Just wanted to add a little more about the history of the region, since the Dardanelles Strait isn't an especially well known part of the world to non-historians. To put things in perspective, the earliest person referenced in the Old Testament of the Bible is the Egyptian Pharoah Shishak, who conquered Jerusalem in around 900 BC. At this time, the ancient city of Troy had long since recovered from the Trojan War, which had occurred several hundred years earlier in around 1200 BC. But the Trojan War was just a blip in the history of the ancient city of Troy, which had existed for almost 2,000 years before the Greeks showed up with their Trojan horse (all this will be discussed in the next video). Much later, in 480 BC, the Dardanelles, right around where I start the video, is where Persian King Xerxes attempted to cross in order to invade ancient Greece. His army built two pontoon bridges over the strait, but they were destroyed in a storm. In the next century, and in direct response to the Persian threat, Alexander the Great crossed the Dardanelles into Persia, beginning his conquest of much of the ancient world. More than two millennia later, in 1915 during World War I, the Dardanelles would be the site of a major battle to take control of the strategic position at Gallipoli.
Very interesting part of the world 🗺️ thanks for sharing. Back from summer in Canada. 🇨🇦 In Taiwan 🇹🇼 now. going to Krabi, Thailand 🇹🇭 Ao Nang, Railey Beach & some Thai Islands next week. Great 2 c all ur vids
Gabriel, Get well soon! I wanted to tell you that my nephew, he is watching every video of yours start to finish and keeps track where you go. He had mentioned he even remembers some of the WiFi and temperature data you mention.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos thank you. I’ll definitely tell him and he will see this comment too, he will be so excited. If ok with him I’ll show or send his post board he made with Gabe at the top with pins on the countries and places!
Good decision, congrats. Keep in mind that winters in Greece have short days, it gets dark quite early, can feel lonely and temperatures nothing at all like from May to October, especially nights with wind can feel a bit yek. But you probably are aware of that 😊
@@YesSirPhil I imagine it's just like here in Southern California we have the same plants and it does get coldand in the winter it gets dark at 4:30 and does not get light till 7:00 a.m. but at least we'll be in Europe! 💙🇬🇷🌍🇬🇷💙
Great video of Canakkale lots of layers of history, both ancient and modern. There is a place called ANZAC cove on the Gallipolli Peninsula in the Dardanelles , where Australian and New Zealander people come to pay respects for their soldiers who died back in 1915 during World War I. Looking forward to seeing Troy. Thank you. ❤😊
Yes, indeed ! And some beautifully maintained WW1 Commonwealth Cemetries there as well. Gallipoli was were Atataurk came to prominence, but a military disaster and humiliation for Winston Churchill. Apart from during the ANZAC commemorations the region is very popular with Turkish tourists, but not so many Europeans. They all prefer the beach resorts further south ! 😂😂
@@keithhardy8513 Gallipoli certainly was a disastrous campaign, so many loss of lives. I would like to go to the ANZAC Day Dawn service there one day. 👍
Having with fervor on history, it's my dream to visit Ancient city of Troy, wish I can visit on some day. I am waiting to watch the next part of this video.
I was also recently in Turkey and could not find an ATM that did not charge such high withdrawal rates. I used credit card after that. I suggest arriving with a wad of local currency on hand.
You missed the bus station with a mini bus to Truva, Troya, by a hundred meters from the big market place. But you obviously found out of that when you returned. Canakkale has lots of ANZAC and British tourists and visitors in the late March. They come to the memorial of the Gallipoli campaign during WW1. Canakkale is quite expensive because of this influx. The hotel prices are high compared with neighbouring towns, and even Izmir. Canakkale is very cozy, though. And has everything with its 140 000 population.
Love your videos, enjoy everywhere you travel. I was wondering why you don't travel much in South America? I would love to see videos in Patagonia, Bariloche, etc....
There's no specific reason, only because I chose other places and in particular have an interest in seeing more of certain countries that have a lot to explore such as Greece and India, so I keep getting pulled back. But I'd love to return to Peru, explore Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, etc.
Great to see you finally in the most historic place on earth... Anatolia. Anatolia has the greatest meaning in kind of civilisation for Humans..really looking to see more about Troy Gallipoli Ankara Cappadocia Lykia And all the acient and prehistoric sites. And the beautiful sea and beaches of course.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos You will not regret it, I'm right now not there in Limnos but it's the 10th biggest Island in Greece and you have lovely beaches Kakkabiotisa and the castro of Myrina. The other Secret escape island is Samothraki if you want a great hike up to Mount Saos there are a lot of opportunities if you love hiking!!! If you need more Infos you can contact me Gabe! 👍
I was in Turkey from August 2nd to 9th and found all ATMs were charging 8%. This was in Istanbul. Which bank did you get no fee at? Their rates were also worse than the currency exchange places (local ones outside the airport). Luckily I had a bank with 5700 TL in it and also brought $67 to exchange. The best ATMs with the highest currency rate I found were TEB bank and Garantii.
Hi Gabriel, an interesting town that must be the jewelry district there were at least a dozen shops there it had a feel of New York jewelry district phenomenal. Looking forward to seeing the ancient city of Troy that must be an incredible site. The phrase Trojan Horse is use today as an expression of a malware attack and the expression Achilles heel an area of weakness killed by a poison arrow in his heel or ankle.
The amount of ATM usage declined with CoVid and never recovered plus the high inflation in Turkey. It dropped to 62% in July 2024, down from 72% in June but it's still very high. All european tourists who were used to cheap turkey vacations are whining now as soon as they are leaving their all inclusive hotels.. There are countless videos abt this on TikTok. The superintelligent commentators then say: Holidays are expensive. Or: Stay home if you cant afford travelling and other BS. They should better talk to the locals..
Alternatively, you can, if you want, travel to countries much cheaper than Turkey as a much nicer alternative to staying home if Turkey is too expensive. In Egypt for example, groceries cost only a fraction compared to Turkey, entrance fees to historical sites about 1/4 the price and restaurants and hotels also 1/3 the price. Other much cheaper countries include Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Bulgaria is now trying to attract more European tourists by highlighting the fact that you can now get a much better and cheaper deal with traveling to Sunny Beach, Bulgaria than Marmaris, Turkey, with 2 euros for a pint of beer and 5 euros for a main course dinner at a restaurant which you can no longer get at most places in Turkey.
Word of caution, ATM scams are rampant with skimmers to super glue to trap cards, it's happening globally. Personally I try to avoid stand alone ATMs. I generally look for ATMs inside a bank during operating hours. Always have a backup. I personally hate those machines that take the card in. I prefer the ones where it never goes inside the machine. So at any point you can pull out your card.
FYI, here is the lede from a recent CNN article -- Kayaköy, Turkey (by CNN) - There’s a large and very dignified school in Kayaköy. There are narrow streets, lined with houses, that wend and rise up both sides of a steep valley. There’s an ancient fountain in the middle of the town. And there are churches, one with million-dollar hilltop views over the blue Aegean. But, for most of the past 100 years, there have been no people. Kayaköy, in southwestern Turkey’s Muğla Province, is a true ghost town. Abandoned by its occupants and haunted by the past. It’s a monument, frozen in time - a physical reminder of darker times in Turkey.
Myths of ghosts roaming the streets at night and screaming are greatly exaggerated. However, there is a very unpleasant feeling when walking the streets past sundown
Wowwww thank u so much sir Gabe for your Sharing History story and Video in One of the Historical Places in TURKIYE 🇹🇷 I love this Beautiful Country, One of my Dream travel destinations In European Countries, Thank u so much for your Wonderful Walk around tour video Stay safe Godbless from your solid Fan supporter viewer from the Philippines ♥️🇵🇭😊🙏👏👏🙂👏👏
Gabe - can you remember the name of the bank that didn't charge an ATM fee please ? (I'm visiting Turkey soon and it would be good to know a free ATM) Cheers
I guess it's Turkiye Finans, that's what it says at 9:44. But I don't know anything about the bank and whether the ATMs are owned by them or separate. I just came across it. Good luck, have a great trip.
I wanted to go to Gokceada, but getting there seemed a little tricky and especially getting from there to Greece, because I would have to go back to mainland Turkey. So I decided to go to Bozcaada instead, which will be easier both directions.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Gabriel, Gokceada, and Bozcaada, are important islands . In Gokceada there's still a large Greek community and it is a really special island in terms of history and landscape as well. Unfortunately, you can go to Greece only through the land borders. You can look at my profile my teenager students' work and, if you are still there on Sunday and after that, I'll be thrilled to show you around. As you said, it's a historically important area on many levels. In Bozcaada/Tenedos, there's a smaller Greek community left. Go to the tavern of Agia Paraskevi, the small monastery, behind the Ayasma beach. I hope you enjoy it.
OK, I would say that these are way to much for the schengen days. Chios ,Lesvos, Lemnos, and Samos are good choice, both for hiking and /or relaxing (by the sea) , next to turkey and with airports.
partially because of an arms race with Greece (Turkey has the 9th and Greece has the 10th largest submarine fleet in the world, although neither of them have nuclear powered ones) and also partially due to Greece and Turkey comprising NATO's southeast flank.
Prices are nice and cheap so far for both hotels and food, except on the island I'm going to next which is crazy expensive, $157 a night for a room. But that was the best option. Probably because demand is super high right now in August.
Why do you use cash all the time? Okey it is useful to have some small amount of cash to smaller expenses. I suggest you instead explain the level of credit card acceptance
I use a card regularly as well. In this case I expected to take a long taxi ride and needed to have plenty of cash to cover it. The taxi drivers here don't take credit cards.
Not sure how that would work but sounds super complicated, both the sending it and receiving it, plus it would probably take some time between the two. Much easier to just walk up to an ATM and boom you have your cash in less than a minute in most cases. I would probably prefer to even pay a $10 withdrawal fee than go the Western Union route. But most ATMs don't charge $10 anyway. ✌️
If you are hopping out and into Schengen all the time, the make shure to get some Euros, because the Turkish people gives a hefty bonus to get a hold on som Euros. Much better than Using the ATM all the time 😊
@@ErvuJukl sorry if reality hurts you this much. But ordering and drinking tea smoking, shouting on the phone and asking for more money isn't what taxi drivers do in Europe or the rest of the planet.
Why do some letters in Turkish alphabet have German umlaut diacritic marks? Does it change the pronunciation of the letter, sort of like it does in German?
Pretty sure it does, but I don't know the specifics. Also they have a letter that's like a little "i" without the dot on top, which has a specific pronunciation.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Yes, I just checked out wikipedia entry about it. Letter, Pronunciation ç, As ch in chair ö, Similar to u in nurse ş, As sh in show ü, Similar to u in cute
@@GabrielTravelerVideos And yes, they have two (versions of) i letters. ı, Similar to a in comma i, As ee in feet What is confusing is that ı and ö seem to be pronounced sort of the same way.
@@ErvuJukl even if I don't have head at all, I know Montenegro is much much better than Turkey, or Tyrkie, OMG, country doesn't even know its real name.
Gabriel at 7:15 the "Turkish" islands of Gökçeada and Bozcaada in reality had been Greek for entire millennia. They are called Imbros and Tenedos, respectively (their Turkish names were invented recently). These two islands were granted to Turkey in 1923, with the Lausanne treaty, under the condition that the Turks will not alter the predominantly Greek populations of Imbros and Tenedos (more than 10.000 Greeks versus a few hundred Turks back then). The Turks did alter them though, frorcing the Greeks out, confiscating their fortunes and replacing them with thousands of settlers from mainland Turkey. Quoting Wikipedia: "Historically, the island (Imbros - but Tenedos too) was primarily inhabited by ethnic Greeks since the Iron Age until approximately the 1960s, when many were forced to emigrate abroad due to a campaign of discrimination and ethnic cleansing sponsored by the (Turkish) governments..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbros P.S. It might surprise you, but I watched with much interest your Ankara video! I always had the impression that Turkey's capital, Ankara, bears some heavy, "gritty" vibes and that's exactly what I picked up from that video of yours...
I knew they were previously Greek as was the case everywhere around here, didn't realize they were given to Turkey with a Greek population. Pretty naive for anyone to think that Turkey would have left the Greeks there alone after the history of the Ottoman empire.
@@GabrielTravelerVideosYes but at that time Greece didn't had all that power to impose all she wanted. Also big European countries didn't want Greece to have full control of ALL the Aegean despite history and situations.
@@uncleenore Who's submarine was it? Lol. I admit, that could have made an interesting video, but that's not something you just get an answer to on the spot. Chasing that one would have been a big distraction from what I was in the middle of doing, trying to get to Troy. You would have to start walking around asking random people, almost all of whom would have no idea. And I assume that anyone sailing a submarine probably doesn't really want to advertise it. It's not a bad idea to investigate that one, but that was nowhere near being on my radar for a bunch of reasons, including that I barely even noticed the submarine. In the video I'm pointing at the end of the peninsula and talking about the history, so that's what I was focused on. Why, are you a submarine enthusiast?
@@GabrielTravelerVideos No, Gabe, I just thought it was odd that it was sitting there and my mind filled with questions. Still, I get why you didn't comment. By the way, Ukiah "alumni" here...
Just wanted to add a little more about the history of the region, since the Dardanelles Strait isn't an especially well known part of the world to non-historians. To put things in perspective, the earliest person referenced in the Old Testament of the Bible is the Egyptian Pharoah Shishak, who conquered Jerusalem in around 900 BC. At this time, the ancient city of Troy had long since recovered from the Trojan War, which had occurred several hundred years earlier in around 1200 BC. But the Trojan War was just a blip in the history of the ancient city of Troy, which had existed for almost 2,000 years before the Greeks showed up with their Trojan horse (all this will be discussed in the next video). Much later, in 480 BC, the Dardanelles, right around where I start the video, is where Persian King Xerxes attempted to cross in order to invade ancient Greece. His army built two pontoon bridges over the strait, but they were destroyed in a storm. In the next century, and in direct response to the Persian threat, Alexander the Great crossed the Dardanelles into Persia, beginning his conquest of much of the ancient world. More than two millennia later, in 1915 during World War I, the Dardanelles would be the site of a major battle to take control of the strategic position at Gallipoli.
thanks for sharing
Very interesting part of the world 🗺️ thanks for sharing. Back from summer in Canada. 🇨🇦 In Taiwan 🇹🇼 now. going to Krabi, Thailand 🇹🇭 Ao Nang, Railey Beach & some Thai Islands next week. Great 2 c all ur vids
This is where the great General Ataturk made his stand against Winston Churchill, and made Churchill look foolish.
@@BillySamKidry Bolivia is high on my list to visit, right after I go to every Greek island.
thanks for taking us on your travels
Gabriel, Get well soon! I wanted to tell you that my nephew, he is watching every video of yours start to finish and keeps track where you go. He had mentioned he even remembers some of the WiFi and temperature data you mention.
Ha, very cool. You can tell him hello from me. 😊👊
@@GabrielTravelerVideos thank you. I’ll definitely tell him and he will see this comment too, he will be so excited. If ok with him I’ll show or send his post board he made with Gabe at the top with pins on the countries and places!
I’m pretty sure we watched a video of yours 2 years ago and he continued watching from day 1.
we might soon be moving to Greece so appreciate you exploring this region of the world for us 🇹🇷🤘🇬🇷
Good decision, congrats. Keep in mind that winters in Greece have short days, it gets dark quite early, can feel lonely and temperatures nothing at all like from May to October, especially nights with wind can feel a bit yek. But you probably are aware of that 😊
@@YesSirPhil I imagine it's just like here in Southern California we have the same plants and it does get coldand in the winter it gets dark at 4:30 and does not get light till 7:00 a.m. but at least we'll be in Europe! 💙🇬🇷🌍🇬🇷💙
Can definitely hear it in your voice, get better. Safe travels
Gabriel love the music in your video today! ❤
Next cold one is on me. God bless you brother, love your work. Stay safe. 🍻
Thanks, much appreciated, cheers. 🍺
All the views of this place were amazing.Hearts becomes happy after watching.you have a wonderful way of exploring beautiful journey.Thanks a lot.
Great videos with just enough history to keep it from being boring you do great work. Some of these commenters should just start their own channel.
Great video of Canakkale lots of layers of history, both ancient and modern. There is a place called ANZAC cove on the Gallipolli Peninsula in the Dardanelles , where Australian and New Zealander people come to pay respects for their soldiers who died back in 1915 during World War I. Looking forward to seeing Troy. Thank you. ❤😊
Yes, indeed ! And some beautifully maintained WW1 Commonwealth Cemetries there as well. Gallipoli was were Atataurk came to prominence, but a military disaster and humiliation for Winston Churchill. Apart from during the ANZAC commemorations the region is very popular with Turkish tourists, but not so many Europeans. They all prefer the beach resorts further south ! 😂😂
@@keithhardy8513 Gallipoli certainly was a disastrous campaign, so many loss of lives. I would like to go to the ANZAC Day Dawn service there one day. 👍
@@JennyGunner-ge3lz Yes, definitely worth a visit if you are interested in the history of the region ! 👍
@@keithhardy8513It’s become a bit of a pilgrimage these days but would also like to see the ancient sites of Turkey as well.😊
@@JennyGunner-ge3lz 👍
Good content 🔥…Keep going!!
Enjoyed the Video and History.Thats one of the reasons I watch. Thanks
Great video Gabriel😊 looking forward for next video from Troy 👍😊
awww you are kiilleen me! I was so ready to see Troy! Love your adventures!
I really like port towns. thanks
Intro 🎶🎵 music is hyped Gab❤.
Lucky you found that atm with no charges!
as a person who lives in TR- that was wishful thinking :)
Having with fervor on history, it's my dream to visit Ancient city of Troy, wish I can visit on some day. I am waiting to watch the next part of this video.
Dude that intro was epic with that song 🔥
Get well soon!
Thanks a lot Syreeta. 😊
I have never visit there, thank you for transporting me, saludos
I was also recently in Turkey and could not find an ATM that did not charge such high withdrawal rates. I used credit card after that. I suggest arriving with a wad of local currency on hand.
Unbelievable value for money! If it’s this cheap in peak season, how cheap is it off-season?! Amazing!
In the waterfront is the wooden horse from the movie Troy. It’s quite impressive
I love it s so grand !
Yes, saw it this evening.
15:00 i love the way you explore 😂👍 i feel it... same here everytime
You missed the bus station with a mini bus to Truva, Troya, by a hundred meters from the big market place. But you obviously found out of that when you returned.
Canakkale has lots of ANZAC and British tourists and visitors in the late March. They come to the memorial of the Gallipoli campaign during WW1.
Canakkale is quite expensive because of this influx. The hotel prices are high compared with neighbouring towns, and even Izmir.
Canakkale is very cozy, though. And has everything with its 140 000 population.
Charles Schwab reimburses 100% of all atm charges all over the world, thought you should know that.
Gabriel get a Charles Schwab checking account. They reimburse atm fees. And no international transaction fee.
Love your videos, enjoy everywhere you travel. I was wondering why you don't travel much in South America? I would love to see videos in Patagonia, Bariloche, etc....
I’d imagine it must be the costs and the distance, hence why he rarely goes there.
There's no specific reason, only because I chose other places and in particular have an interest in seeing more of certain countries that have a lot to explore such as Greece and India, so I keep getting pulled back. But I'd love to return to Peru, explore Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, etc.
Nice, we go to Marmaris next week
Great to see you finally in the most historic place on earth... Anatolia.
Anatolia has the greatest meaning in kind of civilisation for Humans..really looking to see more about
Troy
Gallipoli
Ankara
Cappadocia
Lykia
And all the acient and prehistoric sites. And the beautiful sea and beaches of course.
Another epic trip
Legendary, bahaha 😂
Everything these days is "epic". Meaningless expression now 👎
Come to my Island, Limnos close to your location!
I'm thinking about it, want to see that crazy church in the cave.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos limnos is great and underrated (which is a plus IMO)
@@GabrielTravelerVideos You will not regret it, I'm right now not there in Limnos but it's the 10th biggest Island in Greece and you have lovely beaches Kakkabiotisa and the castro of Myrina. The other Secret escape island is Samothraki if you want a great hike up to Mount Saos there are a lot of opportunities if you love hiking!!! If you need more Infos you can contact me Gabe! 👍
I was in Turkey from August 2nd to 9th and found all ATMs were charging 8%. This was in Istanbul. Which bank did you get no fee at? Their rates were also worse than the currency exchange places (local ones outside the airport). Luckily I had a bank with 5700 TL in it and also brought $67 to exchange. The best ATMs with the highest currency rate I found were TEB bank and Garantii.
We were just in Turkey a couple of months ago, found that the atm at the post office doesn't charge fees!
Someone should compile a list of non-charging ATMs in Turkey, and should be pinned in the OP.
@@RovexHDwell, Gabe found the first one
Been there. It's amazing, but Troy ruins seemed much smaller than what I had envisioned.
🙂❤👍Thank You Gabriel 🙂❤👍
An amazing country 🇹🇷 🙏
Thanks 🙏🇹🇷👍
Hi Gabriel, an interesting town that must be the jewelry district there were at least a dozen shops there it had a feel of New York jewelry district phenomenal. Looking forward to seeing the ancient city of Troy that must be an incredible site. The phrase Trojan Horse is use today as an expression of a malware attack and the expression Achilles heel an area of weakness killed by a poison arrow in his heel or ankle.
Kill Bill?
Great idea for a trip to Turkey.
Time to get that Charles Schwab debit card without foreign atm fees
The amount of ATM usage declined with CoVid and never recovered plus the high inflation in Turkey. It dropped to 62% in July 2024, down from 72% in June but it's still very high. All european tourists who were used to cheap turkey vacations are whining now as soon as they are leaving their all inclusive hotels.. There are countless videos abt this on TikTok. The superintelligent commentators then say: Holidays are expensive. Or: Stay home if you cant afford travelling and other BS. They should better talk to the locals..
Yes, it does feel wrong moaning about how ‘cheap’ a place is or should be.
Alternatively, you can, if you want, travel to countries much cheaper than Turkey as a much nicer alternative to staying home if Turkey is too expensive. In Egypt for example, groceries cost only a fraction compared to Turkey, entrance fees to historical sites about 1/4 the price and restaurants and hotels also 1/3 the price. Other much cheaper countries include Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Bulgaria is now trying to attract more European tourists by highlighting the fact that you can now get a much better and cheaper deal with traveling to Sunny Beach, Bulgaria than Marmaris, Turkey, with 2 euros for a pint of beer and 5 euros for a main course dinner at a restaurant which you can no longer get at most places in Turkey.
Note, the opening music reminded me of a Rush/Geddy Lee free form bass riff.
Sounds more like Weather Report than Rush or Geddy Lee. At least there was no terrible screeching voice, aka Geddy Lee
Thanks for sharing and get well soon. It appears that beers or alcoholic beverages are not served in this country.
Beer and wine, etc. is available at certain restaurants and markets, but not as widespread as in Europe.
Word of caution, ATM scams are rampant with skimmers to super glue to trap cards, it's happening globally. Personally I try to avoid stand alone ATMs. I generally look for ATMs inside a bank during operating hours. Always have a backup. I personally hate those machines that take the card in. I prefer the ones where it never goes inside the machine. So at any point you can pull out your card.
Amazing how much advice G gets from the viewers.unbelievable.he makes the vids so he knows best!
FYI, here is the lede from a recent CNN article --
Kayaköy, Turkey (by CNN)
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There’s a large and very dignified school in Kayaköy. There are narrow streets, lined with houses, that wend and rise up both sides of a steep valley. There’s an ancient fountain in the middle of the town. And there are churches, one with million-dollar hilltop views over the blue Aegean.
But, for most of the past 100 years, there have been no people.
Kayaköy, in southwestern Turkey’s Muğla Province, is a true ghost town. Abandoned by its occupants and haunted by the past. It’s a monument, frozen in time - a physical reminder of darker times in Turkey.
It's really interesting: ruclips.net/video/Nu_VimhL3gQ/видео.html
Myths of ghosts roaming the streets at night and screaming are greatly exaggerated. However, there is a very unpleasant feeling when walking the streets past sundown
Is that turkish maqam I hear in the intro? Bravo!
Did you try Revolut?
Wowwww thank u so much sir Gabe for your Sharing History story and Video in One of the Historical Places in TURKIYE 🇹🇷 I love this Beautiful Country, One of my Dream travel destinations In European Countries, Thank u so much for your Wonderful Walk around tour video Stay safe Godbless from your solid Fan supporter viewer from the Philippines ♥️🇵🇭😊🙏👏👏🙂👏👏
Those are definitely tourist prices
Submarine ! Thought I’d say that as most people yell fish when they see one in the sea !
Hi 👋 Gabriel. I love all your vids. Will you come to visit Eskişehir sometime in the future 😊?
Gobekli Tepe?
ruclips.net/video/Fnv52TRkqxA/видео.html
👍👍👍
What is the story of the submarine, does anybody know at 7:36?
Looks like WWII
It's a Mauritius Navy sub from the Indian wars
its a museum
@@fatihyaldz5266 it's from the Indian wars
Do you use horizontal balance on your action camera?
Much better
Where's the cats? Canakkale reminds me of bustling Kadikoy without all the cats.
Izmir is also a visit worthy 🇹🇷
Gabe - can you remember the name of the bank that didn't charge an ATM fee please ? (I'm visiting Turkey soon and it would be good to know a free ATM) Cheers
I guess it's Turkiye Finans, that's what it says at 9:44. But I don't know anything about the bank and whether the ATMs are owned by them or separate. I just came across it. Good luck, have a great trip.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Many thanks 👍 Looking forward to seeing you visit more Greek islands soon !
Saw the thumbnail and thought, "First 7-11?" 🤷 😂
Ha, good guess but not exactly.
Is that a '' Submarine '' at 7:32 or are my eyes playing tricks on me.
Yes, it appears so.
9:45 Türkiye Turkiyeeeeee yeaaaaaaa 🎉
I noticed a lot of the signs about the stores, have the german" umlaut" or like it. Is it pertaining to the german writing?
No, that's Turkish writing.
You're in Mar a lago?? 🙃
On Gab and haircuts... I remember having a midnight haircut (1999) in Kusadasi with complementary Raki.
Great food in Turkey and heaps to see.
Excellent. No food or raki with mine but he did a good job.
nice !
Legendary, epic 😂😂😂
👍
You probably got sick from touching all those ATM's
I'll be there on Sunday evening and sail to Imbros/Gökçeada. If you happen to be there. I'll be happy to show you around!
I wanted to go to Gokceada, but getting there seemed a little tricky and especially getting from there to Greece, because I would have to go back to mainland Turkey. So I decided to go to Bozcaada instead, which will be easier both directions.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Gabriel, Gokceada, and Bozcaada, are important islands . In Gokceada there's still a large Greek community and it is a really special island in terms of history and landscape as well. Unfortunately, you can go to Greece only through the land borders. You can look at my profile my teenager students' work and, if you are still there on Sunday and after that, I'll be thrilled to show you around. As you said, it's a historically important area on many levels. In Bozcaada/Tenedos, there's a smaller Greek community left. Go to the tavern of Agia Paraskevi, the small monastery, behind the Ayasma beach. I hope you enjoy it.
@@mariachanlidou2933
Are the Greeks living there bilingual Turkish/Greek ?
@@RovexHD Yes. They are bilingual. Their natural language is Greek, but they speak Turkish as well.
Let me guess your route. Çanakkale, Ayvalik, Izmir, Çeşme, Chios Lesbos, Lemnos, Samothraki, Alexandroupolis, Keramoti, Thasos
I will probably be hitting some of those places.
OK, I would say that these are way to much for the schengen days. Chios ,Lesvos, Lemnos, and Samos are good choice, both for hiking and /or relaxing (by the sea) , next to turkey and with airports.
Are you in ride share??
At the beginning I'm in a taxi, at the end I'm in a bus.
First one❤
Got it.
Get well soon,next time c,d-3 and zinc
Gabriel are you going back to India
Definitely sometime, maybe this year.
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Someday I’ll be First but for now I will tell my mind I was 😂
You missed the submarine. Why tpwould the Turkish need a sub?
Yep, there was a submarine.
partially because of an arms race with Greece (Turkey has the 9th and Greece has the 10th largest submarine fleet in the world, although neither of them have nuclear powered ones) and also partially due to Greece and Turkey comprising NATO's southeast flank.
How are the prices overall? Some RUclips vloggers have raised a flag that things are now more expensive in Turkey.
Prices are nice and cheap so far for both hotels and food, except on the island I'm going to next which is crazy expensive, $157 a night for a room. But that was the best option. Probably because demand is super high right now in August.
Surely you meant Trojan Rabbit 😊
That's different: ruclips.net/video/XcxKIJTb3Hg/видео.html
Runny nose & a sore throat= Covid?
No it does not mean covid! When I had covid I only had terrible nausea, and no appetite. Could not eat anything. Was not like flu. Older
than Gabriel.
Sinus infection
Common cold. Not everything is COVID 🙄
No, it doesn't mean COVID 🤦
"Randomly" really? I seem to recall something about karma...action, reaction - consequences
Karma is overrated. Perhaps you read tarot cards to guide your life? 😂
@@ErvuJukl hardly overrated, ignored - yet law of cause and effect continues to operate perfectly
@@pleasantjourneys the law of cause and effect can easily be thwarted by the insane
Why do you use cash all the time? Okey it is useful to have some small amount of cash to smaller expenses. I suggest you instead explain the level of credit card acceptance
I use a card regularly as well. In this case I expected to take a long taxi ride and needed to have plenty of cash to cover it. The taxi drivers here don't take credit cards.
Co vid
You could always Western Union yourself ? That would be an alternative to avoid the extortionate withdrawal fees.
Not sure how that would work but sounds super complicated, both the sending it and receiving it, plus it would probably take some time between the two. Much easier to just walk up to an ATM and boom you have your cash in less than a minute in most cases. I would probably prefer to even pay a $10 withdrawal fee than go the Western Union route. But most ATMs don't charge $10 anyway. ✌️
Western Union has its own fee, and the conversion rate is not great
@@VolkerHelmich That would definitely kill it as a good idea.
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Not for me it doesn’t. The conversion rate isn’t the best, but it’s not 10 dollars bad.
Anyway, the post office is free (apparently).
@@RovexHD Actually he found a bank that was free 👍
If you are hopping out and into Schengen all the time, the make shure to get some Euros, because the Turkish people gives a hefty bonus to get a hold on som Euros. Much better than Using the ATM all the time 😊
You could have unlucky and been in one the most ignorant countries on the planet.
I had terrible experience with taxi drivers in istanbul
Perhaps they had a problem with you Sherv 🇹🇷
@@ErvuJukl sorry if reality hurts you this much. But ordering and drinking tea smoking, shouting on the phone and asking for more money isn't what taxi drivers do in Europe or the rest of the planet.
@@ShervinZ There are 2 sides to a story. I'd like to know what your problems are. 🇹🇷
Why do some letters in Turkish alphabet have German umlaut diacritic marks?
Does it change the pronunciation of the letter, sort of like it does in German?
Pretty sure it does, but I don't know the specifics. Also they have a letter that's like a little "i" without the dot on top, which has a specific pronunciation.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Yes, I just checked out wikipedia entry about it.
Letter, Pronunciation
ç, As ch in chair
ö, Similar to u in nurse
ş, As sh in show
ü, Similar to u in cute
@@GabrielTravelerVideos And yes, they have two (versions of) i letters.
ı, Similar to a in comma
i, As ee in feet
What is confusing is that ı and ö seem to be pronounced sort of the same way.
If you say "sıkıldım" it means i am bored, if you say "sikildim" it means i am fcked 😅
that plate in the begining looked like frozen burritos you buy in the U.S. for a dollar and microaved!! Turkey no thanks stay in Europe.
Azerbaijan for Hi
Türkiye for Hi 🇹🇷
@@BhutWhut İ want to say, Greetings from Azerbaijan
Okay👌
@@BhutWhut I want to say that it is greet for Türkiye 🇹🇷
The most annoying thing in Turkey is that everyone smokes, men and women, and everywhere.
The music in the video is embarrassing and has nothing to do with Turkey or its culture.
Ah, so TROY, the Grateful Dead of such historic place, ancient it is. 😅
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Hi Gabriel, heal yourself by rubbing Vicks on your chest, Drink tea with Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves. Sniff Eucalyptus oil! Quick recovery!
Interesting. Would you brew a green or black tea adding slivers of ginger + a couple cloves & a bit of cinnamon?
Use a mix of garlic and mayonnaise, and spread on the chest and throat overnight
Yeah, Monte Negro much much better.
No, Montenegro is not better than Türkiye 🇹🇷
@@ErvuJukl Of course it is. Everybody knows that.
@@nebojsa1976 perhaps you THINK that, but that's you only, no one else knows or thinks that. 🇹🇷
@@nebojsa1976 by chance, did you bang your head? 😳🇹🇷
@@ErvuJukl even if I don't have head at all, I know Montenegro is much much better than Turkey, or Tyrkie, OMG, country doesn't even know its real name.
Gabriel at 7:15 the "Turkish" islands of Gökçeada and Bozcaada in reality had been Greek for entire millennia. They are called Imbros and Tenedos, respectively (their Turkish names were invented recently). These two islands were granted to Turkey in 1923, with the Lausanne treaty, under the condition that the Turks will not alter the predominantly Greek populations of Imbros and Tenedos (more than 10.000 Greeks versus a few hundred Turks back then). The Turks did alter them though, frorcing the Greeks out, confiscating their fortunes and replacing them with thousands of settlers from mainland Turkey.
Quoting Wikipedia: "Historically, the island (Imbros - but Tenedos too) was primarily inhabited by ethnic Greeks since the Iron Age until approximately the 1960s, when many were forced to emigrate abroad due to a campaign of discrimination and ethnic cleansing sponsored by the (Turkish) governments..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbros
P.S. It might surprise you, but I watched with much interest your Ankara video! I always had the impression that Turkey's capital, Ankara, bears some heavy, "gritty" vibes and that's exactly what I picked up from that video of yours...
I knew they were previously Greek as was the case everywhere around here, didn't realize they were given to Turkey with a Greek population. Pretty naive for anyone to think that Turkey would have left the Greeks there alone after the history of the Ottoman empire.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos indeed Gabriel...
@@GabrielTravelerVideosYes but at that time Greece didn't had all that power to impose all she wanted. Also big European countries didn't want Greece to have full control of ALL the Aegean despite history and situations.
Gabe, how could you NOT mention the submarine??
What should I have mentioned about it?
@@GabrielTravelerVideos How about pointing it out? Whose was it? What was it doing there?
@@uncleenore Who's submarine was it? Lol. I admit, that could have made an interesting video, but that's not something you just get an answer to on the spot. Chasing that one would have been a big distraction from what I was in the middle of doing, trying to get to Troy. You would have to start walking around asking random people, almost all of whom would have no idea. And I assume that anyone sailing a submarine probably doesn't really want to advertise it. It's not a bad idea to investigate that one, but that was nowhere near being on my radar for a bunch of reasons, including that I barely even noticed the submarine. In the video I'm pointing at the end of the peninsula and talking about the history, so that's what I was focused on. Why, are you a submarine enthusiast?
@@GabrielTravelerVideos No, Gabe, I just thought it was odd that it was sitting there and my mind filled with questions. Still, I get why you didn't comment. By the way, Ukiah "alumni" here...