Once upon a time I used to like Turkey and was inspired by their fight against British, French, Greeks and Russians for their freedom I was a big fan of Turkish TV serials (mehmetcik kutlu Amare) and was actively trying to learn Turkish language I still have Turkish friends I met on Duolingo Later I learnt about their true side - Armenians, Greek and Assyrian genocide Blind hatred of Kurdish people Support for Pakistan sponsored terrorism against innocent Indians and Afghans It was enough to open my eyes to reality
American here. I was USA military at Adana in 1984-86. 12:24 Family culture was similar to my rural living in Indiana. I really liked how close the families were with each other. Turkiye is rich in history and diversity. Absolutely the best years for my family! I lived in Adana at a large apartment building. My family felt safe and we had terrific friends. Liked it so much, I volunteered to go again in 1993-95. The second tour in 1993, Adana was not as friendly. I don’t know what happened but, we only visited the city twice in two years. Instead, we toured small towns and traveled Mersin to Alanya. The coastal people brought back the memories of happy friends and good strangers from the 80’s. Hopefully, Turkiye is still full of happiness. I wish my grandchildren could see the Turkiye I fell in love with.
@@umitkiziltas8379yes i always thought this also as a turk. i viewed turks as americans of the middle east conservative wise, but now with the liberalism in america i can no longer make that comparison.
As an American living in Türkiye, I have been treated so well by Turks. They are all so curious to learn about America. In comparison, the average American knows nothing about Türkiye sadly.
95% of Americans don’t know anything about Turkey and they don’t believe it’s a Secular country because of Muslim majority. Only those visited or studied history will recognize where Turkey is located.
@@furkanykilmz9383 This is true almost everywhere and in every culture. I do live in the US, but the Turks I have met, majority are sociable and I interact with few. Definitely not as sociable as in Türkiye.
@@justdoit423 I agree with what you said about the Turks in the US not being as sociable as the Turks in Turkey but I don’t agree with this being true in “almost everywhere and in every culture” If you are a immigrant living in a foreign country like the US, You’ll at least have a couple/5 friends who are from the same nationality/race as you. (I know this because I see not all, but most Arabs and Pakistanis for example getting along with each other here in America) I’m not saying that everyone that is from the same country as someone have to all get along with each other, But then again for me at least it would be nice to have couple Turkish friends I can keep in touch with here and there like I see the other nationalities/races mostly do here..
American here. I genuinely like and admire the Turks. Friendly, warm, and curious, they always seem eager to share their culture with you and learn about yours. Easily some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. 🇺🇸❤🇹🇷
A couple of them responded accurately, but most of the people interviewed have no idea about American life. Most of us are not living easy care-free lives, we are uninsured and living paycheck to paycheck with no real economic freedom; and the government is definitely not looking out for our best interests. But it was interesting to hear their overall perspectives. Thanks for the video -American living in İzmir
Hahahaha I was thinking the same thing ! Either movies, social media, or spoiled rich kids tends to be their source 😅. Imagine our government caring about its citizens . But in general I feel like most things mentioned are somewhat true ❤
i worked with a turkish guy and he was really nice. he was smart. i have nothing against the few people in the video that had negatives thoughts about us. our cultures are vastly different and we mostly only know about each others cultures from the media, and that can give some bad impressions, but that's normal. overall i hope to visit turkey in the near future and make some turkish friends
As an American living in Kadikoy, its so interesting to see the different perspectives that people have of us. Neither is right or wrong of course, but interesting
As a german " old white man " I admire the young generation of Turkiye...wonderful young men and women, who should be proud of their own nation and own culture. Don't get blinded by the Hollywood aspects of USA . This is not at all the life of everyday people . US and EUROPE are declining cultures, they are drowning like once upon a time the ROMEAN EMPIRE . I have bought a house in Northern Cyprus to spent my last year's in a still INTACT SOCIETY and CULTURE . ....my God bless TURKIYE.
Dump comment, Turks are white too. You especially are not whiter than the average Turk, judging by your profile picture. Nah, Turks becoming like mainstream Europeans, especially the younger generation who isn’t much different from most Europeans, except for living under Erdogan’s regime with a shit economy.
Well, Turks don't use the term "white". Turkish people only use "white skinned" when they want to talk about skin color. (Only to describe, they don't talk about race). I think "as a German" is enough, "Europeans" are also used , but not 'whites ", it doesn't exist in literature
I lived in Türkiye for 2 years when I was in the USAF and I have to say I loved the Turkish people. I travelled the country extensively and will always have a deep fondness for the Turks. I have been back to Türkiye a few times since and hope to go back many more times. The Turks and their country will always hold a special place in my heart. Even those people in this video that had some negative things to say about Americans I still like them.
Can, what a great video! I am an American who lived in Turkey many years ago and visited several times since. I loved everyone’s comments, both the good and the bad as there is some truth in all of them, although a couple of comments described extremes that are rare in my experience here in the USA. For those with the really negative comments, most of us are not that bad. For those with the glowing comments, thanks. I had friends in Kadikoy and stayed there several times while I lived in Balikesir. Someone posted a “walking tour” of Balikesir and it has changed so much since I lived there. Looking forward to brushing up on my Turkish with your videos and website! Thanks again for the video!
As an American living in Istanbul, that was a really interesting video to watch. Definitely some inaccuracies, but that's to be expected. Overall, it was really interesting to hear what Turkish people thought of people from my country.
I'm from the US, I spent lots of my vacations in Turkey, beautiful country but it's so different than the US/Europe, the people are nice but a bit tension and gets mad quickly! I HIGHLY recommend Turkey to be visited by the Americans 100% safe.
Well yeah Turkey is kind of mixture of Central asia roots (Since Turks came from central asia like mongolia or siberia) and Balkans (Since Ottoman empire Turks and Balkans lived together too long)
I would like to live in America, it would be nice to meet new people and a new culture. Türkiye is definitely a very different country, it is not like Asia or Europe, it is a mixture of the two, due to its geographical location.
From the viewpoint as an American, I’d say there’s truth to alot of the different peoples opinions to which I agree. I believe most Americans don’t travel to Europe because it’s expensive ticket, and for most of the middle class to bring the whole family is alot of money. Overall I think everyone has a lot more in common than we think or are told to think.
USA’da yaşayan bir Türk olarak söyleyebilirim ki bizim halkımız Amerikan kültürü hakkında hem iyi hem de kötü düşünceler bakımından pek bilgili değil. Şapkalı kız, 5:06’daki adam, 8:28’deki adamın tespitleri biraz doğru diyebilirim. Ama en azından kendi içinde insan gibi yaşayabilen, pek çok fırsatı barındıran, bizim halkımızdan daha dürüst bir halka sahip bir millet diyebilirim. Örneğin, hiç para ödemeden bir doktor sizi 60 dakika muayene edebiliyor. Doktor, bilgisayara bilgilerinizi yazarken, “ Sizinle göz teması kuramadığım için üzgünüm.” diyebilecek bir saygı gösteriyor. Bu konu, hakkında kitap yazılması gerekecek kadar uzun.
As a New Yorker American(family from Puerto Rico). Who loves Türkiye very much. I have to say. We have many cultures and religions here. Americans are not all the same. Our economy is not that great. We struggle to survive. Even the rich go bankrupt. No one is secure here. And we know it. We don't care about politics because nothing changes. We dont look at the world because we are concerned with our neighborhoods and survival day to day. Educated people have time for world news. We dont travel overseas because it is expensive and takes time 8 hours minimum. Some people can't pay 100 for a passport and then pay for that country's visa. We are getting fatter because of processed food. Organic is expensive!! We don't have the same beautiful culture Türkiye does because everyone forgot where their parents and grandparents came from. Anyway I love Turkish people music food and culture. But it's hard in America. Family values dont exist anymore. It's sad. I am 48, and a lot of people do not have children because of the culture safety and economy. I don't want to be here anymore. I have friends in İstanbul. Maybe I will go see them and not come back to New York 😂
@@furkanykilmz9383 Maalesef oraya gelenler(Hepsi için konuşmuyorum) hakkı ile gelenler olmuyor, şansla oluyor. Onların bu davranışı adına özür diliyorum.
As a 15-year-old Turk, I really wanted to visit America because I thought it was a very cool country, but I was very surprised when I saw the comments🤷I will still visit America in the future.Greetings from Adana, Turkey.❤I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong, I got some help from the translation as my English is not very good😊😅
Kardeşim, senden 10 yaş büyük bir abin olarak söylüyorum: Hayallerinin peşinden mutlaka git. Kendin için iyi olur ya da kötü olur, fark etmez, ama geriye dönüp baktıktan sonra "en azından istediğimi yaptım" dersin. Ayrıca sadece ABD'yi değil, dünyadaki diğer gelişmiş ülkeleri ziyaret etmeyi de hedef edin. Son bir tavsiyem: Yabancı dil konuşurken ya da yazarken hata yapmaktan korkma çünkü ana dili İngilizce olup da ne yazdığı anlaşılmayan çok insan var. Onlar bile böyleyken kimse ana dili İngilizce olmayan birisinin mükemmel bir şekilde konuşmasını/yazmasını beklemez. :)
I have been to America for 9 months, traveled through different states, was invited to eat and sleep with people who had Navajo backgrounds, never seen more homeless people in my life, you will see plenty in San Francisco, I found the people in the South very friendly but this was before Trump was elected president, I told people I met in the South I was European, slums and ghettos in Turkey are a walk in the park when compared to America, my navigation had troubles in LA so I ended up in a non tourist neighborhood in South central, I had a rental car with a license plate from a different state, I realized it could draw attention, luckily for me the locals understood my situation and told me how to get on my way to my motel, Turkey is heaven when compared to America.
It's very interesting to hear the stereotypes -- both good and bad -- that other countries have about us. I think the biggest difference between the Turks giving their opinions about us and US citizens giving their opinions about Turks is that there are a variety of opinions in Turkey, while most Americans have a more limited view of Turkey (and everywhere else for that matter.) There are extremely kind Americans here, and also very self-centered and cold Americans. Most Americans are more socially liberal than most Asians, Africans, Mideasterners, but perhaps less liberal than citizens of many European countries. But one thing I think is fairly true of most Americans is that they have (although perhaps unconsciously) this obnoxious idea of "American exceptionalism." There is no "best" country in the world in all areas. For example, socially I perhaps have fewer restrictions on me than people in most of the countries I have visited or lived in. But while I was a young woman living in Japan I could walk around anywhere in Tokyo -- one of the most populous cities in the world -- in any district at night without fear for my safety. In that respect Japan was (and I think still remains) far superior and "freer" for me (as a woman) than the US is.
@@ZehraJardine I, as an American, am still surprised (and offended) that most Americans cannot find Afghanistan or Iraq on a map, despite us having waged a war there for so long. The same was true when we were in Vietnam.
Americans don't know where most countries are. Because people generally have less information about that country the farther they are from a country. Other than that, I definitely don't think Turkey is a little-known country.
@@kasseesmythe8738Why are you surprised? Most Americans would not be able to name 20 states. Take the state names off a map and ask 20 Americans to point out Wyoming or Maine and they wouldn’t be able to locate it. 🤷🏻♀️
One thing Turks in Turkiye dont realise is that their hospitality, kindness and general decency is rare to find in the world. they dont see it because thats all they know. But any Turks who have experienced the world realises that Turkish culture is hell of a lot better then they realised it to be.
Not all Turkish people are good though, As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people. 🤷♂️
They are absolutely unaware. They think the world is like them. In my country, if you get sick and fall down, horses will run over you. I got sick in Turkey and couldn't go to work for three days. For three days, my co-workers brought me meals and checked on how I was doing. Even my mother didn't do this to me 😄
I got onto this channel 5 days ago to learn Türkiye whilst I am in the country. I memorised a few greetings before coming to the country and using your channel to learn more. I will be getting a tutor for a few lessons as I wish to do a country tour next year. American society has gone down hill, values, culture, education, lawlessness etc. what you have here in Türkiye may seem to some as restricting and boring but at least you still have culture and identity, where people still have a respect for the law and each other.
You can't compare TR and US when it comes to lawlessness. TR has no rule of law. Judges don't give a fuck about our constitution. Our politicians are bunch of nobodies who has no power except the president. He has more power than all American politicians combined.
Smoke too much weed 😅 And so many Türks smoke cigarettes. Should smoke weed instead. Overall, it’s a favorable view of Americans 🤗 I have a lot of Turkish friends, and they like Americans. All of them. But I think they like people in general ❤
Weed is not healthier than cigarettes. They are both bad. But weed also makes you lazy. America is full of drug addicts, and we see every day in the news fentanyl killing parents and the foster program is loaded with the children from drug addicted parents. Nothing to be proud of.
I love Türkiye and it is always a pleasure visiting. My mum, almost 80 years old Mexican lady, loved it so much when she first visited that she said: I feel at home, except for the language. She religiously went to classes to learn it. She is far from fluent but can travel around on her own.
An interesting comments several people in the video made was about us being carefree, and not caring about anything. I guess it depends on what they mean, for example, 61% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. It's hard to be carefree if you are broke😅. I would say we are a bit carefree in regards to certain things, like school for example. ln some countries kids have to study a crazy amount of hours.
That number in Türkiye is significantly higher my friend. Inflation rate in Turkey was 73% in 2022. That means if you saved $100 one year, it’ll be worth almost 75% less in one single year. You’re talking about completely different worlds here.
@@bariswheel What savings? I haven't yet paid my rent this month, every cent in my bank account will be gone. However, I do understand that the inflation in Turkey is a problem. If I managed to fix my financial situation, I wouldn't have to worry about losing money. For now however, I am not carefree...at all.
I'm from Kensington and Chelsea in London; originally. I live in Alanya region, of the beautiful Med Sea climate. 320 sunny days a year and heavenly. I have an American pal. He's got no idea about Europe or Turkey. When he was a tourist in Europe, he couldn't believe the transport infrastructure for example. Far superior to his own. We 👉 🇬🇧 are not so unaware. Education might have something to do with it 🤔 I love Turkey and its people. 👍 🇬🇧 🤝 🇹🇷 I'm 15 mins walk from here 👍 All year round it's pretty much the same. This video about Nov 2022. ruclips.net/video/4V-cGAl6bxM/видео.html
Umarım Ülkenize geri dönersiniz, bizim ülkemizi istila etmekten kaçınırsınız. Sizler yüzünden Türkler ev alamıyor. Üzgünüm dostum sadece turist olarak güzelsiniz.
Geez - interesting to know their view points about Americans. Everyone has their own perceptions both good or bad, mostly funneled via social media networks. There’s no truth or false as one can find them in certain people exactly the same way we can find them in Turkish culture. I have many Turk friends of all ages and somethings are puzzling to them, as some of theirs is puzzling to me. I visit Turkiye and lived for sometime as I say the perception and realities are quite far apart. Even when I tell them about our culture they don’t believe unless I have to show it to them. This is true in every culture and society. 🤣
I’m curious what older people think. As much as any people anywhere, media seems to have shaped opinions, but in the end I find people around the world are so similar that they would find it hard to believe it true. Ask these same people, and people around the world, to describe their culture. This is why I love people and humanity.
Depends, sheeps will hate it because they are told to. My father is 78 yo and he loved America because American people donated vaccines to Turks back when he was young. This really touched him. I think general sentiment towards the US is negative, but its purely because of the American government, their Iraqi invasion and support for PKK, if these never happened Turks would love America, most of the old people grew up watching Dallas, and kids nowadays like American music and pop culture a lot. Hell, we even have Trump supporters and Reagan lovers.
I'm always open to answering anything people from other countries ask about what it's like over here. When I used to go on cruises I'd run into people working aboard the vessels that came from other countries and they'd ask me about places. For them to understand how the people live in the US is pretty much the same everywhere. We look at each other as if things are good until you speak to someone then you understand. Or live here for several years. I can't base my view on Turkiye just by their music, entertainment, culture, politics, etc... All I have is a window. I can't judge it just by that. I'd have to live there for several years and then I still wouldn't have learned everything. But it's a start.
Very interesting viewpoints. Thanks, Can, for sharing these voices directly from Istanbul. I would like to add that--in any country-- the impressions we have of people from other countries are usually based on our impressions of tourists. And, of course, tourists are generally very well-off compared to the great majority of their countrymen and quite relaxed and carefree while they are on vacation. So, when we give our opinions of "Americans", "Europeans", "Brits", "people from India", "North Africans", "Australians", etc., we are usually describing a very tiny portion of the people. Added to that are the stereotypes we see from pop culture on the Internet.
That makes sense. I kept wondering why they were saying "they're so relaxed and care-free." I was trying to be open-minded but wasn't quite sure where they got that from...
@@macondiano503 Tv series as Seinfield characters as George Constanza and Jerry Seinfield showed to how americans don’t care to Other World.😄They are relax people in the movies and Tv shows.
Very interesting! You can’t generalize about Americans; we are made up of all different types. And you can’t base your impressions on American TV or movies. We were in Türkiye last year and, frankly, I prefer Turks to Americans. You have a very welcoming culture. We are planning to permanently relocate to Türkiye later this year and cannot wait!
Can, Turley looks Beautiful definitely on my travel list someday ..Interesting video , however, the people interviewed really have no idea how hard Americans work for basic survival, everything is very expensive these days,, not every position pays a fortune ,yet we are very spirited as a nation..we manage to survive..... Tesekkurler Can......
I have lived in the US for almost 20 years and I have spent a lot of time in Türkiye too (5 trips, 6 months). I certainly miss the hospitality of Turkish people, the food, the history, the beaches, and, in general I felt safer than in the US. It made me sad, however, that LGBTQ folks in Türkiye do not have the same rights and acceptance that we have in America.
Being in USA and have some great friends both in Turkey and in the States. I think this question is so silly. Because it tends to generalise a nation of 350 million people from probably over 300 different nations. So, labelling the nation as a nation - especially by people probably haven't had much engagement with Americans - not very useful.
Yeah well news for you, that doesn't make you an American. That just makes you someone that has dominican dad and puertorrican mom that lives in USA and was born in USA.
there is no freedom in America. I am a Turkish American. We work our asses off to be able to pay our bills. We're condemned to have a car, to pay for car insurance, pay for the lease or the finance of the car. If we can manage to buy a house, we have to pay for the mortgage for the rest of our lives until it's paid off. We have to pay for health insurance. If we don't have an insurance card, we are charged a lof of money to go to the doctor.
When I was living in Germany as a American I thought the Germans people were cool if they liked you being there young as a civilian in Germany but not the military. The Turkish people I met were very interested in me to gather information on my life as an American made for some good cultural exchange conversations. Allot of Turkish people came to Germany first jobs and to improve their lives I guess wanted to broaden their horizons if they could further travel into Europe, North America and Australia.
Turkey is already a sufficiently developed country. It has been dragged into an economic crisis only in the last 5 years. Turks went to Germany 60 years ago upon the request Germany, Turkish workers. It is not new. And teach the American people that Turkey is a peninsula country and a Eurasian country. They are ignorant enough to think that there is a desert here and we ride camels.
American travelers should always be very mindful of their behavior and interactions with local populations when traveling abroad. You serve as an informal representative of an entire nation and culture. You might be the only American that somebody interacts with, and leaving them with a positive impression can change their entire world view on Americans. And it goes both ways, a positive interaction with a foreigner can leave a lasting impression on any American. Of course this does not change the fact that American foreign and economic policy is very dominant, but people tend to retain emotional memories from direct interactions better than synthesizing informed opinions based on encyclopedic political history. Always be a polite, friendly and respectful traveler and you can actually help sway popular opinion and effect international diplomacy in small ways. Bring small goodwill gesture gifts. Respect local customs. Better to be too quiet than too loud. Try to be a bit informed about what locals care about and some of the challenges they face. And always learn how to say "please" and "thank you" in the native language whereever you go.
As an American I have to say that all of them were wrong. Most were very nice in their description of us, but because we are such a large country, with people from every corner of the globe, we are undefinable.
The country is varied. It is large and like a lot of places. Different beliefs and behaviours. I was not offended by the responses. Agreed that the country is generally insular because size and location and lack of uninfluenced information.
@@steffanhoffmann really? Where? I haven't seen it all yet ☺️there is a lot of racism.. not much English or friendless in alot of areas .. low respect for tourists
In America the majority of people work paycheck to paycheck, 50+ hours weekly, not by choice but according to needs. The US government has absolutely no interest in helping the citizens. Refugees can arrive in America with UN paperwork, and have full coverage healthcare, dental, and vision, but a citizen working 50+ hours must pay and can barely survive due to healthcare costs for a family. America is too busy caring for others instead of fixing the inside first. I agree that there is a MAJOR drug problem in America, highly ignored mental health issues, and a daily increase in crime. Having been to Turkey before, I believe Americans overall could learn from the hospitality and luxurious lifestyle of being able to walk everywhere instead of needing a car like in America. I think Can could do more interviews of people aged 40+, the young minded interviews are only focused on entertainment, and lack of life experience.
I agree! Another misunderstanding also that I would like to point out is that everyone thinks all the Turkish people are good, Not really.. As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people.. 🤷♂
what I heard online most of the time is "Turkey is a Arab ummah country why there's racism against illegal immigrants, you and your ancestors are disgusting" kind of things we also work 50+ hours a week just to get $400 a month. İmmigrants don't pay taxes , get paid even if they are not working , edit videos to look like they are being abused , buy citizenships, vote for that one specific person I don't like it's been years since war ended and most of them refuse to go because life is easier in Turkey.
It's comparingly richer country, that is the main reason. And also the Hollywood's portrayal of American dream has a huge impact. Turks really don't know how hard Americans actually work, even harder than the Turks.
I’m going to say something that really shocked me culturally about Türkiye standards. It may not sound like a big deal to most US women but if you’re gonna marry a turkish man please know that the definition (and act) of “clean” is NOT the same … no one talks about this but to me cleaning is a chore and not fun and I’m not really that good at it but since I’m married now… nobody warned me that I was going to have to go “above and beyond” (with no outside help - yes my husband is stingy with money) in cleaning +organizing +maintaining +designing +replacing +updating +moving +the household on a daily basis - and yes ladies this also includes patio, lawn, backyard… their standard is so high that sometimes I wish I was like “OCD” about cleaning because it’s something they can constantly criticize me about. I don’t blame the high standard - it’s just something you can’t really feel good about. Anyway, just something I noticed recently because I’m not a dirty person but I guess I am based on their standard lol 😆
I had to watch this again .. I love hearing how Turks think of Americans.. we are a society that is individually oriented.. ( Me ) we are more free as you would say but it's not all good.. bad consequences can come from this so called free society .. I have heard the human rights are not good in Turkiye however I hope it will get better but not so much that you become like USA .. a balance would be good for both countries in regard to this matter. I like Turkiye 's care for others or group culture . The country is more conservative than USA and that is a good thing. Your country will thrive better if you preserve your family unit .. I like the USA despite our problems (all things racism 😂, guns and shootings political division) no matter where you live , there will be crazy greedy selfish people and problems
The only person who was correct was that old guy. It’s truly mind blowing how they think we have a perfect economy and America is perfect lol. These people are talking about the America they see in Hollywood movies. When I went to Turkey I felt a million times more free than in the US.
No turkey is just like russia for freedom and economy biden fuked usa but still way better then turkey for economy and freedom god bless america 😍😍😍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I am very disappointed by most of the negative comments...😥 I have been to Turkiye twice for extended stays from Istanbul to the Hatay region ( Antakya & Samandag ). I stayed with a Muslim family in Hatay. I lived their life. I was treated as part of the family. I hand picked olives for 2 days & wore a head scarf... I gave love & respect & got love & respect back... What could be better than that??
@@christineholliday4564I frankly did not see much negativity, of course every one’s perception and realities are quite different. Just because they said does not mean it’s true or false. That is true in all cultures and societies. Yes I have thousands of friends from Turkiye and have lived there as well, as an American we can also talk good and bad. But that does not change the reality because someone said it.
Watching this Video ,,viewing these answers about Americans ,made me realize these Citizens know norhing about the U.S. at all ..Everyone views us based on some Hollywood Elites om T.V. that is not who we are at all..We love the Turkish Culture and especially Food ...Come visit here ,,,we are a hard working spirited Nation ......
All from perception management through media. My turkish friends hardly believe what I tell them about Americas cities, until they visit one. It is a sinking ship.
really !? you must be a turkish and erdogan supporter right ? you creating wrong perception to praise erdogan by portraying america as sinking ship ? (!) just joking lol those were common political quates in politics in turkey and always usa has been subject for political and economical matters because usa portrayed in turkey as a role model and a example country for comparison , sorry for bad my terrible english btw
@@AmazontimsahiCanım sakin ol,adam seni fake Amerika rüyandan uyandırmış ama gerçek😂 Siz de var ya deprem olsa Erdoğandan bilceksiniz Allah islah etsin😂
Cok tesekkurler Can bir iyidir video icin. Amerikalılar iyi insanlar ama sadece kendilerini düşünüyorlar, diğer ülkeleri umursamıyorlar ve onlar hakkında hiçbir şey bilmiyorlar. Selamlar
the turkish language is sexy AF on females. and not every language is. german and arabic, for example, most definitely are not (same with certain accents within english). but turkish is adorable on women. to anybody who speaks turkish do these people all have the same accent or are some of them from different parts of turkey that have a different accent from istanbul where this was filmed?
Mostly fairly accurate assessment. Obviously, not every American have a good life. Like everywhere else, there are rich people, middle class who live fairly comfortably, and then the working class many of them struggle quite a bit. But, if you are willing to work, there are plenty of jobs, and you can make a decent living. Basics like food and clothes are quite cheap compared to wages, but housing is expensive, especially after the pandemic. Yes, people are more free, and also respect different opinions and life styles. But, obviously, not every American have the same views and attitudes just as not every Türk has the same views and attitudes. Most of them don’t pay attention to what happens outside of America. Because America is so big and diverse, it is enough to keep you busy.
I am I coming to turkey, I am American . Most of my fellow Americans……not all but most of them are blind and lost . Trying to communicate something to them is like talking to a automatic paper towel dispenser.. 🤦🏼♀️☹️
It’s so funny to hear them. 10 years ago I would have said the same but then I moved to California. I know,I know , most of you think everyone is rich in California but it’s not true. Homelessness is a big issue in our state. Many of you think Americans are rich because they have cars,money,they can go to the beach all the time but the real luxury in America is health insurance and I’m not kidding. We’re a family of four,my husband is disabled and we have 2 sons. I have 3 jobs and I work 6-7 days a week to get the money we need for our daily life. But I’m not complaining! We have a roof above our heads, we have a car, I cook daily and we even can save some money. I never regretted to move here though I miss my Hungarian family and friends a lot.
Another misunderstanding also that I would like to point out is that everyone thinks all the Turkish people are good, Not really.. As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people.. 🤷♂
@@yusufmuslim4420 This is how I see it in my point of view, Yes the Majority of Turks here in America are secular and educated but they are only get educated in just their studies, They are not educated in friendliness, Islam, and the world. They also unfortunately get all crazy and Americanized all of a sudden when they come to the States based on what I have seen and only cares about themselves rather than their own people.. While the ones back home are not really like that but I would say more friendlier and open-minded about everything.
@@furkanykilmz9383 im assuming the turks on social media are a minority. Every video I see i find hate filled posts and comments against conservative muslims namely Arabs Afghans and even surprisingly Pakistanis and other south asian Muslims. Not to mention recent incidents against Tourists and refugees namely Arabs. I also met reallife Turks like this unfortunately in Turkey.
I kept on seeing that we live Free lives and we're leading the economy? Most of us in America are living pay check to paycheck and there are still issues in the country that need to be updated. We are weird people but it wouldn't be interesting conversations without the occasional weird. I like Turkish people they seem nice, I'm talking to a Turkish guy online and he's a nice guy
About the economy, living paycheck to paycheck is now a luxury in Turkey, at least if you are just starting your life without any help from your parents. Because there are universities everywhere in the country (more universities less quality of education) everyone is either overqualified for the job they do or doesn't have a job at all. In the early 2000s the minimum wage in Turkey was only given to people who just started that job or to people who do specific works which do not require much effort. But now even people who gave their whole life to a company as blue collar workers make minimum wage. When I went to primary school my father was the only one who worked and he took care of us well. He used to buy bags full of snacks and food I love before coming home every evening. Now my both parents are working. Thinking about what we eat tonight? I must add that we own a home in Istanbul which is a miracle come true for a Turk right now. Thanks to my grandma and granddad who gave us money to close our debts every year. They own a hazelnut garden. Now think how on earth a Turk just got his papers from a university would be able to afford a living with minimum wage while house rents are near double in some places. You may say "go to a place where rents are lower". Those places are usually out of Ankara, İzmir, İstanbul and such which are just made up of farmers and provide near no jobs to someone who is in his/her 20s and wants to live their life to the fullest. I meant to at least see some places beyond Turkey and have fun some nights. You already can't afford it in rural places which don't have anywhere to have fun. Also have people who will not tolerate the modern way of life. They might not say anything directly but will talk about you just behind enough that you will hear them but they won't face consequences.
Also America is a big place with a stronger passport than Turkey. So one who is ambitious, has goals and has a lot of opportunities in America or they can try it in a different country. Turkey does not have that.
Young people of Türkiye, please do not idolize the American youth. The successful influencers you see on Instagram, TikTok, and RUclips are mostly facades.
I agree! Another misunderstanding also that I would like to point out is that everyone thinks all the Turkish people are good, Not really.. As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people.. 🤷♂
@@bythemoonlight Sana ne? İnterneti nasıl kullanabileceğimi sana mi söyleyeceğim? 😂 Sen niye o zaman üç defa aynı şeyi bahsettiğin? Amacımı bilmiyorsan git mesajımı oku düşün ondan sonra söyle. Eğer anlıyorsan, kendi milletimden memnun değilim. Yabancılarla dolu bir ülkede yaşamak ve kendi halkımın bana ihanet ettiğini görmek hayatımda çok acıya neden oldu. Demek istediğim, eğer İngilizceyi anlıyorsanız, Türklerin hepsinin dost canlısı olmadığı ve insanların ne yazık ki yaşadıkları yere göre farklı olduğudur..
Turkroach hypocrisy 1) supports pakistan sponsored terrorism against innocent indians and afghans but calls kurds as terrorist 2) hates all non-muslims yet calls himself secular 3) supports genocide of armenians, assyrians, kurds and arabs in the ottoman empire yet calls others racist
You are making dark propaganda and believe in your own propaganda religiously. None of these are true. People like you make these things up then believe in your own fantasy. You need to get rid of prejudice and start talking and listening to Türks and need to search more for non propaganda , actual historical resources as well as visiting Türkiye and meeting the Türks.
@@Squish_that_cat Pakistan, isn't terrorism. Cut out calling thus everyone you dislike a terrorist. And Kurd's how aren't? Who's worldly reconised terrorist PKK is clearly an reconised like that. They bomb our country like month. Hating non Muslim's? Who does to represent all Turkish people. This is an lie, we Turk's, don't like Islam neighter. 98% is rigged by our authoritarian forcefull goverment, there are alot of Islamophobe people out there too. Support the genocide? We deny it. Cause Turk's can't accept something that's strictly banned by our goverment. We don't genocide the Kurd's, we never did that since Turkish Republic. We fight with PKK and imagine calling people "racist" for this history. How racist can you be? AND ON GOD who hurt you? Which Turk hurt you enough to makw you crwy like that. And turned into you an racist person. 😢
@@user-4xislb Lol Taliban was born in Pakistan Pakistan continues to support Anti-India islamist militants like Lashkar-e-Taiba and hizbul mujahideen You don't know anything about south asia
As a proud Turkroach I'm proud to live in the world's best country But currently 200% inflation has ruined my life and my goat (wife) died in the earthquake Food is so expensive I have to eat expired meat which gives me diarrhea But I will rebuild our goattoman empire with ErdoGAY as our caliph Proud Turkroach saaaar 😭😭😭😭
Both my parents are Turkish, but I was born in Canada and now live in the United States. I never lived in Turkey, but I've been there many times. I think I have an interesting perspective as I find turkey takes care of its people better than the United States does. For one, you have free government hospitals. Here there are many uninsured. Turkey, especially Istanbul, cares for its street animals and gives them right to exist. Here we euthanize, millions of healthy cats and dogs every year. There are good and bad on both sides. The politics here are a mess and the culture is beyond understanding.I still love both countries!
Also add-- the one guy had it right when he said there are lots of drug addicts here. There are also an enormous number of criminals. Every day you read about people doing horrific things to their own children because they are addicted to drugs. It's horrible and there's nothing in Turkey that even compares.
Some Americans are a little offended because we think they are rich, but for us Turks, they say things that are so unrealistic and bad that we have gotten used to it and do not take offense.I mean, being thought of as rich is a very, very small thing.
ülkede pasaporta sahip insan oranı yüzde bir kim bilir onların kaçı düzenli olarak yurtdışına çıkabiliyor? Türk genci çıkıp da göremiyor ki oraları tabii ki fikirlerini filmlerden gördükleri oluşturacak. İnternetten haber almak için yabancı haberleri takip etmeleri lazım o da özel ilgi isteyen bir şey. Yorumlarda gereksiz yüklenilmiş.
Amerika’yı sırtlayan ve tüm yükünü taşıyan 20 bin civarı insan var. Bir üniversitenin bütçesinin yıllık 2 milyar dolar olduğunu duydum. İşte burada okuyan insanlar o milleti yüceltiyor. Eğer bizimde eğitime ayıracağımız bütçeler yüksek olursa biz de en az onlar kadar dünyaya hükmederiz
EVERYTHING you see from far is GOLD. The thing you lived in is coal. First of all, there is no place in the world where you will find all the people are happy. Not even in the so-called happiest country in the world Finland. Americans think their life is thrash and people who are not from there think america is heaven and vice-versa. I think Türkiye has a very good life standard to offer its citizens. People of the USA think all the Arabs are rich and people in my country thinks Turkiye is much better than our country and america is a dream. So, this is a common scenario all around the world. Most people in this video have literally no idea about life with the exception of one or two. And most of them have serious misconception about american life.
Ben. Pek çok Amerikalı, Amerikan kültürünün büyük bir kısmından kesinlikle hoşlanmamaktadır. Birçoğumuz standart normlardan çok farklıyız. Dürüst olmak gerekirse, endişelenmeniz gereken Amerikalıların çoğu Türkleri sevmiyor bile çünkü en korkunç Amerikalılar yabancı düşmanı ve İslamofobiktir ve hiçbiri bu videoyu izlemez veya Türkiye'yi ziyaret etmez.
I love what the guy said about black people 😂 had me cracking up .. I am black by the way .. I drive for Uber and a lot of my black people smell like weed in my car .. going to work smelling like weed 😂 smh 🤦🏽 I don't smoke it .. can't stand it 😂
I like the conservatism in Turkish series. I haven’t seen nudity, sexual behavior or anything immoral. I think American culture is too radically liberal in movies, TV, real life, etc. We are very diverse. Life here is different depending on the neighborhood even more so than the city you live in. I have friends who won’t even come to my city because of violence and crime. So we can’t even generalize about a city or state or U.S. Government is different than culture, many opinions on that also.
@@oulawd6281 I watch movies and series with subtitles in English.. Some are dramas, romance and crime dramas. Latest series was Black Money Love. Love for Rent and The Club with Baris Arduc. Any series with Can Yaman. I see Turkish youth is more respectful of their elders. By conservative I meant morally. A couple may kiss and the camera moves away from their lips. You hardly ever see people naked in bed. They either have their clothes or pajamas on. If nude you only see naked shoulder.
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The older guy who claimed Americans wouldn't even give someone a glass of water, that couldn't be further from the truth. He clearly knows nothing about America, but what he hears from countries that hate Americans because Americans wear their clothes freely. As an American who travels the world and visits various countries, Turkiye being the one I'm currently in & I'm dating a Turkish man, some of the people in this video made me changed my mind about Turkish people as a whole. They call us selfish, but I'd rather be selfish than ridiculously over judgmental and spitful based on never visiting a country. Those calling American selfish, like the man I mentioned above, has clearly never been to America. His experience of Americans in Turkiye, are clearly based off of how Americans react to his judgmental assumptions of the world. 100% I would get along with most of the people in this video, but that man and a couple others who spoke like he did, you couldn't pay me to be nice to them. 🤔Hmmm, even money wouldn't motivate this "selfish American" to be nice to judgmental people. Funny how that works.
There is a huge hatred against America in Turkiye but truth to be told that in the past America did bad stuff towards Turks like supporting the seperatists groups and also since that old guy you mentioned was a muslim since elderly people or middle aged people have biased thoughts against Americans. It's a complicated situation in Turkiye since our history is pretty old and ever since Turks came from central asia to anatolia we've been fighting everyone non stop so they can't stop being so judgemental and it doesn't help that most of Europe also hate us and make alot of propaganda against Turks. However in my opinion that most of American people are very kind people but America's government is awful like ours.
This is how old people in Turkey often talk about Americans. Because they look at it from a political perspective. But when you look at the young part, you see a lot of American sympathy. They constantly dream of living in America. If we look at the middle-aged segment, they approach this issue neutrally, or rather, they do not care about America. So just because one person talked like this about America and American people, not all Turks think that way. Regarding helpfulness and stinginess, yes, Turkish people are more helpful and generous than Americans, but we cannot generalize about the American people as in the previous situation. It is very wrong to call all American people stingy and selfish.
My friend, is there an organization that murders people in your country? Let's assume that there is a group of people in the country who are massacring their soldiers and citizens, and what would you think if Turkey gave weapons and training to this organization?
Have you heard what your fellow Americans think of each other, ever? I've seen the most brutal insults to Americans, from the Americans themselves. This was in general a positive video, considering your state sanctioned us several times in our history, in a war time when we most needed an ally, and still actively supports PKK which is a designated terrorist group, simply because it serves to American interest. Imagine we did that to you? 90% of americans would want to nuke Turkey.
Hmm - very interesting! I am Irish by birth, but have lived in US for decades. Americans are not as care-free as the Turkish people think we are! It all depends on which administration we have. Under the Liberal Biden admin., life has become stressful, our economy is horrible, we have high inflation, disrespect for law enforcement, disrespect from the liberals for the family, for religion, and the result is chaos. I envy the Turkish people in some respects as they are much more polite, have solid family units, they are more conservative which provides stability to their communities. They are better educated as in the US the liberals have infiltrated our school systems. Our society is crumbling and our freedoms are being taken away. Turks should never envy America as it is now. Under our prior administration, America had no wars, energy independence, and plenty of jobs and stability. Now we are heading down a destructive path. Our media lies constantly. Liberals cities are a hotbed of violence and drug use, our border is open with no vetting of who is coming in. We are forced to support, with our tax dollars, the war in Ukraine, which the majority of Americans do not support. The American people, in general, do not support what is being done. I will add that I love the Turkish people and respect their upholding of their traditions - don't allow anyone to change that!
Well said! I'm an ethnic Türk, but born in Canada now living in the United States. Everything you said is 100% fact I would add the crimes in US are incomparable. Drug addicts killing their own children, crimes so horrific that if even one happened in Turkey, it would be on the 24/7 news cycle. You also can't say we have freedom when Americans don't even have mandatory holidays given by companies. People work until they die of heart attacks. My father-in-law still works two jobs to maintain his health insurance. If you use the wrong pronouns in our woke culture, you could be canceled. That is not freedom. Don't even get me started on how many millions of healthy animals we euthanize in our 'shelters'. That in addition to everything you stated above sums it up. Turks only know what they see on TV and from our lying media or social media influencers.
I think the vast majority of Americans never think about Turkey, even when it’s mentioned in the news. Further, I would be stunned if more than 5% of us could accurately point out Turkey on a map, identify your capital city or the name of your president. America, for all its good qualities, is still obscenely parochial. I often thought I would like to visit Istanbul, especially the Grand Bazaar, but as long as Erdogan is in power, I will spend my USD (30TRY:1USD!) elsewhere.
I love the sound of Turkish! What a cool language!
Thanks bro
Me, too 😊
Thank you!
Thx
But i dont know why we speak turkish
Im Canadian 🇨🇦 i love Turkiye 🇹🇷 ❤ You have a beautiful country with delicious food and kind people . Thank you for having me in your home
Once upon a time I used to like Turkey and was inspired by their fight against British, French, Greeks and Russians for their freedom
I was a big fan of Turkish TV serials (mehmetcik kutlu Amare) and was actively trying to learn Turkish language
I still have Turkish friends I met on Duolingo
Later I learnt about their true side - Armenians, Greek and Assyrian genocide
Blind hatred of Kurdish people
Support for Pakistan sponsored terrorism against innocent Indians and Afghans
It was enough to open my eyes to reality
@@Squish_that_catTell your tales of genocide and massacre elsewhere, we are about to throw up from listening it. Byee 👋👋
@@aybukeyalcnkaya1829
Lol joke's on you I'm not Armenian
@@Squish_that_cat I know you're indian
@@aybukeyalcnkaya1829
Btw
How did you know that I'm Indian
I am an American, I was in Turkiye and I stayed in KADIKOY.
I LOVE it there.
I stayed in a neighborhood called MODA.
I miss it already.
Hey Moda is great place in Kadıköy and I'm glad to hear. You should come again 🖤
American here. I was USA military at Adana in 1984-86. 12:24 Family culture was similar to my rural living in Indiana. I really liked how close the families were with each other. Turkiye is rich in history and diversity. Absolutely the best years for my family! I lived in Adana at a large apartment building. My family felt safe and we had terrific friends. Liked it so much, I volunteered to go again in 1993-95. The second tour in 1993, Adana was not as friendly. I don’t know what happened but, we only visited the city twice in two years. Instead, we toured small towns and traveled Mersin to Alanya. The coastal people brought back the memories of happy friends and good strangers from the 80’s. Hopefully, Turkiye is still full of happiness. I wish my grandchildren could see the Turkiye I fell in love with.
Adana’dan selamlar. 🖐️
I actually thought about that once. American republicans with real values (not this woke crap) and many Turks would probably get along quite well.
@@umitkiziltas8379yes i always thought this also as a turk. i viewed turks as americans of the middle east conservative wise, but now with the liberalism in america i can no longer make that comparison.
I was born in Indiana to Turkish parents, it was nice reading this thanks for sharing 🙏😊
i prefer your grandchildren come to turkiye as a tourist not army
As an American living in Türkiye, I have been treated so well by Turks. They are all so curious to learn about America. In comparison, the average American knows nothing about Türkiye sadly.
95% of Americans don’t know anything about Turkey and they don’t believe it’s a Secular country because of Muslim majority. Only those visited or studied history will recognize where Turkey is located.
@@furkanykilmz9383 This is true almost everywhere and in every culture. I do live in the US, but the Turks I have met, majority are sociable and I interact with few. Definitely not as sociable as in Türkiye.
@@justdoit423 I agree with what you said about the Turks in the US not being as sociable as the Turks in Turkey but I don’t agree with this being true in “almost everywhere and in every culture” If you are a immigrant living in a foreign country like the US, You’ll at least have a couple/5 friends who are from the same nationality/race as you. (I know this because I see not all, but most Arabs and Pakistanis for example getting along with each other here in America) I’m not saying that everyone that is from the same country as someone have to all get along with each other, But then again for me at least it would be nice to have couple Turkish friends I can keep in touch with here and there like I see the other nationalities/races mostly do here..
@@furkanykilmz9383senin gibi arapçı bir ırkçıyı kim ne yapsın.
@@furkanykilmz9383 her yorumun altına kopyala yapıştır yapmana gerek yok.
amacın ne anlamadım.
American here. I genuinely like and admire the Turks. Friendly, warm, and curious, they always seem eager to share their culture with you and learn about yours. Easily some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. 🇺🇸❤🇹🇷
A couple of them responded accurately, but most of the people interviewed have no idea about American life. Most of us are not living easy care-free lives, we are uninsured and living paycheck to paycheck with no real economic freedom; and the government is definitely not looking out for our best interests. But it was interesting to hear their overall perspectives. Thanks for the video -American living in İzmir
Of course....
They think america is what they see in hollywood movies.
Hahahaha I was thinking the same thing ! Either movies, social media, or spoiled rich kids tends to be their source 😅. Imagine our government caring about its citizens . But in general I feel like most things mentioned are somewhat true ❤
None of them described a hollywood movie. Instead it seems like they met a few americans and generalized from that experience@@billyjesus5442
Same thoughts. It seems like their assessment of Americans is based on TikTok and RUclipsrs 😂
Bu videoyu izledim. Amerikalıyım ve öğreniyorum Türkçe. Seviyorum Türkiye
Oyyy, biz de seni seviyoruzz ❤🍊
Bende Amerikalıyım ve Türkçe öğreniyorum ! 🎉
❤çok çok Türkiye seviyorum 🫶🏽
adamsın. (you're my man)
düzelttim @@Deniz-rk6h5
Türkçe öğrenmeye çalışmanız gerçekten çok sevimli.Bu yolculukta size başarılar diliyorum :) Türkiye'den sevgiler ❤
i worked with a turkish guy and he was really nice. he was smart. i have nothing against the few people in the video that had negatives thoughts about us. our cultures are vastly different and we mostly only know about each others cultures from the media, and that can give some bad impressions, but that's normal. overall i hope to visit turkey in the near future and make some turkish friends
Its great news :)
dont mind the thoughts in this video. we see americans as civilized people no matter what
As an American living in Kadikoy, its so interesting to see the different perspectives that people have of us. Neither is right or wrong of course, but interesting
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As a german " old white man " I admire the young generation of Turkiye...wonderful young men and women, who should be proud of their own nation and own culture.
Don't get blinded by the Hollywood aspects of USA . This is not at all the life of everyday people .
US and EUROPE are declining cultures, they are drowning like once upon a time the ROMEAN EMPIRE .
I have bought a house in Northern Cyprus to spent my last year's in a still INTACT SOCIETY and CULTURE .
....my God bless TURKIYE.
Dump comment, Turks are white too. You especially are not whiter than the average Turk, judging by your profile picture.
Nah, Turks becoming like mainstream Europeans, especially the younger generation who isn’t much different from most Europeans, except for living under Erdogan’s regime with a shit economy.
Do you know turkey become Arabic country
@@LAmusic2023Turkey isn't an Arab country, Turks are Turkic.
Well, Turks don't use the term "white". Turkish people only use "white skinned" when they want to talk about skin color. (Only to describe, they don't talk about race). I think "as a German" is enough, "Europeans" are also used , but not 'whites ", it doesn't exist in literature
No, Türkiye is not an Arab country. @@LAmusic2023
I lived in Türkiye for 2 years when I was in the USAF and I have to say I loved the Turkish people. I travelled the country extensively and will always have a deep fondness for the Turks. I have been back to Türkiye a few times since and hope to go back many more times. The Turks and their country will always hold a special place in my heart. Even those people in this video that had some negative things to say about Americans I still like them.
ruclips.net/user/shortsoiiuQMPZwQU?si=D5257vv56APuztaE ❤
Average American
Supports every anti-India nation
Wonders why Indians love Russia so much
thanks where are u from ?
@@KaanSoloTraveler Ukraine, Kiev.
I am Italian, Turkish people are always right. Bye.
I am Turkish, Italians are always right. Bye. 😂🙏😊
Hahah you learned how to think 🤣
lol
Pineapple Does not go on pizza! 😂
@@emrecanozturk-jj1zg try pineapple +chicken + barbeque combo. don't be biased dude. it is good.
I went to Turkey last year and the people were amazing, I didn't want to return to America.
If you can effort it then please stay in Türkiye!
Can, what a great video! I am an American who lived in Turkey many years ago and visited several times since. I loved everyone’s comments, both the good and the bad as there is some truth in all of them, although a couple of comments described extremes that are rare in my experience here in the USA. For those with the really negative comments, most of us are not that bad. For those with the glowing comments, thanks. I had friends in Kadikoy and stayed there several times while I lived in Balikesir. Someone posted a “walking tour” of Balikesir and it has changed so much since I lived there. Looking forward to brushing up on my Turkish with your videos and website! Thanks again for the video!
This was great! Funny, wholesome, unapologetic, informative and eye opening, Thank you for sharing. Also it was edited and put together very well!
As an American living in Istanbul, that was a really interesting video to watch. Definitely some inaccuracies, but that's to be expected. Overall, it was really interesting to hear what Turkish people thought of people from my country.
Why do you live in Istanbul?Not in USA?
@@user-zx1sx9bj5t It's fine trogh.
I'm from the US, I spent lots of my vacations in Turkey, beautiful country but it's so different than the US/Europe, the people are nice but a bit tension and gets mad quickly! I HIGHLY recommend Turkey to be visited by the Americans 100% safe.
Well yeah Turkey is kind of mixture of Central asia roots (Since Turks came from central asia like mongolia or siberia) and Balkans (Since Ottoman empire Turks and Balkans lived together too long)
I would like to live in America, it would be nice to meet new people and a new culture. Türkiye is definitely a very different country, it is not like Asia or Europe, it is a mixture of the two, due to its geographical location.
From the viewpoint as an American, I’d say there’s truth to alot of the different peoples opinions to which I agree. I believe most Americans don’t travel to Europe because it’s expensive ticket, and for most of the middle class to bring the whole family is alot of money. Overall I think everyone has a lot more in common than we think or are told to think.
What a remarkable language. I see some similarities with Hungarian. Love from California!
Türkler macarları Türk olarak görür
baltanı hazırla, kızıl alma. :)
USA’da yaşayan bir Türk olarak söyleyebilirim ki bizim halkımız Amerikan kültürü hakkında hem iyi hem de kötü düşünceler bakımından pek bilgili değil. Şapkalı kız, 5:06’daki adam, 8:28’deki adamın tespitleri biraz doğru diyebilirim. Ama en azından kendi içinde insan gibi yaşayabilen, pek çok fırsatı barındıran, bizim halkımızdan daha dürüst bir halka sahip bir millet diyebilirim. Örneğin, hiç para ödemeden bir doktor sizi 60 dakika muayene edebiliyor. Doktor, bilgisayara bilgilerinizi yazarken, “ Sizinle göz teması kuramadığım için üzgünüm.” diyebilecek bir saygı gösteriyor. Bu konu, hakkında kitap yazılması gerekecek kadar uzun.
As a New Yorker American(family from Puerto Rico). Who loves Türkiye very much. I have to say. We have many cultures and religions here. Americans are not all the same. Our economy is not that great. We struggle to survive. Even the rich go bankrupt. No one is secure here. And we know it. We don't care about politics because nothing changes. We dont look at the world because we are concerned with our neighborhoods and survival day to day. Educated people have time for world news. We dont travel overseas because it is expensive and takes time 8 hours minimum. Some people can't pay 100 for a passport and then pay for that country's visa. We are getting fatter because of processed food. Organic is expensive!! We don't have the same beautiful culture Türkiye does because everyone forgot where their parents and grandparents came from. Anyway I love Turkish people music food and culture. But it's hard in America. Family values dont exist anymore. It's sad. I am 48, and a lot of people do not have children because of the culture safety and economy. I don't want to be here anymore. I have friends in İstanbul. Maybe I will go see them and not come back to New York 😂
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@@furkanykilmz9383 neredeyse her yorumun altına kopyala yapıştır aynı mesajı yazıyorsun.
amacın ne anlamadım.
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID THE TRUTH! OUR YOUNGER ONES THINKS THAT YOU'RE THE BEST.
@@furkanykilmz9383 Maalesef oraya gelenler(Hepsi için konuşmuyorum) hakkı ile gelenler olmuyor, şansla oluyor. Onların bu davranışı adına özür diliyorum.
@@bythemoonlighto bir kürt bu yeterlimi amaçini bilmek için?
Son 2 kişi İranlı ve Almancı.
100% dogru.
As a 15-year-old Turk, I really wanted to visit America because I thought it was a very cool country, but I was very surprised when I saw the comments🤷I will still visit America in the future.Greetings from Adana, Turkey.❤I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong, I got some help from the translation as my English is not very good😊😅
Evladım sana diyecek bir ton sözüm var ama demeyeceğim. :)
@@otgunz :) anlatabilirsin abi hepsini anlamayacak bile olsam yeni bişeler öğrenmiş olurum ♥️
Kardeşim, senden 10 yaş büyük bir abin olarak söylüyorum: Hayallerinin peşinden mutlaka git. Kendin için iyi olur ya da kötü olur, fark etmez, ama geriye dönüp baktıktan sonra "en azından istediğimi yaptım" dersin. Ayrıca sadece ABD'yi değil, dünyadaki diğer gelişmiş ülkeleri ziyaret etmeyi de hedef edin. Son bir tavsiyem: Yabancı dil konuşurken ya da yazarken hata yapmaktan korkma çünkü ana dili İngilizce olup da ne yazdığı anlaşılmayan çok insan var. Onlar bile böyleyken kimse ana dili İngilizce olmayan birisinin mükemmel bir şekilde konuşmasını/yazmasını beklemez. :)
@@aliatack19 çok teşekkür ederim abi adamsın hayatında başarılar ❤️
I have been to America for 9 months, traveled through different states, was invited to eat and sleep with people who had Navajo backgrounds, never seen more homeless people in my life, you will see plenty in San Francisco, I found the people in the South very friendly but this was before Trump was elected president, I told people I met in the South I was European, slums and ghettos in Turkey are a walk in the park when compared to America, my navigation had troubles in LA so I ended up in a non tourist neighborhood in South central, I had a rental car with a license plate from a different state, I realized it could draw attention, luckily for me the locals understood my situation and told me how to get on my way to my motel, Turkey is heaven when compared to America.
It's very interesting to hear the stereotypes -- both good and bad -- that other countries have about us. I think the biggest difference between the Turks giving their opinions about us and US citizens giving their opinions about Turks is that there are a variety of opinions in Turkey, while most Americans have a more limited view of Turkey (and everywhere else for that matter.) There are extremely kind Americans here, and also very self-centered and cold Americans. Most Americans are more socially liberal than most Asians, Africans, Mideasterners, but perhaps less liberal than citizens of many European countries.
But one thing I think is fairly true of most Americans is that they have (although perhaps unconsciously) this obnoxious idea of "American exceptionalism." There is no "best" country in the world in all areas. For example, socially I perhaps have fewer restrictions on me than people in most of the countries I have visited or lived in. But while I was a young woman living in Japan I could walk around anywhere in Tokyo -- one of the most populous cities in the world -- in any district at night without fear for my safety. In that respect Japan was (and I think still remains) far superior and "freer" for me (as a woman) than the US is.
That was interesting but it's fair assessment considering that many Americans don't even know where Türkiye is located.
😂
@@ZehraJardine I, as an American, am still surprised (and offended) that most Americans cannot find Afghanistan or Iraq on a map, despite us having waged a war there for so long. The same was true when we were in Vietnam.
Americans don't know where most countries are. Because people generally have less information about that country the farther they are from a country. Other than that, I definitely don't think Turkey is a little-known country.
@cicekx My father was in Turkey for a while when I was very small. I still have the things he brought back for us.
@@kasseesmythe8738Why are you surprised? Most Americans would not be able to name 20 states. Take the state names off a map and ask 20 Americans to point out Wyoming or Maine and they wouldn’t be able to locate it. 🤷🏻♀️
One thing Turks in Turkiye dont realise is that their hospitality, kindness and general decency is rare to find in the world. they dont see it because thats all they know. But any Turks who have experienced the world realises that Turkish culture is hell of a lot better then they realised it to be.
Not all Turkish people are good though, As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people. 🤷♂️
@@furkanykilmz9383 lol, peasant.
@@furkanykilmz9383"I mostly get along with araps" that sums up everything Furqan 🤡
They are absolutely unaware. They think the world is like them. In my country, if you get sick and fall down, horses will run over you. I got sick in Turkey and couldn't go to work for three days. For three days, my co-workers brought me meals and checked on how I was doing. Even my mother didn't do this to me 😄
As a turk I don't agree with u
10:48 - 11:20 - This guy knew what he was talking about.
Yes
🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸
@@steffanhoffmann whats that suppose to mean bro...
Yes definitely, he gets the nuances of America
I got onto this channel 5 days ago to learn Türkiye whilst I am in the country. I memorised a few greetings before coming to the country and using your channel to learn more. I will be getting a tutor for a few lessons as I wish to do a country tour next year. American society has gone down hill, values, culture, education, lawlessness etc. what you have here in Türkiye may seem to some as restricting and boring but at least you still have culture and identity, where people still have a respect for the law and each other.
wow its interestging ''American society has gone down hill, values, culture, education, lawlessness etc.''
believe me, there is no legal system in turkey.
@@evrimdemirtas6120Well, i think he means moral codes.
You can't compare TR and US when it comes to lawlessness. TR has no rule of law. Judges don't give a fuck about our constitution. Our politicians are bunch of nobodies who has no power except the president. He has more power than all American politicians combined.
Smoke too much weed 😅 And so many Türks smoke cigarettes. Should smoke weed instead. Overall, it’s a favorable view of Americans 🤗 I have a lot of Turkish friends, and they like Americans. All of them. But I think they like people in general ❤
Weed is not healthier than cigarettes. They are both bad. But weed also makes you lazy. America is full of drug addicts, and we see every day in the news fentanyl killing parents and the foster program is loaded with the children from drug addicted parents. Nothing to be proud of.
As a Turkish American I’m sick of the cigarettes in Turkey and the weed in the states. Let’s just stop 😂😭
As an Albanian who loves America and Turkey so much, this was the perfect video for me
before the discoevry of America Turkey (Istanbul) was the center of the world.. after the discovery it was England (London)
I love Türkiye and it is always a pleasure visiting. My mum, almost 80 years old Mexican lady, loved it so much when she first visited that she said: I feel at home, except for the language. She religiously went to classes to learn it. She is far from fluent but can travel around on her own.
Thats so cute ❤
Aw she is so sweet
An interesting comments several people in the video made was about us being carefree, and not caring about anything. I guess it depends on what they mean, for example, 61% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. It's hard to be carefree if you are broke😅. I would say we are a bit carefree in regards to certain things, like school for example. ln some countries kids have to study a crazy amount of hours.
Americans aren't in a position to tell Turks what it means to be living paycheck-to-paycheck.
That number in Türkiye is significantly higher my friend. Inflation rate in Turkey was 73% in 2022. That means if you saved $100 one year, it’ll be worth almost 75% less in one single year. You’re talking about completely different worlds here.
@@cjohnson3836 accurate but not a helpful or kind comment .
@@bariswheel What savings? I haven't yet paid my rent this month, every cent in my bank account will be gone. However, I do understand that the inflation in Turkey is a problem. If I managed to fix my financial situation, I wouldn't have to worry about losing money. For now however, I am not carefree...at all.
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amacın ne anlamadım.
I'm from Kensington and Chelsea in London; originally.
I live in Alanya region, of the beautiful Med Sea climate.
320 sunny days a year and heavenly.
I have an American pal.
He's got no idea about Europe or Turkey.
When he was a tourist in Europe, he couldn't believe the transport infrastructure for example.
Far superior to his own.
We 👉 🇬🇧 are not so unaware.
Education might have something to do with it 🤔
I love Turkey and its people. 👍
🇬🇧 🤝 🇹🇷
I'm 15 mins walk from here 👍
All year round it's pretty much the same.
This video about Nov 2022.
ruclips.net/video/4V-cGAl6bxM/видео.html
Umarım
Ülkenize geri dönersiniz, bizim ülkemizi istila etmekten kaçınırsınız. Sizler yüzünden Türkler ev alamıyor. Üzgünüm dostum sadece turist olarak güzelsiniz.
I love Turkey and there power and Turkey is so beautiful ❤ love from india ❤🇮🇳🇮🇳
Greetings from istanbul 💕
Geez - interesting to know their view points about Americans. Everyone has their own perceptions both good or bad, mostly funneled via social media networks. There’s no truth or false as one can find them in certain people exactly the same way we can find them in Turkish culture. I have many Turk friends of all ages and somethings are puzzling to them, as some of theirs is puzzling to me. I visit Turkiye and lived for sometime as I say the perception and realities are quite far apart. Even when I tell them about our culture they don’t believe unless I have to show it to them. This is true in every culture and society. 🤣
I’m curious what older people think. As much as any people anywhere, media seems to have shaped opinions, but in the end I find people around the world are so similar that they would find it hard to believe it true. Ask these same people, and people around the world, to describe their culture. This is why I love people and humanity.
Trust me old people hate USA too much
Depends, sheeps will hate it because they are told to. My father is 78 yo and he loved America because American people donated vaccines to Turks back when he was young. This really touched him. I think general sentiment towards the US is negative, but its purely because of the American government, their Iraqi invasion and support for PKK, if these never happened Turks would love America, most of the old people grew up watching Dallas, and kids nowadays like American music and pop culture a lot. Hell, we even have Trump supporters and Reagan lovers.
I'm always open to answering anything people from other countries ask about what it's like over here. When I used to go on cruises I'd run into people working aboard the vessels that came from other countries and they'd ask me about places. For them to understand how the people live in the US is pretty much the same everywhere. We look at each other as if things are good until you speak to someone then you understand. Or live here for several years. I can't base my view on Turkiye just by their music, entertainment, culture, politics, etc... All I have is a window. I can't judge it just by that. I'd have to live there for several years and then I still wouldn't have learned everything. But it's a start.
Very interesting viewpoints. Thanks, Can, for sharing these voices directly from Istanbul. I would like to add that--in any country-- the impressions we have of people from other countries are usually based on our impressions of tourists. And, of course, tourists are generally very well-off compared to the great majority of their countrymen and quite relaxed and carefree while they are on vacation. So, when we give our opinions of "Americans", "Europeans", "Brits", "people from India", "North Africans", "Australians", etc., we are usually describing a very tiny portion of the people. Added to that are the stereotypes we see from pop culture on the Internet.
That makes sense. I kept wondering why they were saying "they're so relaxed and care-free." I was trying to be open-minded but wasn't quite sure where they got that from...
@@macondiano503 Tv series as Seinfield characters as George Constanza and Jerry Seinfield showed to how americans don’t care to Other World.😄They are relax people in the movies and Tv shows.
Exactly and 💯 percent agree.
Very interesting! You can’t generalize about Americans; we are made up of all different types. And you can’t base your impressions on American TV or movies. We were in Türkiye last year and, frankly, I prefer Turks to Americans. You have a very welcoming culture. We are planning to permanently relocate to Türkiye later this year and cannot wait!
As a Turk, I do not like the American government at all, but I have a positive view of the American people, I find America a little dangerous.
It is dangerous
Texas 💀
@@dvillafane6477 Imagine Texas as a whole country. Yeah, that country is Turkiye
😂😂 somewhat depending but I am sure Turkiye is a wee bit dangerous in some areas as well. 😊
It’d be interesting to do a video like this on other countries. I wonder what the Turks would say about the Brits…
İngiltere de bulunmuştum İnsanları kibardı. Kötü bir anı hatırlamıyorum.
as a turk, i can say they seem so polite and cool. plus, i love sm british accent ( ╹▽╹ )
Can, Turley looks Beautiful definitely on my travel list someday ..Interesting video , however, the people interviewed really have no idea how hard Americans work for basic survival, everything is very expensive these days,, not every position pays a fortune ,yet we are very spirited as a nation..we manage to survive.....
Tesekkurler Can......
Your expensivity nothing for us no worry.
I have lived in the US for almost 20 years and I have spent a lot of time in Türkiye too (5 trips, 6 months). I certainly miss the hospitality of Turkish people, the food, the history, the beaches, and, in general I felt safer than in the US. It made me sad, however, that LGBTQ folks in Türkiye do not have the same rights and acceptance that we have in America.
ruclips.net/user/shortsoiiuQMPZwQU?si=D5257vv56APuztaE ❤
LGBT individuals have rights in Turkey.
@@aliekberakbaba3452Well, being able to exist is a right.
And thats the problem LGBTQ and feminism is to strong in America the men dying with suicide
@@aliekberakbaba3452nerde var 😂
Ayrıca olmasında zaten
Being in USA and have some great friends both in Turkey and in the States. I think this question is so silly. Because it tends to generalise a nation of 350 million people from probably over 300 different nations. So, labelling the nation as a nation - especially by people probably haven't had much engagement with Americans - not very useful.
“The way their parents treat their children is more easy-going” - laughs in puertorrican with a Dominican dad and a puertorrican conservative mom 😅
Yeah well news for you, that doesn't make you an American. That just makes you someone that has dominican dad and puertorrican mom that lives in USA and was born in USA.
there is no freedom in America. I am a Turkish American. We work our asses off to be able to pay our bills. We're condemned to have a car, to pay for car insurance, pay for the lease or the finance of the car. If we can manage to buy a house, we have to pay for the mortgage for the rest of our lives until it's paid off. We have to pay for health insurance. If we don't have an insurance card, we are charged a lof of money to go to the doctor.
Türkiye de ev ve araba almak imkansızlasti. Değersiz çöp bir araba, 1 artı 1 ev alabilirsen de ömür boyu borç ödüyorsun.
@@mavilepistesEroğan 😮😂
Come to Turkiye and live your life as you want :)
@@mavilepistesöylesi aynı gibi ingilterede ama. bence hatta ingiltereden amerika daha iyi ekonomi var ki
There is no freedom in america dan sonrasını okumadım.
I live in California its à good place to live but Usa has lots of problems but maybe not as much compared 2 other countries
When I was living in Germany as a American I thought the Germans people were cool if they liked you being there young as a civilian in Germany but not the military. The Turkish people I met were very interested in me to gather information on my life as an American made for some good cultural exchange conversations. Allot of Turkish people came to Germany first jobs and to improve their lives I guess wanted to broaden their horizons if they could further travel into Europe, North America and Australia.
Turkey is already a sufficiently developed country. It has been dragged into an economic crisis only in the last 5 years. Turks went to Germany 60 years ago upon the request Germany, Turkish workers. It is not new. And teach the American people that Turkey is a peninsula country and a Eurasian country. They are ignorant enough to think that there is a desert here and we ride camels.
American travelers should always be very mindful of their behavior and interactions with local populations when traveling abroad. You serve as an informal representative of an entire nation and culture. You might be the only American that somebody interacts with, and leaving them with a positive impression can change their entire world view on Americans. And it goes both ways, a positive interaction with a foreigner can leave a lasting impression on any American. Of course this does not change the fact that American foreign and economic policy is very dominant, but people tend to retain emotional memories from direct interactions better than synthesizing informed opinions based on encyclopedic political history. Always be a polite, friendly and respectful traveler and you can actually help sway popular opinion and effect international diplomacy in small ways. Bring small goodwill gesture gifts. Respect local customs. Better to be too quiet than too loud. Try to be a bit informed about what locals care about and some of the challenges they face. And always learn how to say "please" and "thank you" in the native language whereever you go.
As an American, I can tell which of the Turks had actual experience with Americans and which ones made their opinion based on Hollywood movies!
En güzel konuşan kovboy şapkalı kız oldu. Ne de olsa okumuş insanın hali başka oluyor
As an American I have to say that all of them were wrong. Most were very nice in their description of us, but because we are such a large country, with people from every corner of the globe, we are undefinable.
Please do Canada! I'd love to see if there is a different mindset between the thoughts of America, and Canada.
The country is varied. It is large and like a lot of places. Different beliefs and behaviours. I was not offended by the responses. Agreed that the country is generally insular because size and location and lack of uninfluenced information.
Turkey is far more diverse than you mate
@@steffanhoffmann really? Where? I haven't seen it all yet ☺️there is a lot of racism.. not much English or friendless in alot of areas .. low respect for tourists
In America the majority of people work paycheck to paycheck, 50+ hours weekly, not by choice but according to needs. The US government has absolutely no interest in helping the citizens. Refugees can arrive in America with UN paperwork, and have full coverage healthcare, dental, and vision, but a citizen working 50+ hours must pay and can barely survive due to healthcare costs for a family. America is too busy caring for others instead of fixing the inside first. I agree that there is a MAJOR drug problem in America, highly ignored mental health issues, and a daily increase in crime. Having been to Turkey before, I believe Americans overall could learn from the hospitality and luxurious lifestyle of being able to walk everywhere instead of needing a car like in America. I think Can could do more interviews of people aged 40+, the young minded interviews are only focused on entertainment, and lack of life experience.
I agree! Another misunderstanding also that I would like to point out is that everyone thinks all the Turkish people are good, Not really.. As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people.. 🤷♂
what I heard online most of the time is "Turkey is a Arab ummah country why there's racism against illegal immigrants, you and your ancestors are disgusting" kind of things we also work 50+ hours a week just to get $400 a month. İmmigrants don't pay taxes , get paid even if they are not working , edit videos to look like they are being abused , buy citizenships, vote for that one specific person I don't like it's been years since war ended and most of them refuse to go because life is easier in Turkey.
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amacın ne anlamadım.
It's comparingly richer country, that is the main reason.
And also the Hollywood's portrayal of American dream has a huge impact. Turks really don't know how hard Americans actually work, even harder than the Turks.
spot on! ✅
I love you Türkiye ❤️🇹🇷🤍
From Iran 🇮🇷
🇮🇷❤️🇹🇷
Türkiye Seviyourm
Sizin ülkenize çok üzülüyorum umarim bir gün kadinlar yeniden özgür olur
sonda çıkan kişiler Türk değildi
I’m going to say something that really shocked me culturally about Türkiye standards. It may not sound like a big deal to most US women but if you’re gonna marry a turkish man please know that the definition (and act) of “clean” is NOT the same … no one talks about this but to me cleaning is a chore and not fun and I’m not really that good at it but since I’m married now… nobody warned me that I was going to have to go “above and beyond” (with no outside help - yes my husband is stingy with money) in cleaning +organizing +maintaining +designing +replacing +updating +moving +the household on a daily basis - and yes ladies this also includes patio, lawn, backyard… their standard is so high that sometimes I wish I was like “OCD” about cleaning because it’s something they can constantly criticize me about. I don’t blame the high standard - it’s just something you can’t really feel good about. Anyway, just something I noticed recently because I’m not a dirty person but I guess I am based on their standard lol 😆
I had to watch this again .. I love hearing how Turks think of Americans.. we are a society that is individually oriented.. ( Me ) we are more free as you would say but it's not all good.. bad consequences can come from this so called free society .. I have heard the human rights are not good in Turkiye however I hope it will get better but not so much that you become like USA .. a balance would be good for both countries in regard to this matter. I like Turkiye 's care for others or group culture . The country is more conservative than USA and that is a good thing. Your country will thrive better if you preserve your family unit .. I like the USA despite our problems (all things racism 😂, guns and shootings political division) no matter where you live , there will be crazy greedy selfish people and problems
The only person who was correct was that old guy. It’s truly mind blowing how they think we have a perfect economy and America is perfect lol. These people are talking about the America they see in Hollywood movies. When I went to Turkey I felt a million times more free than in the US.
No turkey is just like russia for freedom and economy biden fuked usa but still way better then turkey for economy and freedom god bless america 😍😍😍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Türkiye is more free than any country in this world if only my people would come to realize this fact 😊😅
@@globetrotter07 🤝
Hollywood depicts Americans as drug addicts or just crazy people who are interestingly not on drugs
Turkey is only free for a tourist even then not that much free.
I am very disappointed by most of the negative comments...😥 I have been to Turkiye twice for extended stays from Istanbul to the Hatay region ( Antakya & Samandag ). I stayed with a Muslim family in Hatay. I lived their life. I was treated as part of the family. I hand picked olives for 2 days & wore a head scarf... I gave love & respect & got love & respect back... What could be better than that??
Why be disappointed? Can you know what the average American tourist behaves like? They were frequently not well behaved in the UK
@@ZehraJardineI am American and agree with everything Turks said, American are fat, facts!
If you watched the whole video there was quite a few negative things said... It didn't make me mad... Just disappointed...
It is not at all different from racist or elitist Americans and their views of the rest of the world that is not as developed.
@@christineholliday4564I frankly did not see much negativity, of course every one’s perception and realities are quite different. Just because they said does not mean it’s true or false. That is true in all cultures and societies. Yes I have thousands of friends from Turkiye and have lived there as well, as an American we can also talk good and bad. But that does not change the reality because someone said it.
Watching this Video ,,viewing these answers about Americans ,made me realize these Citizens know norhing about the U.S. at all ..Everyone views us based on some Hollywood Elites om T.V. that is not who we are at all..We love the Turkish Culture and especially Food ...Come visit here ,,,we are a hard working spirited Nation ......
8:43 tam dogru cevap soyledi
All from perception management through media. My turkish friends hardly believe what I tell them about Americas cities, until they visit one. It is a sinking ship.
really !? you must be a turkish and erdogan supporter right ? you creating wrong perception to praise erdogan by portraying america as sinking ship ? (!) just joking lol those were common political quates in politics in turkey and always usa has been subject for political and economical matters because usa portrayed in turkey as a role model and a example country for comparison , sorry for bad my terrible english btw
@@AmazontimsahiCanım sakin ol,adam seni fake Amerika rüyandan uyandırmış ama gerçek😂 Siz de var ya deprem olsa Erdoğandan bilceksiniz Allah islah etsin😂
Cok tesekkurler Can bir iyidir video icin. Amerikalılar iyi insanlar ama sadece kendilerini düşünüyorlar, diğer ülkeleri umursamıyorlar ve onlar hakkında hiçbir şey bilmiyorlar. Selamlar
😂
Afganistan, Irak ve Suriye umurunuzda mı? Aynı nedenle, Türkiye ABD'den çok daha az gelişmiş durumda.
What am I doing here! I'm not even Turkish nor American.
😂😂😂
54 Sene Amerikada yasiyan birisi olarak en guzel tarifi bence 1:59 konusan kiz tebrik ederim.
Amerikada hiç yaşamadım ama bende ona çok katılıyorum Asya'yı ve Afrika'yı ülke Zannediyorlar
the turkish language is sexy AF on females. and not every language is. german and arabic, for example, most definitely are not (same with certain accents within english). but turkish is adorable on women.
to anybody who speaks turkish do these people all have the same accent or are some of them from different parts of turkey that have a different accent from istanbul where this was filmed?
8:33 and 9:30 have east anatolia accent..and11:40 I think she isfrom Azerbaycan
Mostly fairly accurate assessment. Obviously, not every American have a good life. Like everywhere else, there are rich people, middle class who live fairly comfortably, and then the working class many of them struggle quite a bit. But, if you are willing to work, there are plenty of jobs, and you can make a decent living. Basics like food and clothes are quite cheap compared to wages, but housing is expensive, especially after the pandemic. Yes, people are more free, and also respect different opinions and life styles. But, obviously, not every American have the same views and attitudes just as not every Türk has the same views and attitudes. Most of them don’t pay attention to what happens outside of America. Because America is so big and diverse, it is enough to keep you busy.
The Turkish language almost sounds Swedish. I know they’re not related but they sound very similar.
At least the Ottoman Empire and Swedish Kingdom were Friends & Allies 😅
I am in US they are one of the most powerful country,but the people out here are weak without a culture.
I am I coming to turkey, I am American . Most of my fellow Americans……not all but most of them are blind and lost . Trying to communicate something to them is like talking to a automatic paper towel dispenser.. 🤦🏼♀️☹️
American here. I have never tried talking to an automatic paper towel dispenser, but will try it and compare it to my roommate. That you for the idea.
@@geckofeet 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s so funny to hear them. 10 years ago I would have said the same but then I moved to California. I know,I know , most of you think everyone is rich in California but it’s not true. Homelessness is a big issue in our state. Many of you think Americans are rich because they have cars,money,they can go to the beach all the time but the real luxury in America is health insurance and I’m not kidding. We’re a family of four,my husband is disabled and we have 2 sons. I have 3 jobs and I work 6-7 days a week to get the money we need for our daily life. But I’m not complaining! We have a roof above our heads, we have a car, I cook daily and we even can save some money. I never regretted to move here though I miss my Hungarian family and friends a lot.
Another misunderstanding also that I would like to point out is that everyone thinks all the Turkish people are good, Not really.. As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people.. 🤷♂
@@furkanykilmz9383 How representative are Turkish Americans with the ones back home? It seems the ones in America are more educated and secular.
@@yusufmuslim4420 This is how I see it in my point of view, Yes the Majority of Turks here in America are secular and educated but they are only get educated in just their studies, They are not educated in friendliness, Islam, and the world. They also unfortunately get all crazy and Americanized all of a sudden when they come to the States based on what I have seen and only cares about themselves rather than their own people.. While the ones back home are not really like that but I would say more friendlier and open-minded about everything.
@@furkanykilmz9383 im assuming the turks on social media are a minority. Every video I see i find hate filled posts and comments against conservative muslims namely Arabs Afghans and even surprisingly Pakistanis and other south asian Muslims. Not to mention recent incidents against Tourists and refugees namely Arabs. I also met reallife Turks like this unfortunately in Turkey.
@@yusufmuslim4420 Yes it is a unfortunate reality brother, May Allah guide everyone to the straight path. 🤲
Türks are very humble and simple. Be good to Türks expect ten times the goodness. Do wrong to Türks....Well do not...We want to be cool with everyone.
I kept on seeing that we live Free lives and we're leading the economy? Most of us in America are living pay check to paycheck and there are still issues in the country that need to be updated. We are weird people but it wouldn't be interesting conversations without the occasional weird. I like Turkish people they seem nice, I'm talking to a Turkish guy online and he's a nice guy
About the economy, living paycheck to paycheck is now a luxury in Turkey, at least if you are just starting your life without any help from your parents. Because there are universities everywhere in the country (more universities less quality of education) everyone is either overqualified for the job they do or doesn't have a job at all. In the early 2000s the minimum wage in Turkey was only given to people who just started that job or to people who do specific works which do not require much effort. But now even people who gave their whole life to a company as blue collar workers make minimum wage. When I went to primary school my father was the only one who worked and he took care of us well. He used to buy bags full of snacks and food I love before coming home every evening. Now my both parents are working. Thinking about what we eat tonight? I must add that we own a home in Istanbul which is a miracle come true for a Turk right now. Thanks to my grandma and granddad who gave us money to close our debts every year. They own a hazelnut garden. Now think how on earth a Turk just got his papers from a university would be able to afford a living with minimum wage while house rents are near double in some places. You may say "go to a place where rents are lower". Those places are usually out of Ankara, İzmir, İstanbul and such which are just made up of farmers and provide near no jobs to someone who is in his/her 20s and wants to live their life to the fullest. I meant to at least see some places beyond Turkey and have fun some nights. You already can't afford it in rural places which don't have anywhere to have fun. Also have people who will not tolerate the modern way of life. They might not say anything directly but will talk about you just behind enough that you will hear them but they won't face consequences.
Also America is a big place with a stronger passport than Turkey. So one who is ambitious, has goals and has a lot of opportunities in America or they can try it in a different country. Turkey does not have that.
Young people of Türkiye, please do not idolize the American youth. The successful influencers you see on Instagram, TikTok, and RUclips are mostly facades.
I wish you interviewed a few older people as well.
most turks just assume i am rich asf and fully stereotype until they realise we are normal people
I agree! Another misunderstanding also that I would like to point out is that everyone thinks all the Turkish people are good, Not really.. As a Turkish-American who has lived in the US my whole life, Turkish people are unfortunately very unfriendly and sassy here in America.. I mostly get along with the Muslim and Arab community here rather than my own people.. 🤷♂
@@furkanykilmz9383 her yorumun altına kopyala yapıştır yapmana gerek yok.
amacın ne anlamadım.
@@bythemoonlight Sana ne? İnterneti nasıl kullanabileceğimi sana mi söyleyeceğim? 😂 Sen niye o zaman üç defa aynı şeyi bahsettiğin? Amacımı bilmiyorsan git mesajımı oku düşün ondan sonra söyle. Eğer anlıyorsan, kendi milletimden memnun değilim. Yabancılarla dolu bir ülkede yaşamak ve kendi halkımın bana ihanet ettiğini görmek hayatımda çok acıya neden oldu. Demek istediğim, eğer İngilizceyi anlıyorsanız, Türklerin hepsinin dost canlısı olmadığı ve insanların ne yazık ki yaşadıkları yere göre farklı olduğudur..
Genelleme yapmamak için zorluyorum ama politikadan ötürü, özellikle son haberlerden sonra iyice tiksiniyorum diyebilirim.
Turkroach hypocrisy
1) supports pakistan sponsored terrorism against innocent indians and afghans but calls kurds as terrorist
2) hates all non-muslims yet calls himself secular
3) supports genocide of armenians, assyrians, kurds and arabs in the ottoman empire yet calls others racist
You are making dark propaganda and believe in your own propaganda religiously. None of these are true. People like you make these things up then believe in your own fantasy. You need to get rid of prejudice and start talking and listening to Türks and need to search more for non propaganda , actual historical resources as well as visiting Türkiye and meeting the Türks.
@@Squish_that_cat
Pakistan, isn't terrorism.
Cut out calling thus everyone you dislike a terrorist.
And Kurd's how aren't? Who's worldly reconised terrorist PKK is clearly an reconised like that. They bomb our country like month.
Hating non Muslim's? Who does to represent all Turkish people. This is an lie, we Turk's, don't like Islam neighter. 98% is rigged by our authoritarian forcefull goverment, there are alot of Islamophobe people out there too.
Support the genocide? We deny it. Cause Turk's can't accept something that's strictly banned by our goverment.
We don't genocide the Kurd's, we never did that since Turkish Republic. We fight with PKK and imagine calling people "racist" for this history. How racist can you be?
AND ON GOD who hurt you? Which Turk hurt you enough to makw you crwy like that. And turned into you an racist person. 😢
@@user-4xislb
Lol
Taliban was born in Pakistan
Pakistan continues to support Anti-India islamist militants like Lashkar-e-Taiba and hizbul mujahideen
You don't know anything about south asia
As a proud Turkroach I'm proud to live in the world's best country
But currently 200% inflation has ruined my life and my goat (wife) died in the earthquake
Food is so expensive I have to eat expired meat which gives me diarrhea
But I will rebuild our goattoman empire with ErdoGAY as our caliph
Proud Turkroach saaaar
😭😭😭😭
Amerikada özgürlük var diyince kiz koptum ztn 😂😂😂
4:07 😍😍
Both my parents are Turkish, but I was born in Canada and now live in the United States. I never lived in Turkey, but I've been there many times. I think I have an interesting perspective as I find turkey takes care of its people better than the United States does. For one, you have free government hospitals. Here there are many uninsured. Turkey, especially Istanbul, cares for its street animals and gives them right to exist. Here we euthanize, millions of healthy cats and dogs every year. There are good and bad on both sides. The politics here are a mess and the culture is beyond understanding.I still love both countries!
Also add-- the one guy had it right when he said there are lots of drug addicts here. There are also an enormous number of criminals. Every day you read about people doing horrific things to their own children because they are addicted to drugs. It's horrible and there's nothing in Turkey that even compares.
Sanırım Türkiye'den bir habersin.
Some Americans are a little offended because we think they are rich, but for us Turks, they say things that are so unrealistic and bad that we have gotten used to it and do not take offense.I mean, being thought of as rich is a very, very small thing.
"Say there son, whar's the nearest MacDonald's round these here parts? Yeeh-haw!"
ülkede pasaporta sahip insan oranı yüzde bir kim bilir onların kaçı düzenli olarak yurtdışına çıkabiliyor? Türk genci çıkıp da göremiyor ki oraları tabii ki fikirlerini filmlerden gördükleri oluşturacak. İnternetten haber almak için yabancı haberleri takip etmeleri lazım o da özel ilgi isteyen bir şey. Yorumlarda gereksiz yüklenilmiş.
cikma bir bok yok yurt disinda tr en guzeli
Amerika’yı sırtlayan ve tüm yükünü taşıyan 20 bin civarı insan var. Bir üniversitenin bütçesinin yıllık 2 milyar dolar olduğunu duydum. İşte burada okuyan insanlar o milleti yüceltiyor. Eğer bizimde eğitime ayıracağımız bütçeler yüksek olursa biz de en az onlar kadar dünyaya hükmederiz
EVERYTHING you see from far is GOLD. The thing you lived in is coal. First of all, there is no place in the world where you will find all the people are happy. Not even in the so-called happiest country in the world Finland. Americans think their life is thrash and people who are not from there think america is heaven and vice-versa. I think Türkiye has a very good life standard to offer its citizens. People of the USA think all the Arabs are rich and people in my country thinks Turkiye is much better than our country and america is a dream. So, this is a common scenario all around the world. Most people in this video have literally no idea about life with the exception of one or two. And most of them have serious misconception about american life.
bu videoyu izleyecek amerikalı var mıdır acaba
Me
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Ben. Pek çok Amerikalı, Amerikan kültürünün büyük bir kısmından kesinlikle hoşlanmamaktadır. Birçoğumuz standart normlardan çok farklıyız. Dürüst olmak gerekirse, endişelenmeniz gereken Amerikalıların çoğu Türkleri sevmiyor bile çünkü en korkunç Amerikalılar yabancı düşmanı ve İslamofobiktir ve hiçbiri bu videoyu izlemez veya Türkiye'yi ziyaret etmez.
Yep 🍩🌭🎆
And me
I love what the guy said about black people 😂 had me cracking up .. I am black by the way .. I drive for Uber and a lot of my black people smell like weed in my car .. going to work smelling like weed 😂 smh 🤦🏽 I don't smoke it .. can't stand it 😂
I like the conservatism in Turkish series. I haven’t seen nudity, sexual behavior or anything immoral. I think American culture is too radically liberal in movies, TV, real life, etc. We are very diverse. Life here is different depending on the neighborhood even more so than the city you live in. I have friends who won’t even come to my city because of violence and crime. So we can’t even generalize about a city or state or U.S. Government is different than culture, many opinions on that also.
Turkish series generally involve less sexual scenes than American one's but they're still far away from being conservative... wtf are you watching..
@@oulawd6281 I watch movies and series with subtitles in English.. Some are dramas, romance and crime dramas. Latest series was Black Money Love. Love for Rent and The Club with Baris Arduc. Any series with Can Yaman. I see Turkish youth is more respectful of their elders. By conservative I meant morally. A couple may kiss and the camera moves away from their lips. You hardly ever see people naked in bed. They either have their clothes or pajamas on. If nude you only see naked shoulder.
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6:18 I disagree with this. The most harmed people are their own.
The older guy who claimed Americans wouldn't even give someone a glass of water, that couldn't be further from the truth. He clearly knows nothing about America, but what he hears from countries that hate Americans because Americans wear their clothes freely.
As an American who travels the world and visits various countries, Turkiye being the one I'm currently in & I'm dating a Turkish man, some of the people in this video made me changed my mind about Turkish people as a whole. They call us selfish, but I'd rather be selfish than ridiculously over judgmental and spitful based on never visiting a country. Those calling American selfish, like the man I mentioned above, has clearly never been to America. His experience of Americans in Turkiye, are clearly based off of how Americans react to his judgmental assumptions of the world.
100% I would get along with most of the people in this video, but that man and a couple others who spoke like he did, you couldn't pay me to be nice to them. 🤔Hmmm, even money wouldn't motivate this "selfish American" to be nice to judgmental people. Funny how that works.
There is a huge hatred against America in Turkiye but truth to be told that in the past America did bad stuff towards Turks like supporting the seperatists groups and also since that old guy you mentioned was a muslim since elderly people or middle aged people have biased thoughts against Americans. It's a complicated situation in Turkiye since our history is pretty old and ever since Turks came from central asia to anatolia we've been fighting everyone non stop so they can't stop being so judgemental and it doesn't help that most of Europe also hate us and make alot of propaganda against Turks. However in my opinion that most of American people are very kind people but America's government is awful like ours.
This is how old people in Turkey often talk about Americans. Because they look at it from a political perspective. But when you look at the young part, you see a lot of American sympathy. They constantly dream of living in America. If we look at the middle-aged segment, they approach this issue neutrally, or rather, they do not care about America. So just because one person talked like this about America and American people, not all Turks think that way. Regarding helpfulness and stinginess, yes, Turkish people are more helpful and generous than Americans, but we cannot generalize about the American people as in the previous situation. It is very wrong to call all American people stingy and selfish.
My friend, is there an organization that murders people in your country? Let's assume that there is a group of people in the country who are massacring their soldiers and citizens, and what would you think if Turkey gave weapons and training to this organization?
Have you heard what your fellow Americans think of each other, ever? I've seen the most brutal insults to Americans, from the Americans themselves. This was in general a positive video, considering your state sanctioned us several times in our history, in a war time when we most needed an ally, and still actively supports PKK which is a designated terrorist group, simply because it serves to American interest. Imagine we did that to you? 90% of americans would want to nuke Turkey.
People of a modern colonial state are of course considered selfish;they are the ones who choose the government.
I’ll be in Istanbul in May!
Hmm - very interesting! I am Irish by birth, but have lived in US for decades. Americans are not as care-free as the Turkish people think we are! It all depends on which administration we have. Under the Liberal Biden admin., life has become stressful, our economy is horrible, we have high inflation, disrespect for law enforcement, disrespect from the liberals for the family, for religion, and the result is chaos. I envy the Turkish people in some respects as they are much more polite, have solid family units, they are more conservative which provides stability to their communities. They are better educated as in the US the liberals have infiltrated our school systems. Our society is crumbling and our freedoms are being taken away. Turks should never envy America as it is now. Under our prior administration, America had no wars, energy independence, and plenty of jobs and stability. Now we are heading down a destructive path. Our media lies constantly. Liberals cities are a hotbed of violence and drug use, our border is open with no vetting of who is coming in. We are forced to support, with our tax dollars, the war in Ukraine, which the majority of Americans do not support. The American people, in general, do not support what is being done. I will add that I love the Turkish people and respect their upholding of their traditions - don't allow anyone to change that!
Well said! I'm an ethnic Türk, but born in Canada now living in the United States. Everything you said is 100% fact I would add the crimes in US are incomparable. Drug addicts killing their own children, crimes so horrific that if even one happened in Turkey, it would be on the 24/7 news cycle. You also can't say we have freedom when Americans don't even have mandatory holidays given by companies. People work until they die of heart attacks. My father-in-law still works two jobs to maintain his health insurance. If you use the wrong pronouns in our woke culture, you could be canceled. That is not freedom. Don't even get me started on how many millions of healthy animals we euthanize in our 'shelters'. That in addition to everything you stated above sums it up. Turks only know what they see on TV and from our lying media or social media influencers.
American here living in Eastern Turkiye. ♥♥♥♥Turkiye♥♥♥♥. I think Turkish people generally understand America better than we understand Turkiye.
I think the vast majority of Americans never think about Turkey, even when it’s mentioned in the news. Further, I would be stunned if more than 5% of us could accurately point out Turkey on a map, identify your capital city or the name of your president. America, for all its good qualities, is still obscenely parochial. I often thought I would like to visit Istanbul, especially the Grand Bazaar, but as long as Erdogan is in power, I will spend my USD (30TRY:1USD!) elsewhere.
We know what the exchange rate is, your wording is extremely antipathetic. Don't come here even after erdoğan leaves.
Erdogan is not that bad of a leader if you saw leaders like Netanyahu who caused ethnic genocides of Palestinens.
Stay where you are.