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Greetings! I've never visited this beautiful place but Turkiye is fascinating, especially I think Derinkuyu and Göbekli Tepe, which were featured on the show Ancient Apocalypse. Have a wonderful time and thanks for sharing your adventures!!
We travelled around the Izmir area this summer and I can really recommend a visit to Şirince, a beautiful village in the mountains. Make sure to stay overnight in one of the small guesthouses as the village is at it's best in the evening after all the day-trippers leave, and in the early morning. We also enjoyed our visit to Miletus Ancient City and the small fishing village of Foca, north of Izmir.
Sirince is definitely a very beautiful village, 8 km away from where I live, and there is also the ancient city of Ephesus and the church of the Virgin Mary.
great video guys! The neighborhood in Athens in which I was born and raised before moving to the US was called Nea Smyrni (New Smyrna) and it was founded by people From Smyrna that came to Athens during the population exchange between Greece and Turkiye in the early 20th century
I’m Canadian from Toronto….37 years ago my husband came on a business trip from Izmir and 2 months later we got married…. So every 2 or 3 years we visit Izmir…my favourite place is Kemeralti to shop.
Merhaba! It's Thor from Park City, Utah. Great to see you two in Turkiye - another one of my favorite places. In a few days I am going to England for another RUclipsr's "Tread the Globe's" welcome home party from their around the world drive. After that Oct 1 I am flying London to Antalya on the south coast of Turkiye. Even tho my FAVORITE is Avanos / Goreme in Cappadocia. I will be driving a coastal lap - Antalya > Kas > Ölüdeniz > Lake Egirdir > Side then fly back to the states from Antalya via Germany. Teşekkürler!!! It's fun slur the L R sound at the end of that word.
Love Turkiye! Welcome back! I was there back in 2006 (is that really 18 years ago?!). We went to the big tourist destinations (Istanbul, Cappadokkia, Ephesus, Pamukkele), but we did not go to Izmir. This is interesting and would love to go back and visit that city! Also looking forward to your food vlog. I love Turkish food!
Hey guys, you're really amazing. I have never seen another channel explaining a city of my country so beautifully and descriptively. By the way, you pronounce Turkish words so beautifully, congratulations. I will be there this month, it is a really beautiful city. Thank you, we are following you.
Some ideas on places to visit around İzmir; Ephesus which is an incredible historical site. During September, there are usually concerts and events going on at the amphitheatre. Also if you like wine, go to Şirince, you will find a lot of different types of wines as well as great places for wine tasting. They may be a little far but generally there are buses going from İzmir.
🏛👋Always enjoy your travels,such a great destination, looking forward to your food tour, nice scenery and great weather, very fallish in YYC, nice vid...Thx for sharing..
Actually İzmir city center does not offer too much different options for tourists but the towns of the İzmir are the real touristic destinations for local and foreign tourists . For example Selçuk , Çeşme , Urla , Bergama , Foça etc..
Hi Anna and Trevor! I love all your videos! Been watching the adventures since you started. You're both very entertaining :) Trevor, you mentioned the temperature in Turkey in September and I giggled because today in Ottawa, Canada, it's 30 degrees! We're in a little heat wave! Enjoy your travels and be safe! Tracy
Occupation didn’t make it Turkish hah! Learn some history… Luckily it got liberated by the Greeks again after horrible bloody Turkish occupation, that left a legacy of horror in the Balkans…
türbana karşı değilim yanlış anlaşılmasın ama izmirden 2010 da ayrıldım. Parmakla sayılacak kadar az kapalı isnan vardı , videonun 2. dakikasında başı açık tek kadın videoyu çeken hanımdı gördüğüm... Çok şaşırdım... İzmir'in sosyolojik yapısı baya değişmiş...
Brother, you passed Konak Pier very quickly. Konak Pier and Basmane Train Station were designed by Gustave Eiffel. It has a nice style. In the early days of the Republic, no investment was made because it was thought that the coastal city would be occupied. Therefore, the center of Izmir is old and neglected. However; its districts are very beautiful. Especially Çeşme, Alaçatı, Foça, Urla, Seferihisar.
Well, a lot of historians don't agree on those claims that both were designed by Gustave Eiffel. Their claim is that the French construction company Regie Generale have completed the Basmane train station but only copied it from the Lyon Train Station which was designed by François-Alexis Cendrier. And that the Konak Pier was designed by a project involving some British engineers in 1876 by the French company owned by Eliezer Gifre Guiffray.So it would be interesting to know about your sources of G.Eiffel being involved into the design of both buildings.
You're quite funny because it was actually Greek before the turks committed genocides against the native population please read up on some history and if you think this is great Turkish history then I have no comment...
nutella in turkey we have cokokrem and sarelle black sea region is world reknown hazelnuit produciong region so the hazelnut chocolate sptead is very tiurkidh thing we nrver hesrd of nutellauntil recent years try sarelle and cokokrem the turkish versions
There’s a link to our recommended travel insurance in the description below the video (it’s towards the bottom of the description information). For the dentist, I mainly did a lot of Google searches and Google Maps. I read many reviews and then contacted a few places by email. A couple never responded, one responded but then just stopped responding to me when it was time to set up an appointment. The one I went with was super helpful and responsive, was only about a 10 minute walk from the hotel we booked (a lot of them would be a taxi ride away), it had fantastic reviews. It was a bit more expensive than some others but was worth it. - Anna
I’m really glad to see you travelling internationally again. And I’ve been wondering if you are still “officially” residents of Nova Scotia since you don’t own property there anymore? What do you do about an address?
Thanks ... we mentioned a few videos back that we are basing ourselves out of Cape Breton when we were home in Canada. So that's the address (for now) 😀 - Trevor
Can you provide us with the name of the dental clinic you went to. My friend was quoted 10k for dentures in ontario. She thinks dental work isnt safe in Turkiye😢. In Canada it is plain highway robbery!
For sure. It’s called DentaPoint international. They were honestly fantastic! maps.app.goo.gl/LYsvEzecxe9S7tsb7?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy - Anna
I slightly disagree. Turks came from Central Asia to Anatolia centuries ago. (Like Brits/Irish/Germans/Italians etc came to the US) The difference is: Turks shattered two main Christian Kingdoms when doing so. The East Roman Empire (Roman-Greek) and the Armenian Kingdom(s). And as history is written by "The Church", "Christian Historians" did not forgot nor forgave Turks of building their nation on previous dominated "Christian Soil" and even shortly before converting to Islam. They even instigated crusades to prevent it from happening which failed miserably and even ending in looting then the not fallen city of Constantinople. So it's mainly due to Christian history writing and much less of "some media ratings" towards their centralized/non-federal Republic.
Be careful with that "dental work" in Turkey cause I have heard it is not that safe and there are people who had problems after they had their teeth "done" in Izmir! I would also like to see more parts of the city, streets, squares, etc. and not just some touristic parts! But in general I like your videos guys, especially the ones you made when you were staying in Greece! I expect to see more real life videos from Turkey. Have fun and show us around!
We can speak from experience here with dental work. We've had it done in Turkey about 5 years ago and this time as well. It's top notch. Don't believe what you hear - Trevor
As is just seeing your video, he is trying to examine it sincerely, but as a person born and raised in Izmir, he started with races of Turkish origin, not Turkey, not even Ottoman, in many business regions of Izmir and even all of Turkey. All those very old works were actually Turkish works, a Turkish work. As someone who is proud of his Turkishness, is from Izmir for three generations, but grew up in a family that immigrated from Macedonia, and grew up here, I would like to suggest that you look at the research you have done, not as a society but as a form of belief, even going back to the first stages of humanity, in a little more detail.
Harabelerin içindeki suyun yanından geçiyorsunuz ama detaylı göstermiyorsunuz, ilginç. Keşke biraz çekim yapsaydınız etrafında. Her neyse hoş geldiniz, selamlar.
I think people's fears are from a couple of things ... some is an irrational fear of the Muslim culture . Also there have been a few instances of American marines who were attracted in mid afternoon while walking through the tourist district...by a young anti-American group...all isolated but adds to North America hesitation..it us a beautiful area
Turkiye is geographically a Middle Eastern country with a small territory in Europe and has long cultural relations also to the Arab peninsula and North Africa due to the ancient territorial expansion of The Ottoman Empire. Today's classical Arab music as it is practiced in the Levanten as well as Egypt has millions of listerens even in non Arab countries. Therefore who are "they"? And whoever it is , who cares ?
So much sooo much to see in DR who? In their right mind would go to turkey 🇹🇷 too far and not too stable - please go back to DR - greetings 🫡 from Peru 🇵🇪 now a proud resident of DR …
I slightly disagree. Agree that both Mardin and Gaziantep are centers of very good cuisine. But my vote for "THE BEST CUISINE" in Türkiye would go to Hatay or the city of Iskenderun.
You can purchase many kilos of Baklava , Qadayif at cheapest prices 1 kilo only for 200 TL from turkish supermarkets like Altunbilekler Supermarket, Cagdas Supermarket , İskonto Supermarket . You can purchase cheapest graniol Nescafe, Jacobs , Latte, Moccha, Espresso, Salep, Tchibo coffee in biggest forms , hot chocolates from turkish supermarkets. Don't forget 56 million turkish citizens and 6 million illegal, legal immigrants are working like slaves in whole Turkish cities at great discounted net wages just for 10.000 TL to 20.000 TL per month. I advice foreign tourists to stay in Sheraton Hotel Gumbet Bodrum Mugla, 4 Seasons Hotel Bodrum, Mugla Mandarin Oriental Hotel Bodrum, Vogue Hotel Bodrum, Titanic Hotel Bodrum, WOW Hotel Bodrum extremely luxurious.
First time i watched you and from the very first time i got bored from the beginning of some dental tourist talking about Izmir without knowing almost anything about that very precious and special city of us... Have ur dental 's done and leave better... U know nothing about Turks and eat Bomba, ha?
Unfortunately, you are wrong. It was not the Greeks who founded Smyrna. They are also Greeks: Literally means thief. The Parthenon, which the Greeks today recognize as the beginning of their culture, rises on the Pelasgian Wall (Das Pelargikon). This wall was built by the Pelasgians in 3000 BC, 1000-1500 years before the ancestors of today's Greeks arrived in Greece. In fact, the Pelasgians were the indigenous people of all Western Anatolia, the Balkans and the Aegean. Macedonians recognize the Pelasgians as their ancestors because the ancient name of Macedonia was Pelasgion. The Pelasgians were the founders of cities such as Athens, Sparta, Izmir, Izmir, Istanbul, Ephesus, Miletus, Assos, etc. in today's Greece and Anatolia, long before the later arrival of the Achaeans and Dorians. It is assumed that the Pelasgians crossed into Anatolia and from Anatolia into Thrace and Greece, and that the place they came from before Anatolia was the Caucasus. Another assumption is that the Pelasgians were the ancestors of today's Albanians (Albanian-Albanya). The existence of the term Albania in the Caucasus today (in the territory of present-day Azerbaijan) is also noteworthy in this regard. Some historians also argue that the Pelasgians, Scythians and Etruscans were all of the same origin. But of course, since it is clear where this origin leads, the Indo-European oriented understanding of history and the imposition of Wikipedia history rejects this as well. However, the results of archaeological excavations at Çatalhöyük have led to the conclusion that the Pelasgians migrated from Anatolia to the Aegean basin in the 4th millennium BC. This theory attributes a number of non-Indo-European linguistic and cultural features to the Pelasgians. Although they were not an Indo-European tribe, they are considered to have influenced the Greeks. (james mellaart and f. schachermeyr) Since the irrefutable kinship of the Pelasgians with the Proto Turks and Scythian Turks is a fact that cannot be accepted by the Indo-European oriented historiography, today the Pelasgians are considered as a people of “Unknown Origin”. Today's historians and especially the historians of the Latin countries seem to be unanimous in assuming that this nation, which Herodotus called “Pelasgoi”, mentioned in many parts of his work, described their migrations, gave information about their customs and traditions, does not exist. Again, according to Herodotus, the Pelasgians spoke a barbaric language(!). For this reason, the Greeks called the Pelasgians, who had established a civilization thousands of years before them, “barbarians”; in fact, the Greeks defined all the peoples of Anatolia and the peoples north of the Black Sea as barbarians. According to the Greeks, the Trojans (Luwians), Hittites, Scythians, Thracians and even Etruscans were all barbarians... However, the Scythian Turks, whom the Greeks called “barbarians”, could ride horses with the stirrup system and shoot arrows on horseback, and since the Greeks could not comprehend this technology, they considered the Scythian Warriors who could shoot arrows on horseback as half-gods and half-monsters and adopted them as a half-horse-half-human figure called Centaur in mythology. If it were in the hands of the Greeks today, they would tear down the Pelasgian Wall built by the Pelasgians just to glorify their own culture, but what is possible? The false civilization built by the thieving Greeks on the legacy of the Proto Turkish Pelasgians would collapse completely... Finally, our former ambassador Adile Ayda, who wrote a book called The First Ancestors of the Turks, which gives important information about the Pelasgians, whose traces are everywhere, but which everyone tries to deny, makes the following observations: “For some reason, French and English writers have not been interested in the Pelasgians. However, German scholars have written serious works on the Pelasgians. The main ones are Beloch, Fick, Treidler, Meyer and Ehrlich.” There must be a reason for this attitude. Are the Pelasgians insignificant despite their influence on Herodotus? Or have archaeological discoveries and findings reduced Herodotus' claims to the level of a “myth”? None of this is true! On the contrary, time has shown that both Herodotus' and Homer's writings have historical foundations. So? Then the reason is simple. If studies are conducted on the Pelasgians, Pelasgyrhenes, Etruscans, it will be proven that not only Eastern Anatolia has been Turkish since the earliest days of history, but also Western Anatolia, the Aegean Islands, Greece and even Italy! It will not stop there, it will be revealed that the Greek and Roman Civilization, of which westerners are so proud, is of Turkish and eastern origin. then it will be much better understood who are the barbarians. In order to prevent this, western historians have been suppressing the Pelasgians...!” (from Volkan Giritli) I also recommend you to read Martin Bernal's book “Black Athena”. By the way, yes, we are hospitable people. Welcome to Izmir and Turkiye..
The city was named Smyrna by the ancient Greeks. They were the economical and dominant force until the early 1920's.The ottomans even referred to the city as the "infidel greek city." The sad truth is that they were expelled due to the greco-turkish war. This led to the expulsion of the greek presence that was there for more than 3000 years!. It's pretty bad for greek history.
@@Denizzyigitt You must at least admit the mistakes and genocides you have committed as a nation, as Germany did, otherwise you have no place in civilized nations
I wish you had also written what the Greek invaders did to the Turks. Look, I am holding a mirror up to you, face your history a little! 1. Forced Migration: During the Greek occupation, many Turks were forced to leave their homes. The refugees experienced great difficulties in reaching a safe place. 2. Violence and Human Rights Violations: Greek soldiers and local militias attacked Turkish villages, killing people, looting their property and using violence against women. 3. Destruction of Cultural Heritage: Mosques and other cultural structures in the regions where Turks lived were damaged or destroyed. 4. Economic Difficulties: During the occupation, many Turkish businesses were closed and economic life was paralyzed 🚣♂️ 🚣 🏊🏽 🏊🏽 🏊♀️ 🐎 🐎
Welcome to Turkey. 12:35. Kemer-altı. You pronounce it all right. "Kemer" means "arch". "Altı" means "under". So it means "under the arch". And that is exactly where your are. You see the ancient arches above you. You are under the arches. Kemer-altı.
Lovely video :) at 14:53 "güle güle" is correct if you are the one who stays. Can roughly be translated "go laughing / go smiling". The parting one would say "Allah'a ısmarladık". This can be interpreted as "may God protect you" and I know it is hard to pronounce (yes even for most Turkish people). You can use "hoşçakal" (something like "be well") instead for both parties.
The city name known as Smyrnia by Greeks was called Eismyr by Anatolians in old times. Its pronunciation is very similar to its Anatolian Turkish version (İzmir). The origin of the name is coming from an ancient unknown anatolian language. The city belongs to Anatolian civilization. not greek civilization origin. We, the Anatolians, call the Greeks as "Yunan" in Turkish. This word is derived from the Ancient Greek word iōn ιών "going, migrating". It is said that the Ionians (yunan) of Western Anatolia came here as immigrants in the early 1st millennium BC. Before hellenistic period in anatolia which is named as dark (unknown) age by archaeologist, the great wars happened between Anatolian city states and Achean city states, the Acheans (Greeks) were victorious and settled in these regions and adapted the cultural elements they learned from Anatolian civilization into their own language. This includes the names of Anatolian cities. Ancient Anatolian languages disappeared under Greek invasion and Greeks re-named anatolian cities with their dialect. So It is not clear to what extent these old anatolian origin words passed into Greek. Greek became the general language in here. Nevertheless, we called them immigrants in their own language. This must be a breaking point. German and Turkish archaeologists are investigating the mystery here together.
Smyrna is not in Anatolia. Anatoli is even a Greek word! Search it sometime… You can’t rewrite history no matter how much you try. The facts are the facts. Your Ottoman Turk ancestors caused genocides and exterminated the native Greeks(who had lived for thousands of years) from your land (at least the ones who resisted and didn’t get Islamized by your ruthless rulers). Why not just admit it instead of posting fairy tales online? Germany has admitted and reconciled with their bloody past. You Turks are too ashamed or denial to do the same? Also look it up, German Nazis followed Turkish genocidal tactics in World War II as an example. Facts don’t lie. Also please don’t have a fit when you dig in your Turksih back yard and all you find in Greek artifacts ☮️🕊️
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Guao, beautiful city, Turkey is a country full of historic.
Enjoying the serie.
Besitos
Thanks! - Trevor
Great to see you in Turkiye! I love visiting a different region everytime I go😁
We're so excited to be here - Anna
Between the history, architecture and dental tourism, my mind was blown 🤯. Great video!
Thanks Colleen! 🤙 - Trevor
Greetings! I've never visited this beautiful place but Turkiye is fascinating, especially I think Derinkuyu and Göbekli Tepe, which were featured on the show Ancient Apocalypse. Have a wonderful time and thanks for sharing your adventures!!
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We travelled around the Izmir area this summer and I can really recommend a visit to Şirince, a beautiful village in the mountains. Make sure to stay overnight in one of the small guesthouses as the village is at it's best in the evening after all the day-trippers leave, and in the early morning. We also enjoyed our visit to Miletus Ancient City and the small fishing village of Foca, north of Izmir.
Sirince is definitely a very beautiful village, 8 km away from where I live, and there is also the ancient city of Ephesus and the church of the Virgin Mary.
Wow beautiful city! I learned a lot! Many thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it Janice 🤗 Lots more on the way - Anna
Enjoy staying in Türkiye. Good foods, sceneries, warm weather and history. It a great video. Thanks
Thanks! 😃
Guys that waterfront is look awesome 👌👌👌
You are amazing and also honestly. I appreciate your honesty and kindness
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I was in Turkey about 22 years ago. I fell in love with the Culture, Food and People.
I would go back in a heart beat!
And Turkey is fairly reasonable
The prices are not so reasonable these days. Things went way up! - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellers ok but what about compared to Canada or Europe?
great video guys! The neighborhood in Athens in which I was born and raised before moving to the US was called Nea Smyrni (New Smyrna) and it was founded by people From Smyrna that came to Athens during the population exchange between Greece and Turkiye in the early 20th century
Oh wow... we're really hoping to get back to Athens on this adventure. We need to see more of that incredible city Taki 🤗 - Anna
@@DelightfulTravellers hoping you two make it to Athens! would love to see it!!
So u 're Sefarad Jew then...
@@clubbinraver not quite
I first discovered your channel when I was preparing for my first trip to Türkiye. I’m so glad you are back. I can’t wait to return myself! Cheers 🥂 🎉
Amazing! You've been following along for a while now then 🤗 We can't wait to share more on 🇹🇷 - Anna
Hello from Kelowna, BC. 🇨🇦
Great video, guys! I love izmir, can't wait to be back! ❤️
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I’m Canadian from Toronto….37 years ago my husband came on a business trip from Izmir and 2 months later we got married…. So every 2 or 3 years we visit Izmir…my favourite place is Kemeralti to shop.
It’s such a great area! 🤗 - Anna
@@DelightfulTravellersI hope you went to Bergama (Pergamon) or Efes….
Merhaba! It's Thor from Park City, Utah. Great to see you two in Turkiye - another one of my favorite places. In a few days I am going to England for another RUclipsr's "Tread the Globe's" welcome home party from their around the world drive. After that Oct 1 I am flying London to Antalya on the south coast of Turkiye. Even tho my FAVORITE is Avanos / Goreme in Cappadocia. I will be driving a coastal lap - Antalya > Kas > Ölüdeniz > Lake Egirdir > Side then fly back to the states from Antalya via Germany. Teşekkürler!!! It's fun slur the L R sound at the end of that word.
Have such a great time! Sounds like some fun travel plans - Anna
Love Turkiye! Welcome back! I was there back in 2006 (is that really 18 years ago?!). We went to the big tourist destinations (Istanbul, Cappadokkia, Ephesus, Pamukkele), but we did not go to Izmir. This is interesting and would love to go back and visit that city! Also looking forward to your food vlog. I love Turkish food!
Sounds like you had a great time TT! - Trevor
Everything looks amazing! I love to discover new places through your videos.
Glad you like them! 🤙 - Trevor
Hey guys, you're really amazing. I have never seen another channel explaining a city of my country so beautifully and descriptively. By the way, you pronounce Turkish words so beautifully, congratulations. I will be there this month, it is a really beautiful city. Thank you, we are following you.
Thank you! 😃
Some ideas on places to visit around İzmir; Ephesus which is an incredible historical site. During September, there are usually concerts and events going on at the amphitheatre. Also if you like wine, go to Şirince, you will find a lot of different types of wines as well as great places for wine tasting. They may be a little far but generally there are buses going from İzmir.
So appreciate all of these tips! Thank you 🤗 - Anna
🏛👋Always enjoy your travels,such a great destination, looking forward to your food tour, nice scenery and great weather, very fallish in YYC, nice vid...Thx for sharing..
So appreciate you following along 🥰 - Anna
Great video! The dental tourism is mind blowing. It would make going to the dentist much better. Safe travels.
Some of the dentist offices here even have spas 😮- Anna
That Clock looks much older Very Beautiful🙂 Izmir Türkiye is a Amazing a lot of History and Very Beautiful 🙂❤👍Thank You Trevor & Anna Safe Travels 🙂👍
Thanks for watching! 🤗 - Anna
Enjoy beautiful Izmir and Turkish hospitality 🇹🇷
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Thank you Trevor and Anna.My geography book to learn about culture.👏👌
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15:35 it is called ‘Kemeraltı ‘ which basically means under the arch
Izmir used to be a beautiful city with only 3 million people. It has received a lot of immigration and now has a population of 5 million.
Actually İzmir city center does not offer too much different options for tourists but the towns of the İzmir are the real touristic destinations for local and foreign tourists . For example Selçuk , Çeşme , Urla , Bergama , Foça etc..
While you are there, you should visit Çeşme, it is beautiful
We’re going there at the end of the next video - Trevor
@@DelightfulTravellersÇeşme videonuzu sabırsızlıkla bekliyorum
Hi Anna and Trevor! I love all your videos! Been watching the adventures since you started. You're both very entertaining :) Trevor, you mentioned the temperature in Turkey in September and I giggled because today in Ottawa, Canada, it's 30 degrees! We're in a little heat wave! Enjoy your travels and be safe! Tracy
Woh that's hot for this time of year! We do luv heatwaves over here haha - Trevor
Hosgeldiniiizzz :)
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what's with the arap music in the background...
Welcome to İzmir
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I hope you visit kapodakya as well
That water walkway you were on reminded me of Thessaloniki. Enjoy! Great video as always.
Thessaloniki was Turkish city as well till 1910s.
@@fatihozgen2886 Yep
@@fatihozgen2886yes it was under occupation by Turkey till 1910s.
Occupation didn’t make it Turkish hah! Learn some history… Luckily it got liberated by the Greeks again after horrible bloody Turkish occupation, that left a legacy of horror in the Balkans…
Turkish bakers in North York, Toronto, Ontario also have Izmir Bomba, which is very delicious.
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Must try Ephesus Selçuk and Teos Seferihisar. Both in İzmir.
go to Ephesus (yes, the Ephesus biblical city) it is like 1-1.5 hours from where you are. There are also couple other cool biblical places in region!
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You should go to Gallipoli and visit the World War One battlefields, and see the Newfoundland caribou statue.
We will look it up! Thanks 🙏- Trevor
Definitely, go to Urla center and eat döner at KuzuDöner place and visit its beautiful shores.
Thanks for the tip!
türbana karşı değilim yanlış anlaşılmasın ama izmirden 2010 da ayrıldım. Parmakla sayılacak kadar az kapalı isnan vardı , videonun 2. dakikasında başı açık tek kadın videoyu çeken hanımdı gördüğüm... Çok şaşırdım... İzmir'in sosyolojik yapısı baya değişmiş...
When I think of Turkey, I think of beautiful tiles and artwork.
And the delicious food 🤤- Trevor
Brother, you passed Konak Pier very quickly. Konak Pier and Basmane Train Station were designed by Gustave Eiffel. It has a nice style. In the early days of the Republic, no investment was made because it was thought that the coastal city would be occupied. Therefore, the center of Izmir is old and neglected. However; its districts are very beautiful. Especially Çeşme, Alaçatı, Foça, Urla, Seferihisar.
We strolled through Konak off camera. Great spot! - Anna
Well, a lot of historians don't agree on those claims that both were designed by Gustave Eiffel. Their claim is that the French construction company Regie Generale have completed the Basmane train station but only copied it from the Lyon Train Station which was designed by François-Alexis Cendrier. And that the Konak Pier was designed by a project involving some British engineers in 1876 by the French company owned by Eliezer Gifre Guiffray.So it would be interesting to know about your sources of G.Eiffel being involved into the design of both buildings.
Kapodokya, please do visit
kemer is arch alti means under
In Izmir, you should definitely visit the ancient city of Ephesus, Şirince village and the Virgin Mary Church.
Noted!
Turks from Far Asia come to Anatolia, the center of hundreds of cultures, an incredible mixture that has no equivalent in the world.
Accept Smyrna which is the original name was actually a great city before the Turkish massacres and genocides
@@sakisgr1396 You can write in your diary and cry
No one is crying here… Simply stating facts….
A lot of Turkish history surrounding Izmir
You're quite funny because it was actually Greek before the turks committed genocides against the native population please read up on some history and if you think this is great Turkish history then I have no comment...
nutella in turkey we have cokokrem and sarelle black sea region is world reknown hazelnuit produciong region so the hazelnut chocolate sptead is very tiurkidh thing we nrver hesrd of nutellauntil recent years try sarelle and cokokrem the turkish versions
We are also from Canada and will visit Turkiye in 2025 for 3 months. Who do you use for your travel medical? Also, how did you choose the dentist?
There’s a link to our recommended travel insurance in the description below the video (it’s towards the bottom of the description information).
For the dentist, I mainly did a lot of Google searches and Google Maps. I read many reviews and then contacted a few places by email. A couple never responded, one responded but then just stopped responding to me when it was time to set up an appointment. The one I went with was super helpful and responsive, was only about a 10 minute walk from the hotel we booked (a lot of them would be a taxi ride away), it had fantastic reviews. It was a bit more expensive than some others but was worth it. - Anna
Merhaba 2025 yılında diş tedavisi için İzmiremi geleceksiniz?
Kuşadası'ndan selam ❤🙋🇹🇷
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I’m really glad to see you travelling internationally again. And I’ve been wondering if you are still “officially” residents of Nova Scotia since you don’t own property there anymore? What do you do about an address?
Thanks ... we mentioned a few videos back that we are basing ourselves out of Cape Breton when we were home in Canada. So that's the address (for now) 😀 - Trevor
Güzel bir sunum yapmışsınız yalnız Türkiye bir Arap ülkesi değil müzikte Arapça yapmışsınız yakıştıramadım:(
Can you provide us with the name of the dental clinic you went to. My friend was quoted 10k for dentures in ontario. She thinks dental work isnt safe in Turkiye😢. In Canada it is plain highway robbery!
For sure. It’s called DentaPoint international. They were honestly fantastic! maps.app.goo.gl/LYsvEzecxe9S7tsb7?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
- Anna
Turkey is really an amazing country with nice people and its safe . However they have a bad reputation cuz of politics.
I slightly disagree. Turks came from Central Asia to Anatolia centuries ago. (Like Brits/Irish/Germans/Italians etc came to the US) The difference is: Turks shattered two main Christian Kingdoms when doing so. The East Roman Empire (Roman-Greek) and the Armenian Kingdom(s). And as history is written by "The Church", "Christian Historians" did not forgot nor forgave Turks of building their nation on previous dominated "Christian Soil" and even shortly before converting to Islam.
They even instigated crusades to prevent it from happening which failed miserably and even ending in looting then the not fallen city of Constantinople.
So it's mainly due to Christian history writing and much less of "some media ratings" towards their centralized/non-federal Republic.
Be careful with that "dental work" in Turkey cause I have heard it is not that safe and there are people who had problems after they had their teeth "done" in Izmir! I would also like to see more parts of the city, streets, squares, etc. and not just some touristic parts! But in general I like your videos guys, especially the ones you made when you were staying in Greece!
I expect to see more real life videos from Turkey. Have fun and show us around!
We can speak from experience here with dental work. We've had it done in Turkey about 5 years ago and this time as well. It's top notch. Don't believe what you hear - Trevor
As is just seeing your video, he is trying to examine it sincerely, but as a person born and raised in Izmir, he started with races of Turkish origin, not Turkey, not even Ottoman, in many business regions of Izmir and even all of Turkey. All those very old works were actually Turkish works, a Turkish work. As someone who is proud of his Turkishness, is from Izmir for three generations, but grew up in a family that immigrated from Macedonia, and grew up here, I would like to suggest that you look at the research you have done, not as a society but as a form of belief, even going back to the first stages of humanity, in a little more detail.
The Name of this Country is not Turkey, it!s TÜRKIYE
Harabelerin içindeki suyun yanından geçiyorsunuz ama detaylı göstermiyorsunuz, ilginç. Keşke biraz çekim yapsaydınız etrafında. Her neyse hoş geldiniz, selamlar.
We would need a lot more time in Izmir to do that 👍 - Trevor
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I think people's fears are from a couple of things ... some is an irrational fear of the Muslim culture . Also there have been a few instances of American marines who were attracted in mid afternoon while walking through the tourist district...by a young anti-American group...all isolated but adds to North America hesitation..it us a beautiful area
i live in izmir, if anyone wants to get information, ask knows
OMG that oriental music in the backround 😒They still think we're Arab.
Turkiye is geographically a Middle Eastern country with a small territory in Europe and has long cultural relations also to the Arab peninsula and North Africa due to the ancient territorial expansion of The Ottoman Empire.
Today's classical Arab music as it is practiced in the Levanten as well as Egypt has millions of listerens even in non Arab countries.
Therefore who are "they"? And whoever it is , who cares ?
So much sooo much to see in DR who? In their right mind would go to turkey 🇹🇷 too far and not too stable - please go back to DR - greetings 🫡 from Peru 🇵🇪 now a proud resident of DR …
you should go to mardin and gaziantep(best food)
Noted!
I slightly disagree. Agree that both Mardin and Gaziantep are centers of very good cuisine. But my vote for "THE BEST CUISINE" in Türkiye would go to Hatay or the city of Iskenderun.
I prefer Airalo for eSIM.
Both are great! But Yesim has come in super handy as of late with not so great wifi. Remember Yesim has unlimited data packages 👌 - Trevor
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that bom,ba simit guy says askida simit means you can donate some simits for the poor and street people
United States??
Neden arabça çalgı 😢
You can purchase many kilos of Baklava , Qadayif at cheapest prices 1 kilo only for 200 TL from turkish supermarkets like Altunbilekler Supermarket, Cagdas Supermarket , İskonto Supermarket . You can purchase cheapest graniol Nescafe, Jacobs , Latte, Moccha, Espresso, Salep, Tchibo coffee in biggest forms , hot chocolates from turkish supermarkets. Don't forget 56 million turkish citizens and 6 million illegal, legal immigrants are working like slaves in whole Turkish cities at great discounted net wages just for 10.000 TL to 20.000 TL per month. I advice foreign tourists to stay in Sheraton Hotel Gumbet Bodrum Mugla, 4 Seasons Hotel Bodrum, Mugla Mandarin Oriental Hotel Bodrum, Vogue Hotel Bodrum, Titanic Hotel Bodrum, WOW Hotel Bodrum extremely luxurious.
Turkiye not Turkey
First time i watched you and from the very first time i got bored from the beginning of some dental tourist talking about Izmir without knowing almost anything about that very precious and special city of us... Have ur dental 's done and leave better... U know nothing about Turks and eat Bomba, ha?
Unfortunately, you are wrong. It was not the Greeks who founded Smyrna. They are also Greeks: Literally means thief.
The Parthenon, which the Greeks today recognize as the beginning of their culture, rises on the Pelasgian Wall (Das Pelargikon).
This wall was built by the Pelasgians in 3000 BC, 1000-1500 years before the ancestors of today's Greeks arrived in Greece.
In fact, the Pelasgians were the indigenous people of all Western Anatolia, the Balkans and the Aegean. Macedonians recognize the Pelasgians as their ancestors because the ancient name of Macedonia was Pelasgion.
The Pelasgians were the founders of cities such as Athens, Sparta, Izmir, Izmir, Istanbul, Ephesus, Miletus, Assos, etc. in today's Greece and Anatolia, long before the later arrival of the Achaeans and Dorians.
It is assumed that the Pelasgians crossed into Anatolia and from Anatolia into Thrace and Greece, and that the place they came from before Anatolia was the Caucasus.
Another assumption is that the Pelasgians were the ancestors of today's Albanians (Albanian-Albanya).
The existence of the term Albania in the Caucasus today (in the territory of present-day Azerbaijan) is also noteworthy in this regard.
Some historians also argue that the Pelasgians, Scythians and Etruscans were all of the same origin. But of course, since it is clear where this origin leads, the Indo-European oriented understanding of history and the imposition of Wikipedia history rejects this as well.
However, the results of archaeological excavations at Çatalhöyük have led to the conclusion that the Pelasgians migrated from Anatolia to the Aegean basin in the 4th millennium BC.
This theory attributes a number of non-Indo-European linguistic and cultural features to the Pelasgians. Although they were not an Indo-European tribe, they are considered to have influenced the Greeks.
(james mellaart and f. schachermeyr)
Since the irrefutable kinship of the Pelasgians with the Proto Turks and Scythian Turks is a fact that cannot be accepted by the Indo-European oriented historiography, today the Pelasgians are considered as a people of “Unknown Origin”.
Today's historians and especially the historians of the Latin countries seem to be unanimous in assuming that this nation, which Herodotus called “Pelasgoi”, mentioned in many parts of his work, described their migrations, gave information about their customs and traditions, does not exist.
Again, according to Herodotus, the Pelasgians spoke a barbaric language(!).
For this reason, the Greeks called the Pelasgians, who had established a civilization thousands of years before them, “barbarians”; in fact, the Greeks defined all the peoples of Anatolia and the peoples north of the Black Sea as barbarians. According to the Greeks, the Trojans (Luwians), Hittites, Scythians, Thracians and even Etruscans were all barbarians...
However, the Scythian Turks, whom the Greeks called “barbarians”, could ride horses with the stirrup system and shoot arrows on horseback, and since the Greeks could not comprehend this technology, they considered the Scythian Warriors who could shoot arrows on horseback as half-gods and half-monsters and adopted them as a half-horse-half-human figure called Centaur in mythology.
If it were in the hands of the Greeks today, they would tear down the Pelasgian Wall built by the Pelasgians just to glorify their own culture, but what is possible? The false civilization built by the thieving Greeks on the legacy of the Proto Turkish Pelasgians would collapse completely...
Finally, our former ambassador Adile Ayda, who wrote a book called The First Ancestors of the Turks, which gives important information about the Pelasgians, whose traces are everywhere, but which everyone tries to deny, makes the following observations:
“For some reason, French and English writers have not been interested in the Pelasgians. However, German scholars have written serious works on the Pelasgians. The main ones are Beloch, Fick, Treidler, Meyer and Ehrlich.”
There must be a reason for this attitude. Are the Pelasgians insignificant despite their influence on Herodotus? Or have archaeological discoveries and findings reduced Herodotus' claims to the level of a “myth”?
None of this is true! On the contrary, time has shown that both Herodotus' and Homer's writings have historical foundations.
So? Then the reason is simple. If studies are conducted on the Pelasgians, Pelasgyrhenes, Etruscans, it will be proven that not only Eastern Anatolia has been Turkish since the earliest days of history, but also Western Anatolia, the Aegean Islands, Greece and even Italy!
It will not stop there, it will be revealed that the Greek and Roman Civilization, of which westerners are so proud, is of Turkish and eastern origin. then it will be much better understood who are the barbarians.
In order to prevent this, western historians have been suppressing the Pelasgians...!”
(from Volkan Giritli)
I also recommend you to read Martin Bernal's book “Black Athena”. By the way, yes, we are hospitable people. Welcome to Izmir and Turkiye..
Please take your meds you are posting falsehoods and delusions in plain sight 😂☮️
The city was named Smyrna by the ancient Greeks. They were the economical and dominant force until the early 1920's.The ottomans even referred to the city as the "infidel greek city." The sad truth is that they were expelled due to the greco-turkish war. This led to the expulsion of the greek presence that was there for more than 3000 years!. It's pretty bad for greek history.
Izmir or Smyrna was an international city with many Greeks who left or were killed in 1922. It is important to know and not to forget history
Your nickname is explaining everything. You are a liar.
@@Denizzyigitt You must at least admit the mistakes and genocides you have committed as a nation, as Germany did, otherwise you have no place in civilized nations
Okay konstantinososopooopohfhjv stop trying to invade Anatolia with the help of Western powers, then you won't die
I wish you had also written what the Greek invaders did to the Turks. Look, I am holding a mirror up to you, face your history a little!
1. Forced Migration: During the Greek occupation, many Turks were forced to leave their homes. The refugees experienced great difficulties in reaching a safe place.
2. Violence and Human Rights Violations: Greek soldiers and local militias attacked Turkish villages, killing people, looting their property and using violence against women.
3. Destruction of Cultural Heritage: Mosques and other cultural structures in the regions where Turks lived were damaged or destroyed.
4. Economic Difficulties: During the occupation, many Turkish businesses were closed and economic life was paralyzed 🚣♂️ 🚣 🏊🏽 🏊🏽 🏊♀️ 🐎 🐎
Hassstir
Αυτή η πόλη είναι καμένη από τα θεμέλια.....εχει χάσει την αρχοντιά που είχε.....
By whom?
tv were never gonna use lmao you sound like a dork saying that we get it you dont watch tv lmaoo
Welcome to Turkey. 12:35. Kemer-altı. You pronounce it all right. "Kemer" means "arch". "Altı" means "under". So it means "under the arch". And that is exactly where your are. You see the ancient arches above you. You are under the arches. Kemer-altı.
We’re happy to be here thanks 🤙 - Trevor
It is no more Turkey . It is called Turkiye!
Lovely video :)
at 14:53 "güle güle" is correct if you are the one who stays. Can roughly be translated "go laughing / go smiling". The parting one would say "Allah'a ısmarladık". This can be interpreted as "may God protect you" and I know it is hard to pronounce (yes even for most Turkish people). You can use "hoşçakal" (something like "be well") instead for both parties.
Thanks for letting us know 🙏- Anna
The city name known as Smyrnia by Greeks was called Eismyr by Anatolians in old times. Its pronunciation is very similar to its Anatolian Turkish version (İzmir). The origin of the name is coming from an ancient unknown anatolian language. The city belongs to Anatolian civilization. not greek civilization origin. We, the Anatolians, call the Greeks as "Yunan" in Turkish. This word is derived from the Ancient Greek word iōn ιών "going, migrating". It is said that the Ionians (yunan) of Western Anatolia came here as immigrants in the early 1st millennium BC. Before hellenistic period in anatolia which is named as dark (unknown) age by archaeologist, the great wars happened between Anatolian city states and Achean city states, the Acheans (Greeks) were victorious and settled in these regions and adapted the cultural elements they learned from Anatolian civilization into their own language. This includes the names of Anatolian cities. Ancient Anatolian languages disappeared under Greek invasion and Greeks re-named anatolian cities with their dialect. So It is not clear to what extent these old anatolian origin words passed into Greek. Greek became the general language in here. Nevertheless, we called them immigrants in their own language. This must be a breaking point. German and Turkish archaeologists are investigating the mystery here together.
Smyrna is not in Anatolia. Anatoli is even a Greek word! Search it sometime… You can’t rewrite history no matter how much you try. The facts are the facts. Your Ottoman Turk ancestors caused genocides and exterminated the native Greeks(who had lived for thousands of years) from your land (at least the ones who resisted and didn’t get Islamized by your ruthless rulers). Why not just admit it instead of posting fairy tales online? Germany has admitted and reconciled with their bloody past. You Turks are too ashamed or denial to do the same? Also look it up, German Nazis followed Turkish genocidal tactics in World War II as an example. Facts don’t lie. Also please don’t have a fit when you dig in your Turksih back yard and all you find in Greek artifacts ☮️🕊️
Majority of the people that live in Izmir are people that came from the Balkan country’s that populated the city
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NO Wellcome.