income online and I would like to move there .
way to go kelly I grew up in New york city half my life, now I moved back to turkiye my native country and here every sence I m in Rize black sea region way better than the NYC exhaust fumes
There is no comparision between istanbul and NYC istanbul has many population and bigger 4 times than NYC but its cleaner sheaper pretty girls in stylish looking many historical sites great airport the apartments are in good shape and cheap its just 250 dollar for a partment in nyc it goes to 2000 dollar wow
Great video Kelly. I've only been on holiday twice in Turkey but I know some people there and your comments were spot-on. Very hospitable indeed, Turkish people have big hearts. Also, indeed big differences between the western mediterranean parts and more inland and to the north or east. Fresh food and great grilled meats etc.! I some ways, Turkish behaviour in public places is almost like the opposite of that in Germany: A Turk is almost like "please bother me"; a German is more like "please don't bother me". ;-)
Great video!!! I'm in Turkey for the past month and am experiencing both the amazing food and the crazy driving, however growing up driving in NYC kinda prepared me for driving in Turkey. LOL thanks so much for your video, :)
Hello from a Turk living in NYC 💖
I'm from Turkey. I would like to host you in my house for free. You can stay at my house as long as you want. Can you tell me your gmail address?
I am going to go study abroad in Turkey for a year! Thank you for making this video, it has helped me get another good view on the country 😊
I'm planning to study there as well! have you moved there yet, how do you like it so far?
This was also my interest but I am saving money and studying the beautiful language to be able to study abroad
It will be a great experience
Let's have more about Turkey. You had a good experience there, and we (meaning I) don't see that much about Turkey, so anything you could show us would be great.
sounds good to me!! i kept having to stop myself from saying more haha
@bm3racer thanks! we'll see....i'm thinking about doing a video where i compare what it was like to live as an American expat in Germany vs Turkey....
As a Turkish person, I would say this is the best brief description I have ever heard about Turkey! Such a good observation. 👏
How nice!😍 I'm also living in Turkey!😊 It's a beautiful country!
It really is!! I hope you’re loving it :)
Hi there ,
As an american can you stay in turkey as long as you want or you have to have a special visa .
thank you
Can you give your gmail address?
Loved the description of the driving. I'll never forget driving down a one way street in Bodrum as a car a bit up front just stops and start to reverse at speed. The lady had missed her turn , so rather than drive an extra 2 minutes to get to where she wanted she decides to just stop and reverse. Absolute panic in our car haha. I have a house there I use regularly and love the place more and more. Love the people and the friendliness. Love the freshness of the food. Always a big disappointment eating a tomato when back in the UK.
I lıke sunday dınner and musted on pizza
Kelly wow! I couldn't believe my eyes. I am Turkish and have been following you for a long while. I have been to Germany and my bestfriend has come to USA for her masters degree in DC. We're both originally from Izmir. And I suggested your channel to her since now you live also in DC. Maybe you are at the same university. At the first glance I thought your thumbnail and the headline of another video mistakenly came up together. But it turned out you actually lived in Turkey. Haha I feel like we have special bond at this point! I would like to meet you in person. (Me, trying to get friends on youtube hahah believe me it is my first attempt and I'm feeling weird :D) Your observations are so damn true girl! I just admired your analytical and intellectual way of thinking. The most accurate description of Turkey by a foreign eye! Congrats! If you happened to be in Turkey again please let me know. I moved into Istanbul from Izmir and Istanbul has way more potential to be discovered compared to Izmir. You should definitely experience it :)
Zeynap - what a small world! and i'm so glad that you found my channel :) I attend George Washington University - do you know which school she attends? I'm happy you enjoyed the video :) i was a little nervous because it's been a few years since i've lived in Turkey so I know i'm a little bit outdated with my experiences, so I'm really happy to read your compliment. I for sure will let you know if i get to turkey again...i really would love to get back there! iyi akşamlar, Kelly
@@Kellydoesherthing Yess she attends the same school! Her department is politics and international relations. Lately she has been complaining about rats in DC 😂 We don't have any trouble regarding mouse and she was so shocked by the quantity of them 😅 If you miss some Turkish food maybe she can make you some. If you need anything (tangible or intangible) let us know! :)
Zeynep Özçelebi hi
Thanks for this video! I’m moving to Izmir this spring for a year and I’m super excited !!!
Iskender is Turkified version of Alexander. (The man who first made this meal was a cook named Iskender in city of Bursa).
You go to a restorant and ask the waiter; I want one and a half Alexander please.! Yes, I want hot butter on it. Thank you.
No that was the biggest lie ever they gave it the alexander name couse alaxender is greek and european arabo Turkic people hate them it is even written in their books so people are eating the alexander meal given my the name alexander energy a spell.. You are eating him
@@midnightblue3285 You must be joking!?
@@midnightblue3285 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0skender_kebap
I love your video, I look forward to more information on your experiences about living in Turkey ;)
Well done Kelly!You have very fast and briefy summarized all about Turkey..Thank you for that..
Spent one week (yeah, just one week) in Istanbul, and totally fell in love with that entire country! People, language, food, culture, warmth, weather - it is like a piece of heaven. By the way, did you notice their names? Every darn name sounds like a character from Lord Of The Rings.
Im not sure about the fonetic part but the black speech of mordor has derived from turkish.
I've never been there but have been around the Turkish language a little bit and it is such a lovely, fluid-sounding language to me. Agreed on the fascinating names!
😆😆😆😆😆 lord of the ring part killed me
Merhaba, Kelly! You are not weird at all! Although I never "lived" in Turkey, I vacationed there for about 12 weeks within 3 years. I can relate to many of your observations. We travelled by ourselves, most of the time by public transportation and to less touristy regions (Black Sea Coast, Ararat, Van Lake, southeastern Turkey, close to the Syrian border, even through Kurdish areas). There is a very dense net of public bus services. That way, we made easily contact with Turkish people. For us Germans, it is a bit easier, even if you don't speak the language. You may know, that many people fromTurkey came to Germany for work, starting in the 1960s - the so-called Gastarbeiter. What a euphemism! Most of them weren't treated very kindly. However, many returned to Turkey after retirement. So, when we arrived at the central bus station of a town, words made the round that there are Germans in town. Within a few minutes, a former "Gastarbeiter" showed up, offering help and of course their overwhelming hospitality. Knowing a few Turkish words are a great door opener, too, like in any foreign country. We never heard them speaking of bad experiences in Germany. Certainly a way of saving their faces. I often felt so embarrassed. It would never come to my mind to invite a stranger, just arrived at the main train station of Hamburg, to my home, to stay a couple of days.
Yes, Turkish food is delicious, but stay away from Çorba soup (made of intestines). Yes, the people are driving insanely in their cars. That is why we hired a car for four days only while visiting Cappadocia. Turkish culture and history are amazing (although it really is Hethite, respectively Ottoman culture or history with Ancient Greek, Egyptian and Roman influx.
Looking forward to more videos about living in Turkey. Allah ismalardik!
Merhaba, Regina! That's so great that you've gotten to see all of those places in Turkey and it sounds like you made some great memories through your experiences. I've often wondered what the relationship is between German tourists and Turks just because of some of the things I've heard about the Gastarbeiter so thank you very much for giving me a little bit of insight on that. Iyi akşamlar! Kelly
@@Kellydoesherthing Gülle, gülle!
Actually "çorba" is the word for soup in turkish, you are talking about a specific kind of çorba, which is "işkembe çorbası" 😊
hope you visit again in 2020 inşallah
@@reginahornung Hahaha :) Yeah, işkembe soup is not for everyone :) personally I could never drink it myself with a sober head. But it is a great hangover food !
I traveled around Turkey for 10 days and I found Izmir to be sooooo different in comparison to the rest of the country. Really, really westernized. The East (Kapadocia, Konya) are very conservative and Istanbul is kind of in between.
And yes, the food is to die for 🤤
Cappadocia, Konya are not East. Did you ever see South of Turkey? If not, you losing so much things 👀
Istanbul is in-between because of the massive immigration it got from Anatolian villages in the last three decades. Its original culture was very cosmopolitan and multicultural. I won't say westernized only because it was its own authentic civilized culture not a copy. The New comers have created Erdogan, whom he represents. A new kind of materialistic islamism. The ultra nationalist Ataturk worship and flags in Izmir is mainly a stand against that. It wasn't so pronounced before the wave of islamism.
“Eastern” Mersin and yes, Adana are not less secular than Izmir, tho Adana itself is no Western.
You know soo much about us, thank you for this lovely video :)
Turkish people are the best 🖒🖒🖒
Your observations are on point! Thank you for mentioning Atatürk, not many foreigners know about him.
I’m glad you enjoyed your stay:)
thanks!! i'm glad you enjoyed the video :) i would love to come back some day
It's kind of hard to miss him when you visit Turkey... His image is everywhere
H Helga Y
About the third thing I ever learned about Turkey is who Atatürk was. But that's my experience.
Not many foreigners know about him?! What kind of foreigners do you know?
Yes, he is a dictator like Hitler and Stalin
Whoever criticizes Ataturk in Turkey, he will be thrown into prison for 200 years
Although Ataturk is dead since about 70 years
He is the only dictator in the world who still punishes his critics even he is dead since 70 years
Thank you for the video, that was pretty interesting! :) I've never been in Turkey myself, but my brother was married to a Turkish woman once. He also said that I should watch out for authentic Turkish cuisine when I visit Turkish restaurants! :D Here in Germany, where I live, in the Southwestern region, we have a lot of people originally from Turkey and even Turkish supermarkets (even in small town like this one)! :D I really like some of the less healthy foods like tahinli dut (mulberry sesame paste), helva and cemen (spice paste as a spread for bread), and of course sucuk (spicy garlic sausage)! :D Our Turkish supermarkets also have Turkish bakeries, and they have a lot of interesting stuff that has a very unique taste! ;) (btw Sucuk is even available in other supermarkets now)
Transitioning from the friendliness of strangers in Turkey to the efficiency of strangers in Germany couldn't have been easy.
there were definitely some things i had to get used to hahah maybe in a future video i will talk more about my experiences in trying to learn german in germany vs turkish in turkey. every time i tried to speak in turkish in turkey, they were so patient with me and helpful even when i was totally screwing it all up. they were really just happy to see me try haha in germany when i tried to speak in german, i usually got audibly huffed at or very impatient glances or eye rolls...it was extremely intimidating and stressful...and so i just stopped trying.
@@Kellydoesherthing This is sad to hear. The German words I heard from you are nearly perfect. So please try on learning German if you like. Although most Germans think they do speak English like their second mother language. But that's nonsense, as you know, we fail with "false friends", with grammar, with common sayings and pronunciation unless we lived in the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand at least for more than half a year. Neither did I. So I use your videos to improve my English, too. (Thank you for that!) Besides that, I like your analytic and detailed view of smaller and bigger things. More stuff about your stay in Turkey would be nice.
@@Kellydoesherthing That explains a lot -- I was wondering why you always claimed you didn't speak German when I imagined you had at least a few of the touristy-type survival phrases memorized, but if you were getting attitude every time you even tried to speak German, it's completely understandable why you'd want to stop trying. So disappointing to hear this. Was that experience true for you both in the big cities as well as smaller towns in Germany?
Vvv Nnn i was in Mainz when I tried to speak german the first several times and after having such negative experiences, I was shy to try anywhere so I can’t really say which is better or worse
I'm glad to hear that you were so satisfied to live in Turkey. It's also great to hear your experiences about what you've faced up in Turkey. Especially I highly recommend to travel the other cities that would charm you when you go there like Eskişehir that is my hometown :) also İzmir just like Eskişehir, even though it's not as good as eskişehir :)) (those Turkısh who read this, don't get me wrong. ı'm just kidding but this could be a fact:)) ıf you come to Eskişehir, you are so welcome here. Just let me know you are here. I can try to help you to visit some beautiful places. Thanks for this great video. That would be pretty good to see you vlogs about living in Turkey.
I’m happy you enjoyed the video :) I really wish I would’ve had my RUclips channel back then because i would’ve been able to do some really interesting vlogs. Thanks for the comment :)
I LOVE TURKEY❤
Hi from konya 👋👋👋
Great and very descriptive review Kelly. I grew up in Istanbul and living in States now. I go back twice a year. You are so right about the food, lol 😆
3:20 Gevrek? Sen İzmirli olmusşun ablam.
After studying my lessons, i watched your video as reward :D:D I am happy that you loved Turkey. I wish you come back again. :)))
Turkish was not formed 100 years ago... Ottoman empire also spoke Turkish (Osmanli Turkcesi) written in arabic script and it is older than the Ottoman empire rooting from central empire the only changes are from orkhon to arabic to Latin script Turkish is spoken in Turkey, Azeebaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Norrhern Cyprus, Crimea, East Turkistan (China), Kyrgyzstan and it is referred to as The Turkic language of the Turkic peoples.
Still Osmanli Türkçesi is miles away from turkish nowadays.
@@mezxai6134 no it isn't...
mez xai only writting is diff
"Ottoman Turkish" was only used in writing. Spoken Turkish changed very little.
Only palace people used so many Arabic Farsi words . Not the people of villages people on the streets. People were speaking almost pure Turkish very close to we speak today. What Ataturk changed is written language, palace language, so new schools can teach pure Turkish instead.(there weren't organized education system that can reach everyone in the empire until Ataturk.)
"Synchronised chaos" for Turkish traffic, kind of correct. Everybody cuts everybody off. But few accidents happen. In time you learn "proactive driving". Before my visit to the U.S. I asked an American "What do you think, will I manage to drive there?" He replied "If you can do here, you can easily drive in there" :)
*Proud of being Turkish* 😍👑🇹🇷
Actually it's our third alphabet. Turks had been using Gokturk alphabet when they were living in central asia. When they came to anatolia they contact to arabic and persian peoples and then in centuries somehow they started using arabic alphabet. But great leader Ataturk thought arabic alphabet not so relative with Turkish language and then converted to latin alphabet. At 1923 in Turkey literacy rate was just 3.8%, and then Turks had been using latin alphabet that in decade literacy rate is improve to 38%, 10x higher rate.
I loughed very loudly when you say “the speed was only suggestion “ :)) yes really it is for us , just an advice :)
Lol!
I lived in turkey from 1993 to 1995. Izmir is where I worked. But I lived in Bornova. Had my 1st earthquake while there. Loved it. People were friendly. Cost was cheap and I traveled all over while there. U.S. Army. Was stationed at Nato (now closed. My son was born in Alsancak hastanisi.
Turkish language was developed in 100 years?!!!!! are you sure?
atatürkün 100 yil once soylediklerini anlayabiliyor musun? hayır. ve bunun musebbibi atatürkün ta kendisi ve inkilablari
@@esra9993 Senin kadar salak bir varlık görmedim
@@esra9993 Analayamıyorsan tükçe bilmediğindedir. Bırak Atatürk ü osmanlıdan önce yaşamış Yunus emreyi bile çok rahat, Göktürk anıtlarını ise az biraz beynini kullanarak anlarsın
Great video! I recently have gotten interested in the Turkish culture mainly because of how giving and friendly their people are! Are you familiar with any teach English abroad programs in Turkey that doesn't involve having a TESOL/TELF certificate? I have two years of teaching as a language assistant in Spain as well as a bachelor's degree.
The funny fact:
Turkey means chicken in America
But in Turkey they call the 🦃 Hendi which means India
But we Arabs call the 🦃 Romi which means Rome
I think no one wants that poor chicken 🦃
😂
turkey is turkey in america, not chicken...maybe you meant that the name for the animal seems to change countries?
worst comment i ve ever seen in youtube.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Why am I watching this video once in a few years again and again? Could it be because I am an Izmir guy living in BC, CA? or just bc it is lovely. Whatever, thank you Kelly for your kind comments and for you shared your experiences with us.
American citizens are Welcome
Turkish is a language with thousands of years of history and many dialects. Ataturk popularized the Istanbul accent to ensure linguistic integrity. Most of the educated people of that period had an Istanbul accent. Turkish was also used during the Ottoman period. Ottoman was used only in the Ottoman palace and its surroundings. We have English in our trainings, but since we do not use it, we forget it and it becomes very difficult to speak it over time.
Hi from Germany!! I love Izmir!!
Hello but from konya👋👋👋
Wow that is a great video! You should do like list of your favourite Turkish food :-)
Kusadasi is soooo pretty!
Love your videos as always
thank you!! :) i can talk so much about the food hahah
sushifornico lol my city is denizli and I’ve never went to kusadasi
interesting & funny video!
I essentially grew up in Germany, to Turkish parents - there are many Turkish Germans / German Turks!
I´ve been living in Istanbul for almost 7 years now and I remember when Erdogan lifted the headscarf-ban from public buildings (like schools, banks, universities, government / municipal buildings) and now - 5 years later - you can see headscarfs, hijabs, burkas everywhere. "Religious Freedom" in the worst possible case: mixing politics with religion - which was also banned by Atatürk.
I digress...
I agree mostly 2 things you said:
- Turkish Breakfast is the best there is
- "Synchronized Anarchy" as description of Turkish "Traffic Rules" is spot on!
XD
Merhaba Furat :) thanks for your comment. I think it's a little coincidental that I should end up living in Turkey and then in Germany when those two countries have such a strong connection, as you've remarked. Thanks for sharing your observation about the increased hijabs, etc...I was a little nervous when making this video because I know my information is a bit outdated at this point in time as so many changes have been happening with Turkey. and i'm happy you liked my Synchronized Anarchy description hahaha :) iyi akşamlar! Kelly
@@Kellydoesherthing Iyi akşamlar Kelly!
Good thing you´re in Germany... so many Turks who make so much delicious turkish food there ;-)
Honestly, I prefer german-turkish Döner to real-turkish Döner! There´s something about the bread and sauce they add in Germany...
Turkish Kebaps are much more varied though, like Iskender Kebap is one of my favourites too, but you gotto know where to find good ones, the meat quality they use is so important!
What German foods do you prefer, now that you know how fantastic Turkish cuisine is?
;-)
really?? i didn't like that sauce at all hahaha but i feel that i'm alone in this as all the Germans loved that stuff! and your'e right, the Döner kebap in Turkey is way more varied than what you find in Germany. As for my favorite German foods...i mean, I really do love a good schnitzel mit pommes and i got into eating my fries with mayo at first in turkey, but then with mayo and ketchup mixed in Germany haha
sadly i'm not in germany anymore...i moved to DC to go to school but i actually found (by total random chance) an amazing turkish restaurant near me. it's owned by a guy from Ankara and i was probably overly excited to tell him that i lived in izmir. he offered me Çay and i was like yep. this place is for real. haha
@@Kellydoesherthing Very good, french fries deserve good mayonnaise!
"Iskender" I leave this one here
Those women from villages don’t wear burqa. The thing on their head isn’t even hijab. It’s just traditional.
I didn’t have many personal photos to choose from
It’s called basortu
Kelly, you are so funny :) Turkish was invented in 19th century :) that was the funniest thing I have ever heard about Turkey. Do your research, Turkish is thousands years old language :))) Thank you a lot for your video. One more thing. You are so right about aggressive driving. But all those drivers get fines :) Because by law all government employees pedestrians and drivers alike are trusted and empowered to report on them. Enjoy Turkey and thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for the info, I look forward to hearing more of your travels .
11:39 'everyone was hadi hadi' jskdksskm ben niye buna çok güldüm jsslhüsjaiü
Really enjoyed this one. I was able to hang out with several Turkish students while in NY and yes the food is AMAZING but the people were so kind and solicitous as well. Just had great experiences with my Turkish friends. What happened to the video you had on Turkish drinks?? I didn't get to watch it before it was taken down, boo!
Turkish people always speak turkish :D
Why did you move to Turkey and did you stay there all by yourself?
How many languages do you speak?
You are facinating to me, Kelly ✨
Yeah, I'm curious if it was a study abroad thing or if she was maybe stationed there? Just guessing. Maybe she'll reveal more, if she's comfortable doing so!
Hello I’m from Turkey and your Turkish accent is soooo funny!🤣🤣 I CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT TURKEY!
Welcome to our land :) You should as much as you can, taste everything. Best part of Turkish land is 1. Food 2. Food 3. People and culture 4. Climate
Merhaba ben Türk' üm , İzmir ' de yaşıyorum
Merhaba!!
@@Kellydoesherthing İ love you! 💖
Sadece Monika.
Awesome video! I'm a Turk living in Oz and I just loved it! Hope you go back again one day for another trip.
Hey im half american and i live in Turkey of course half Turkish
@Lee Harvey Oswald my dads family is american and my moms family is turkish
Hey thats cool. Im half Turkish too and half Scottish 👍👍
Cee Dee wow!! really im so happy to find another half turkish person 😊😊😊👍👍👍
Isabel Erhart i know haha. We are very rare 😂. I don’t live in Turkey though unfortunately constant bad weather for me in Scotland 👎.
Cee Dee oh im sorry:( the weather here has been really bad lately:(
EXCELLENT video full of good information. Thanks
I’m an Arab from Kuwait 🇰🇼
I have a Brazilian friend came to visiting me in Kuwait & yes he thought Turkish are Arabs 😂 he thought Pakistani are Arabs too lol
I think most of western think that all Muslims should be Arabs which is wrong.
The majority of Muslims aren’t Arabs, actually we Arabs are mixed between Muslims & Christians..
Anyway I have been to Turkey before it’s a nice country similar to Lebanon but what I hate it about turkey is their taxis they don’t respect the tourists & trying to steal money from them it’s happened with me twice 🥺
Food is amazing.
the Turkish people hardly speaking English & when I talk to them in English specially in the tourists restaurants they answer me in Arabic which I found it amazing lol 😆
Just one correction, Turkish is a language for over 1000 years old. Ataturk didn't develop the language, he only adapted latin alphabet and removed (reduced) the Farsi elements that was adopted during the Ottoman Empire, going back to its Asian roots :)
I do find the evolution of Turkish interesting. It's important to remember, though, that it's a Central Asian language with very different roots than either the Arabic language or European languages, and with a very different sound.
you're so right...it's incredibly difficult for me to pronounce turkish and to be able to understand it. every time i want to complain about how i struggle to pronounce german, i remember how difficult turkish is hahah
I very much like the way it sounds, though, at least what I hear on Turkish movies and a few Turkish tv serials. I've learned to recognize mother, father, sister, brother, good morning, bon appetit (as you say) and a few other simple things. These movies and tv shows often show everyone gathering around the breakfast table: it looks Great!
German and Turkish are phonetically much closer (meaning the two language share most of their sounds) than any of them is to English.
Here is a history of the Turks from Eastern Turkistan (China) to present day it is 7 mins long and shows it in country balls with the music for its era. You can hear the massive change in language over time and music of course. Goes from Mongolian style to current. ruclips.net/video/sS4iReTXruk/видео.html Turks are nomads and lived in tents most of its time. Some dishes are nomadic on the go like Lahmacun, Gozleme etc are all from China era brought with us to Anatolia.
I think you all need to go to school and learn about Turkey and Turkish language.
The Origins of Turkish Language is over 8500 years or more and it called Turkic not Turkish and it is originated in Asia,The original Turkic or Turkish language has no Roman alphabet, but uses characters similar to Chinese and Japanese kanji.
Turkic languages are spoken in a widespread geography from West Asia to the South East Europe in many dialects. Geographically, it can be considered one of the most spoken language families in the world. In addition to being the official languages of the countries such Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and so on is the actual orginal Turkish language and its totally different in Turkey , it is also recognized or non-recognized minority languages in countries like Greece, Iraq and Iran.
Moreover, Turkish, which is the most spoken dialect of Turkic languages, is one of the most widely spoken language in West European countries such as Germany, France and Netherlands due to Turkish immigrant presence in those countries.
Some estimates suggest that there are around more than 180 million of people who are speaking a Turkic language as their mother tongue.
I think you mean niqab. Burka is something completely different. Hijab covers the hair, leaving face revealed. Niqab shows only the eyes. Burka is mostly only worn in Afghanistan.
I meant the whole range so instead of listing them all, I went with the least severe to the most severe to paint the picture
I've just subscribed your channel and you're so sweet and thanks for your opinions for my country, as a Turks say to you welcome to Turkey ;)
And i live in california, and hello to you from here 😉👍
We never speak arabic, never and we always can wear shorts everywhere, whenever we want, not only Izmir! These two are annoying but the rest is OK.
inferiority complex...
Moaath Albukairy Oh, fuck off! Im sorry but they show us like Arabs which we know today women barely have rights! Sorry to be the person who tells you the sad facts but this is exactly like that! Now, fuck off again. Its clear who has the inferiority complex.
Moaath Albukairy you know i’m right drives you crazy lol cry somewhere far away from here.
I loved this. More /turkey impressions and experiences and opinions and points of view.
I was like "when did you move to Turkey"
Nikola haha :)
Life in Turkey as hell
madman that who wants to live in Turkey for life
It is fascinating to hear foreigners speak about turkey. I am of turkish origin but born and ever since live in germany. Turks do not appreciate their rich live, full of culture, warmth, adventure, nature....they think neighbours yard is always greener...
As far as food goes, there's a lot of great stuff in Turkey, but one small, humble and UTTERLY AWESOME thing is often overlooked: Ayran! Okay, it's a drink, not a food, but I think I could make a whole diet out of it, it's so yummy... Also elma çay (apple tea) and baclava (although, heresy ahead: I have to say Syrian baclava is way better than the Turkish one).
Ayran is delicious :) i was hesitant to try it at first but now i love it!
Thank you for your all comments about us. Its important to see Turkey with our guests eyes. Sorry for bad comments that Turkish did for your speech.
Lol the Turks sound like the drivers in southern Italy 😂😂
A fair comparison!
That is because southern italy was invaded once by ottoman empire ;) if you know what i'm saying?
Exactly hahahah
the mediterranian
Kelly Trump is driving me crazy I want to move out of the US! I enjoyed this video so much hearing your experience in Turkey. I want to find a place in the world that is warm, peaceful with kind people and great food! Thank you again!
Can you give your gmail address?
I'm from Turkey. I would like to host you in my house for free. You can stay at my house as long as you want. Can you tell me your gmail address?
Seafood in Izmir is the best
it really is the best. my mouth is starting to water right now just thinking about it hahaha thanks for sharing :) that's really cool that you get to go there every summer
Yes you mean
the boiled fish like shit ?
@@zackmoly2636 No?
I mean the fresh raw fish you can choose and then they cook it in a pan
@@FiestaPotato
wow
what's New in This ??
zaid zaid Do you have anything better to do, than ruining others experiences? If you didn‘t like the fish then whatever, but please leave me alone with your drama.
Turkish language was one of the oldest languages in the world and later on because of Ottomans we lost much of our language because Ottomans loved Arabic and Persian more.
Also we have camels for transportation :)))))
Ahaha, classic :D
I’ll tell ya what! I’m a Turk living in America! :D Well... I was born in America. Parents moved here from Macedonia (Turkish minority there).
Nice to see your perspective 🙂
If you were born in America, then don't call yourself a Turk. Or move to Turkey for living.
Chris Tee 👎🏻
You saw more women in hijabs and niqabs in time because of the Syrian refugees flooding in :)
Seems legit
They are of the same your religion as you do not forget you are also Muslim
Do not try to trick us into show us how much you are liberal
The whole world knows that Turkey supports terrorism and terrorists
Turkey massacred one million poor Christians, 100 years ago at the same time
We will not forget the massacre of the Armenians
There is such a saying
Do not give your back to Turk person because he will stab you from behind
And there is another saying
Never trust in Turk person
@@zackmoly2636 I am not Muslim, dipshit.
@@zackmoly2636 Your name sound Muslim
@@95bekirable
Have you ever heard of Omar Bradley, a US commander? in 1945
Well, he is not a Muslim and his name has nothing to do with Islam
But his father loved a poet named Omar Khayyam, and his son was given that name
The name has nothing to do with religion
The Turks have a flat mind
They can not
Accepting another cultures
Or something named
Multiculturalism
The Turks are stuck with Chauvinism
stuck with pride in their country
stuck with
their nationality
stuck with
Non-acceptance the freedom of opinion
Non-acceptance the freedom of speech
Non-acceptance the criticism
they feel offended from everything
And they are serious about everything so even joking
their Prisons are full of journalists also
They have a dictator named Ataturk he is dead 70 years ago
If someone criticizes that dictator
they will thrown him
In jail for the rest of his life
Their life there
like North Korea
and they have a very low IQ
Love Turkey! The driving comment reminds me of Egypt, where a local told us that the lines on the road are “just decoration” 🤣
İm Turkish:D
U should come to Germany, waether might be cold but life is easy
short giyen kizlar tek izmir de yok türkiyenin bir cok yerinde var
Sort giyen kizlar sembolik bir soz, kadın en rahat izmirde yaşıyor. Ben Izmirli degilim 3 kez gittim Izmir'e. Tartismasiz Izmir Turkiye'nin en modern sehri. Turkiye'de gittiğim birçoklarıyla sehir resmen Ortadoğu.
Good job girl-- you nailed it! I love Turkey too.... people nitpicking about when a Turkish language was developed can Bug off. You are right that the Turkish language was formalized into the official language less than 100 years ago. The Turkic language has been around forever- but wasn't an "official" language until Ataturk made it mandatory and created today's Turkish alphabet based on the Latin alphabet.
You kept out of politics, so you enjoyed your stay. I signed several pleas, "Free Deniz Yücel." This means I should stay away from Turkey for several years.
i understand
it saddens me that we can't separate the people of the country from the governments actions.
@@rickycoker5830 Turks are highly nationalistic and they have a tendency to use scapegoats to fuel that nationalism.
Wow dude over doing it much? They don't care about your petitions man. Don't join or support FETO, don't join or support PKK and don't swear at Erdogan and you'll be fine.
@@Kellydoesherthing He or she is way over doing it that's idiotic we are not North Korea. Deniz Yucel supported PKK activities it is illegal. Not saying I agree with imprisonments.
OMG you called that a "Gevrek" which is such a agean thing ♥️ the whole rest of Turkey calls it "Simit", hearing you calling it gevrek made my day 😊
Izmir, in ancient times known as Smyrna
@@hopedestroyer4206 Sorry I don t speak turkish. If you could give translation also. Thank you
@@milosjanos5058 oh sorry
Theres a march named İzmir march and it's starts İzmir'in and you say İzmir,in like that
And ı said ı readed like İzmir'in dağları(mountain)
(Sorry if there is grammar mistakes)
@@hopedestroyer4206 ah, ok. thank you
greece, also known as former ottoman empire
Turkish language is at least 17.000 years old. There have been found 3 different Turkish writings. The Roman Emipire was build by Etrux whom did also speak Turkish.
Thanks! Good coverage. Very helpful for me. How did you stay for a year? Renew Visa every 90 days?
I am a Turkish. Thank you for visiting Turkey! 🇹🇷❤️
꧁ʜᴀᴢᴀʟ ɢᴀᴄʜᴀᴛᴜʙᴇʀ꧂ you are lucky to live there I really love turkey 🇹🇷 I would love to live there
@@Jio_W 💕
The story about the Turkish language is very interesting.
Thank you for your vlog it is most helpful and informative. God bless from U.k
I had several holidays in Turkey during the 90th. I can absolutely agree to your description of the kindness of people.
But I have a problem to give a thumb up or down to your video. 2013 was still a fine year - but I feel that times have changed a lot - for me in a bad way.
You experienced the wearing of hidschab in that time was a new freedom to the religious people - now it seems to be nearly restrictive.
You mentioned Döner - I often hear, it was invented in Berlin (ok, by Turkish people). During my visits I only saw Döner in the touristic centers - never in general areas.
Yes, most of the Turkish food is healthy - and everything is delicious. Well I don't have to travel far - here around is a large population of Turkish - or (how to tell - their parents or grandparents came from there.
so i've learned that there is the Döner that Germans know and there is the Döner that Turks know, and they are not the same. Döner to a German means the specific type of sandwich that was invented in Berlin many years ago by some Turks who wanted to sell a food that was easy to eat on the go. Döner or Döner Kebab in Turkey refers to the type of meat that goes into the Döner that Germans know - the meat that is on the cylindrical cone and spun/grilled continuously. Döner or Döner Kebab has been around for centuries...i promise you it was not invented in Berlin. It is like Americans saying that we invented pizza because we have deep dish Chicago pizza. I hope this makes sense and that I explained it well enough. And the Turkish food in Germany is not exactly what you would find in Turkey. Just like how Chinese immigrants, etc opening restaurants in the US will often alter their food/cuisine/recipes to accommodate the American taste, Turks have done the same for you.
@@Kellydoesherthing Yea, might be.
I base my speech on several discussions here in Germany. I already had a good friend in school who was a Turk.
When I visited Turkey in the 90th I cannot remember to see only one Döner cone, that was daily in Cologne. Maybe one in Bodrum (cause of the German tourists).
But for me it was never a fault. The traditional food offered along the highways or in small restaurants were always sooo delicious.
Thanks for the video, it was perfect. I am married with American and sometimes I cant explain things like afiyet olsun :) we would love you see more videos about Turkey:)
Came this vid as soon as I've heard you mention Turkey in one of your Germany vids 😂 Was actually preparing for a cringe fest (especially after seeing the burqa in the thumbnail) with Arabic music in the back ground and full of wrong info. Though this was quite on point 😄 Thanks for the vid. Looking forward for #2
I’m Filipino American 🇺🇸 here at Las Vegas NV United States 🇺🇸. I love Turkish food 🥘