10 Misconceptions About Turkey

I can't believe how many misconceptions there are about Turkey. I always thought that some things were obvious but apparently it's not like I thought. In this video I will show you the most common 10 misconceptions about Turkey in general, the Turkish culture and the Turkish language that I've heard of.
A lot of people around the world have been wanting to learn Turkish because of Turkish TV series.
In this video I am explaining the key elements of the structure of Turkish, how it is used and what the main similarities and differences between Turkish and English (and other European languages) are. If you are a beginner and want to start learning English and don't know where to start, I'll show how to learn Turkish fast by firstly understanding the language culture and structure. Since Turkish is an agglutinative language, people struggle thinking in Turkish and therefore might learn the grammar because it is rather easy but the usage in everyday conversation can be quite different.
You can watch this video with both English and Turkish subtitles!
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[@ResatOren]

10:41 headscarves* Hope you guys don't hate me for that mistake :D

[@13rownie82]

Kadınlara seçme ve seçilme hakkını ilk veren ülkelerden birisine, günümüzdeki bu izlenim çok üzücü ve düşündürücü. Düşmanının bile saygısını almış bir ülkeden nerelere geldik.. Dinin ne kadar tehlikeli olduğunu tekrar hatırlattığın için sana da teşekkürler Uzun Hırsız

[@13rownie82]

@Ghost Ghost! Türkiye, Atatürk'ün empoze ettiği bir ülke... :D Bu bile ne denli cahil olduğunu gösteriyor. 1- İlk ve tek yapman gereken: Bilmediğin konularda bir fikir sunmamak.

[@tradded595]

@Ghost Ghost! 1 - First Mistake, Sharing information with this ignorance

[@b.e.6230]

I think you also mistook burqa with niqab. Burqa is the cloth that covers 100% of your body including your eyes and its the cloth that women in afghanistan wear. I've never seen even 1 person wearing burqa in turkey. I think what you meant is niqab: aka the black cloth that covers big part of your body except eyes. It's very rare in Turkey again but yes,there are some women wearing that

[@Indriyani-du1cd]

@@b.e.6230 i lived in istanbul and honestly i saw some women wearing burqa in fatih area

[@theygoastheycome90]

Turkey Women's Rights :1930 Spain Woman's Rights : 1931 France Women's Rights : 1945 Japan Woman's Rights : 1945 South Korea Woman's Rights : 1948 Belgium Woman's Rights : 1948 China Woman's Rights : 1949 Greece Woman's Rights : 1952

[@TheTolqa93]

Turkey 2020 : 474 women murdered by their husbands

[@Burak-gr4ee]

​@@TheTolqa93 You're not wrong but Turkey's femicide rate lower than big countries such as United States and Russia.

[@TheTolqa93]

@@Burak-gr4ee that doesn't make it any better, and with the journalists and political prisoners turkey is also top player worldwide

[@mistalion1]

@@TheTolqa93 you mean the terrorist organisation bounded journalists? The ones caused 258 civilians death on 15th july and also the rebelion terrorist organisations? yeah the so called "journalists"

[@sluchy7962]

@@TheTolqa93 Don't intervene in Turkey, and Turkish polices if ur not from Turkey, it is none of your business.

[@sheilahmiller507]

Love this video. When I said I was learning Turkish and planning in visiting Turkey..... tons of attitude and misperceptions from people. I am the type of person who likes to learn so I started looking at the culture, food, geography etc. As far as Turkey being an Arabic country, I know it's not, but people I have talked to keep asking why I want to go to a middle eastern country where women are oppressed. UGH! I correct them but they don't care. Many Americans unless they travel or research things are just ignorant about other places. I'm sharing this because it echos what I've been telling them.

[@annp9704]

I experienced a lot of the same misconceptions as an American planning to visit Turkey. Especially from older men. The people who were most excited for me to visit Turkey were my Croatian-American community, but most of us have at least traveled to Croatia before. Discussing world travel with people who have never left our country or have maybe only left on a cruise ship is super annoying.

[@sheilahmiller507]

@@annp9704 agree. I bet they'll enjoy the stories when I come back.

[@haklisinevren]

@@sheilahmiller507 Hey Sheilah, I want you to know that 90% of these prejudices are wrong. The only truth is that politics should not be discussed outside.And the KZbinr friend in this video said something wrong. It is not true that 98% of our country's population is Muslim. According to a study in 2020, 89% of Turkey's population is Muslim. But even this ratio is not correct. There are too many irreligious people in our country. The number of people who are atheists, deists, agnostics, Christians and shamans is not small. But people here usually do not say they are irreligious. That's why it seems as if there are many Muslims in our country. If you visit our country, make sure it will be safe. I live in istanbul. Istanbul is one of the largest metropolises in Turkey and the world. If you visit our country, I definitely recommend you to visit Istanbul. Then visit these cities of Antalya, Eskişehir, İzmir, Mardin. If you come to Istanbul, I would like to meet you and have a coffee. 😄

[@ilbilgehatun278]

@@haklisinevren Gerçekten zeka parıltısı bir düşünce,ülkede dinsiz olanlarda çok o yüzden gelin🤦Adam zaten Laik ve Demokratik olduğumuzu söylüyor,insanların dini ile ne alakası var,%100 müslüman olsa da ülkemiz,gezmeye bu sebeplerden dolayı gelmeyenler için büyük kayıp...

[@haklisinevren]

@@ilbilgehatun278 "ülkede dinsiz olanlarda çok o yüzden gelin" dediğim yeri atsana bi knk.

[@toby2998]

The video that everyone needs too see, there are so many misconceptions about Turkey and its beautiful culture, people and scenery.

[@onlyforscience8255]

The majority of them can't embody there properly. In a nutshell I meant everything isn't right as people consider.

[@mikecoxlonge2322]

Turkey's muslim population is not %98, wikipedia says its %82 but as a citizen i think its lower than this.

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

Yes it is..

[@leviackerman4378]

Yes true

[@utkucanb1263]

Yes. Young Turks do not believe in god. I dont believe to. Atheism is increasingly spreading here. Probably in 50 years the majority of the population will be atheists.

[@jane-il3qs]

@@utkucanb1263 kanka sanmam ya elli yıl çok az

[@nicolasbrown5397]

@@jane-il3qs 50-60 yıla rahat değişir bu arada. İstemeseler bile değişir.

[@kellycoco33]

Love Turkey! Been watching turkish series for so many years now, I feel like I live there, hope some day I will visit...

[@Nothing.T]

Whats your favorite series

[@lgsogrencisi8977]

Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤😙😙😙

[@esranur_kiraan]

I hope you have a great time in our country!💕

[@lycanrocknroll9158]

You are absolutely right about your first point. I'm sick and tired of people, especially movie producers blasting Arabic music in the background whenever they show scenes from Turkey. It's like showing Italy and playing Indonesian music in the background.

[@biancaboiano6518]

Thank you for this video!! I've visited Turkey numerous times and I love the culture and people there. There's SO many misconceptions about what Turkey is like. I plan on moving in January and all my American friends keep telling me I'm dumb because my rights as a women are going to be taken away and that they'll force me to wear a hijab. So ignorant of them! I can't wait to send them this video to debunk some of their misconceptions.

[@hippiekinniefrfr156]

OMG that’s wonderful Bianca I live in Turkey too! May I ask you which city you’re going to move to?

[@kadircanyldran1849]

ahhaha wtfff even in the mosque some türks refuse to wear hijab and when people warns them to wear it girls sometimes say that if it is sin for you do not look at me its thats simple :D btw wellcome to turkey at the last elections most important and populated cities votes to left parties so in near future we will got soo much better political stuation too hopfully =)

[@haklisinevren]

🤣🤣 Will they be forced to wear a hijab? This is funny. People like to talk about things they don't know. If you come to our country again, I live in Istanbul. I would like to meet you and have a coffee. I love foreign cultures and languages.

[@haklisinevren]

@@kadircanyldran1849 knk umarım dediğin gibi olur. Ama biraz zor be artık düzelmemiz

[@hermannhesse4182]

I didn't think people were so ignorant. I think biased media outlets want to portray us as a different culture, or to increase hatred. Thank goodness there is KZbin. You can wear any outfit you want.

[@alexandra_vasileva]

Thanks for all your videos about Turkey. I'm glad that I found you. Şimdi ben Türkçe öğreniyorum and your videos are very useful. I hope some day i could finally speak in Turkish. I'm glad that in Bulgarian language we use a lot Turkish words so it makes it easier...but the Grammer ...damn it's hard 😁 greetings from Bulgaria ❤️

[@evviedawson]

Greetings from Turkey to Bulgaria! Türk'ler Bulgaristan kökenli insanları çok sever ve bir gün bende gelip Bulgaristan'ı görmek istiyorum! Umarım gerçekleşir :)

[@precyannsanchez5867]

As a Pilipino and a fan of turkish tv series and movies .Your channel is very educated.Thank you

[@onlyforscience8255]

Keep it up! What a nice video that is which I watched again! Actually, You did your best as always. You upload new videos frequently and that made me ecstatic because that had been compulsory studying overseas and your videos absolutely assist me to improve my English. I appreciate it at all.

[@HaciOsmanKoyudemir01]

Ülkecek kendimizi düzgün ifade edemediğimizin farkına vardım. Birkaç yanılgıyı biliyordum ama yine bilmediklerim varmış. Güzel bir video olmuş teşekkürler.

[@13rownie82]

Her şeyi anlarım da burka nedir arkadaş? Hayatımda hiç duymadığım bir şey ve ailem çok dindar birisidir, araştırdığımda şok oldum.

[@ademyilmaz6916]

@@13rownie82 ne yani sizin oralarda hiç peçe takan görmedinmi 😂😂 saçmalama lütfen

[@13rownie82]

@@ademyilmaz6916 En fazla türban, eşarp falan takarlar

[@ademyilmaz6916]

@@13rownie82 anladım Konya’da çoğu kadında ferace abaya olurda ve hatta baya peçelide var konya sokaklarında insan gezerken gururlanıyor

[@13rownie82]

@@ademyilmaz6916 Mülteci olup kendisini Türk sananlardan olduğuna yemin edebilirim ama kanıtlayamam :D

[@negunduznegece7081]

Abi Şu 2. Söylediğin Şeyi Hoparlör Olsa da Tüm Pakistanlılara dinletsem . Baş Örtüsüz birine Sen Türk değilsin diyorlar cahillik +10000

[@bulutolsam9505]

Bunu izleseler kalpten giderler😂😂😂 Bu kadar diziler falan var, türk oyuncuları instagramda görüyolar nasıl böyle bi düşünceye sahip olabiliyolar anlamıyorum 😯

[@jane-il3qs]

@@bulutolsam9505 harbiden ya hahshjshsj hepsi de kodlanmis gibi erdoganci

[@iremgonen7844]

@@bulutolsam9505 izledikleri filmin oyuncularına da yorumlarda kendi kendilerine de linç ediyorlar günah falan diye yorum yazıyorlar çok gülüyorum ben de başörtüsü takıyorum ama insanlar dinlerini nasıl yaşamak isterlerse yaşasınlar beni alakadar etmiyor onunla tanrısı arasında gerçekten orta doğu ve bu pakistanlıların cahilliğinden canım atamın bize emanet ettiği kat kat güzel ülkem ve adalet sistemi var en azından kendi haklarım var

[@iremgonen7844]

@@jane-il3qs aynen ya kdkdmdmdmmskfkdnddn

[@sarahnoor_]

@@bulutolsam9505 no we don't think that way xdxdxd wrong information 😂😂

[@ea6398]

I am half Polish half Turkish! Funny that people think there is desert and Camel in Turkey 🇹🇷 But funny is that no body know that actually in Poland we do have desert and you can rent horse to ride ! Poland is the only country in Europe to have desert! I love Turkey 🇹🇷

[@haklisinevren]

Reaally? I can't believe that there can be a desert in Poland right now. 😂

[@iremgonen7844]

Wtf really?!?!? 😅😅😂😂

[@haklisinevren]

@@iremgonen7844 bana mı dedin

[@whereaminoliterallywheream1035]

No way!! I have half polish and half Turkish too! That’s crazy

[@anielaaslguner7154]

I am half Polish half Turkish too😄That’s amazing. I didn’t know that Poland had a desert!

[@lbengisul]

Turkey's muslim population is barely 70-75% believe me

[@yumani_]

We know

[@momofromatla2318]

Yeah but not officially

[@cowcolalover420]

If I had been the President, I would have Islamized the whole country. Kamal Pasha has ruined Turkey.

[@kurkmantoluahmethoca9600]

thank you for this informative and objektive video. I really liked this video. well done!

[@13rownie82]

Kadınlara seçme ve seçilme hakkını ilk veren ülkelerden birisine, günümüzdeki bu izlenim çok üzücü ve düşündürücü. Düşmanının bile saygısını almış bir ülkeden nerelere geldik.. Dinin ne kadar tehlikeli olduğunu tekrar hatırlattığın için sana da teşekkürler Uzun Hırsız

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@bsrsrn]

Bu yorum çok doğru. 😂👍🏻

[@marieacosta2073]

Don’t waste your breath talking about politics in the US either. We’re very similarly situated to Turkey in that regard. I watched a Turkish series in january, started studying turkish in february, spent two weeks in turkey in september, and now i’m just waiting to return. Turkey is a beautiful country, the food is FANTASTIC, the people i interacted with were lovely, and surprised that i could say anything in turkish (although my grammar was DEFİNİTELY not perfect) and i loved being there. I would recommend it as a vacation destination to any and everyone - although taking a bit of interest in the language and culture made it 100% better for me. People would say in English “welcome” and i would stubbornly respond “HOŞ BULDUM” 😆

[@gavkimburnhams3744]

I'm South African and have fallen in love with the Turkish culture. I'm learning to speak Turkish and hope to visit there one day. Whenever I serve a meal or see someone with food, I tell them "afiyet olsun"; my teenage son responds with "teşekkür ederim" Baby steps 😅

[@mrs.darkness1497]

Abi sen anlatırken Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'e bir kez daha teşekkür ettim. Alfabe değişikliği, laik bir devlet ve daha birçok şeyi ona borçluyuz. Teşekkürler Atam ❤️🇹🇷

[@jane-il3qs]

listedeki birçok şeyi ona borçluyuz

[@pogCibi]

@Ghost! wtf

[@pogCibi]

@Ghost!Atatürk saved Turkey from enslavement.

[@pogCibi]

@Ghost! bruh you are really uneducated huh

[@pogCibi]

@Ghost! If Atatürk and his friends didn’t saved Turkey we literally would’ve be colonized by England or France or both. What are you talking about go read some history books.

[@jawoo2228]

Great vid. Finally a straightforward and concise video on this subject.

[@guzelsooso1157]

I visited Turkey 🇹🇷a number of times, my favourite country, its amazing, I feel its a heaven on earth . Waiting for the summer holidays inshaallah, coming soon 😍❤

[@vaguelyvagrant9694]

My experience in Turkey is that maybe people don't always speak 100% grammatically correct English, but (maybe because of the many different sounds in Turkish) their accent is usually 100 times better (and so easier to understand) than most Europeans who try to speak English (especially from the Latin and Slavic countries).

[@Erol_]

02:06 Abi %98 değil. Müslümanlık oranı yaklaşık %82'e yakın. It's not exactly 98 percent, bro. The Muslim population is nearly 82 percent.

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

@Almeda #RTEAntiClub yeni kimliklerde dini yazmıyor sanırsam. En mutlu olduğum olay. Dininin yazması aşırı gereksiz bir ayrıntı çünkü.

[@denizmundo]

%89

[@leviackerman4378]

bende tam bunu yazacaktım gerek kalmadı yazan birileri olmuş

[@pelin0301]

doğar doğmaz dinini yazmak aşırı saçma bir şey ya bebek daha o

[@ilayda726]

bence %82'den bile azdır

[@lianilgesfantasyautorin]

Edjucative and interesting as well! I like this one. :-)

[@furkann2851]

i really like this video. i mean there is lot of myhts in here and you explain them very casually. thank you resat for this video!!

[@soruyyorum]

you are great, thanks for that video

[@gamzeugur155]

Thank you Resad!! It was so fun to watch. You also give quite important information for the people who don’t have any idea about our country!! Teşekkürler ! 🙏 İyi ki varsın!!🌼✌🏼

[@katiedaniels3997]

My first encounter with a Turkish person was when I was travelling with my Mom around Europe. It left a big impression on me as I had never met such a gentleman in my life! He was very polite, respectful, well spoken, and kind. Not pretentious, totally genuine. We only talked for a short time but every time I think of Turkey, I recall how noble this man was. .

[@meyurica]

I love your vidoes, keep it up AĞABEY! 🥰

[@buggiej5954]

Hi more turkish lessons please. The lessons that you posted previously were really helpful. Teşekkür ederim.

[@wombizclub]

👏 Thanks for sharing.

[@mebrureyazici8256]

I don't know other cities that much. But in İstanbul there are about 20 sinagogues. Furthermore in Kuzguncuk which is a district in Üsküdar Town you can see a mosque, a church and a sinogogue side by side. You can hear no Muslim call to prayer in any western country if you are outside the mosque. But you can hear church bells as well as ezan (Muslim call to prayer) in Turkey. Everybody is free to perform his/her own belief. Turkey has many wonders to find out. Never mind the myths, come and see for yourself

[@tumzamanlarneniyisimuhamme5248]

02:06 Ülkenin %98'i müslüman falan değil.

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

Müslümanların oranı 98'den daha az

[@raushen6502]

%70 en fazla

[@tumzamanlarneniyisimuhamme5248]

@@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm Bende aynı şekilde düşünüyorum müslümanım diyen insanların birçoğu da sadece annesi babası müslüman olduğu için yani müslüman doğdukları için müslümanım diyorlar. Aslında Kuran'ı bile okumamışlar birçoğu tabii ki.

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

@@tumzamanlarneniyisimuhamme5248 araştırmadıkları için işte. Taklid-i iman dedigimiz şey bu

[@13rownie82]

@@tumzamanlarneniyisimuhamme5248 Zaten araştırmadıkları için Müslimanlar. Örneğin ben agnostik bir fikre sahibim ve aileme de fikrimi açıkca söylüyorum, ilk başlarda bana kafir muamelesi yapıyorlardı:D ama kendileri subhanekeyi bile bilmiyor. Çok üzücü bir şey . Yani herkes istediğine inansın, ona bir şey demiyorum ama araştırmadıkları gibi başkalarını da yadırgayıp dışlamaları kötü bir şey.

[@mehmetutkanylmaz1405]

A fair number of misconceptions people have about turkey are mostly based on the religion that the majority of Turkey's population believes in. I'm glad that you attempted to prevent this misleading view that people have of Turkey.

[@sarahwesterveld6251]

Great video! Thanks for teaching me! I’ve met many Turkish friends through my work as Dutch teacher at my local library. 😀

[@orhancakl540]

Thank you Reşat another nice video.

[@2Travelis2Live]

I have not been to Turkey, and I love it. I can't wait to visit this amazing country.

[@UnfairModeTurkiye]

Thanks for clarifying.

[@paradiser6264]

We really need more people teaching turkish on youtube , specially the grammar , as a Persian i think Turkish is easy to learn if you have a good teacher

[@victorsantiago2751]

Very interesting and well-explained video! I’m traveling next week to Istambul and it is during Ramadan so you relief me! By the way, any recomendations on Istambul, appart from the well-known touristic places?

[@calebgeorge1512]

Thank u for this . Definitely have to admit I had some misconceptions about Turkey hahaha

[@resatcekicler1975]

Your called Resh aswell haha. Great video bro keep up the good work

[@LisaHerger]

Thanks for this interesting video! How would it be different, if at all, as a woman traveling alone inTurkey in comparison to traveling alone in Europe?

[@ettoremariani4365]

I start to work for a Turkish company located in Konya. I am getting more and more confident with my colleagues and I would LOVE to speak Turkish with them. Let’s see …. I start to follow your channel to be updated and maybe to learn a decent Turkish. Anyhow thanks a lot for your lovely videos

[@BooDestroyer]

Thanks, I'll be heading to Turkey in about a month or so. I needed this.

[@Sanaz.TravelVlog]

Big Like . Big support , I enjoyed . you are perfect my dear friend 😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@esmebaykan4291]

Ne zaman eski videolarındaki gibi izlenme sayılarına ulaşırız resh

[@aysanshavandi2650]

Most of the people around the world think that Iran is an Arabic country too! And most of them think that we speak in Arabic.but we speak Farsi(persion)

[@sarahgraham4056]

That's ​probably becuz of the Arabic alphabet that you guys are using

[@jane-il3qs]

we turks understand you the most in this case lol

[@akoysiayvantot5183]

Thank you for this information about turkey. I had this misconceptions for over a year that give me hesitation to visit turkey. From what you’ve mentioned, turkey gives me impression like the Philippines they are democratic but turkey is more modernize than the Philippines. Same as here in the Philippines don’t bring up in a conversation about politics it will end up to nothing.

[@devran180]

Nokta atışı yapmışsın .. Emeğine sağlık 🇹🇷

[@vedatklc3258]

Harika olmuş. Keske bu videonu biraz görüntülerle de besleseydin. Herifler gerçekten bunlara inanıyor cunku :)

[@atsusmu]

bu kadar güzel anlatılamazdı

[@orhaaan]

Hey bro. Where did you get that picture behind you with all the countries' names?

[@NikoChristianWallenberg]

"Turkey is a secular democratic state" - I can't begin to describe how hard I laughed at this. 😂

[@vonVince]

"The country itself is not ruled by religion" - museums being turned into mosques in rampant Islamism effort by the government: Kemal is rolling in his grave and facepalming at people like you.

[@stephenderogier6790]

The second comment is not showing. This guy is censoring his channel.

[@hermannhesse4182]

Okay, racist. Most Muslims are considered infidels by the country because we are secular. Are you satisfied? Turks have their own Orthodox Churches. Whoever wants to become a Muslim becomes a Christian. We don't really care as Turks. You're probably a bit like a neo-Nazi tho

[@kursad780]

2:00 In fact, Turkey is no longer a country that is 98% Muslim. This rate has dropped to around 85%. In addition, although there are mosques everywhere, only 20% of Muslims practice their religion. In fact, the understanding of Islam in Turkey is quite different compared to other countries. Turks live their lives like deists and even many of them have a philosophical worldview in this direction, but they call themselves Muslims. If you come to Turkey, do not be surprised if you encounter many people who drink alcohol, do not fast, do not pray or do not believe in the commandments of Islam.

[@zceylan]

What an exaggeration, %20 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I guess we live in different countries

[@kursad780]

@@zceylan bu konuda yapılmış bir sürü araştırma var gayet bakabilirsin tüm Türkiye'yi kendin ve çevren gibi düşünme. Ben yine iyimser konuştum. Peygambere meleklere inanıyor musun gibi sorulara yüzde yetmiş civarlarında evet çıkıyor (birçoğu da kendine Müslüman der ama inanmıyor inandığını sanıyor). İbadetlerini de düzenli yerine getiren insan oranı yüzde yirmilerde.

[@zceylan]

@@kursad780 ibadetini düzgün yerine getirmeye ler deist olmuyor, dediğim şeyi tekrar ettiğin için sağol

[@nightmare20.]

@@zceylan bence arkadaş gayet haklı ülkemizde insanlar dininden bir haber, sadece sözde müslüman bir ülkemiz var aynı başımızdakilerin de böyle olduğu gibi...

[@zeamixx6371]

Muy interesante👍

[@hulahulahulihuli580]

i think it's kinda sad tho. i am from czech republic and when i first visited turkey, i expected to see crazy country, based on what people think about turkey in cz, maybe generally in europe. all my life i heard from czechs only that in turkey women has no right, men are aggressive, etc. after actually coming to turkey, i was very surprised how's it possible people can think that. i love turkish people and culture, everyone is super cute and friendly here.

[@kadircanyldran1849]

man its a propaganda all eu actualy all western countries does that , we are used to seeing confused(suprised)-looking tourists in turkey .Great regards from turkey and as i know number of corona cases are soo much higher than august please be careful my friend :)

[@hermannhesse4182]

Omg! How ignorant are they? We have had all kinds of rights since 1919. It was also formalized in 1926 and 1930. At the time, women in Europe were fighting for their rights. Even in the war of independence in 1919, great Ataturk said that women could not be slaves in the palace but soldiers at the front, and he appointed dozens of women commanders. In other words, he directed the war with women. So people need to know history in order to make arrogant comments about a country 🥴 Czech Republic is not a country far away from us tho. I was just surprised at this level of ignorance. Accordingly, it is like calling Britain a fundamentalist country because the conservative party rules the UK 😬😄 I'm glad you weren't disappointed. Remind them that they are biased.

[@lynnschneider9505]

I enjoyed this video so much as well as all your language learning videos as I'm loving learning the Turkish language. I love learning about the culture, too. My question is that I've heard that it's dangerous to travel in Turkey. Is this true? My dream is to visit Turkey. Thank you so much!!

[@theodoradorno5670]

Don't worry, safety. If you use a taxi,(not all) check the route navigation.

[@pnarozen4057]

Turks hate when people think Turkey is an Arabic country. It's really the same for some other countries like Iran. Because my mother is from İran a lot of my friends ask me if I can speak Arabic or not. I hate that question. It's so tragedic that 90% of Turkish people don't know the mother language is Persian in their neighbor country.

[@user-dm4mm2ro1o]

Benim İranlı arkadaşım var, ve ben iranlıların pars olduğunu çok iyi biliyorum, çünkü tarihle çok yakından ilgilenirim, ama ben arkadaşımla bazenleri ala ederim, ya da sinirlendirmek için şaka yaparım arapça ögretsana diye! 😂😂😂

[@sylviebedard8419]

We have in Selçuk (Ephesus) an annual camel festival on the Pamucak beach. At the end of January each year we have a festival based on camel fight ( on the beach) . The camel are all decorated with full colour and they walk in the city before the fight. Something to see. 🎉😊

[@smalltarpan]

Resat, an idea to clear people´s confusion with Turks and Arabs: You could make a short video about the origins of Turks and Turkic languages. I guess most people don´t know that they originated in the Altai region and that most of your linguistic (and ethnic) relatives live in Central-Asia. Such information would also add a lot to your channel and to people´s knowledge, I think. I personally am always interested in the history and the background of cultures.

[@Skmaxoooo1]

super

[@Lore_2024]

Hola hace poc6te descubrí, me encanta tu canal, seguí hablando de Turquía y su cultura e idioma, 😍 lütfen 🙆🏻‍♀️😍🤭

[@gwho]

This makes me want to visit turkey. It really seems like the geographic intermediate. Secularr but Islamic culturally.

[@scarletlin3608]

Agree with most of these. Some comments 1. The ramadan thing: Most of the population is Muslim and observe ramadan, so as a foreigner it would be good to be respectful of that if you do find yourself in Turkey in the month. Not saying you should starve in case you offend someone, just not eat publicly in areas where you dont see people eating around you, and choose more touristy areas to do so, or privately in your rooms. 2. Regarding polygamy legally it may not be allowed but the incidence has increased with the influx of refugees. Lots of refugee women become additional wives to turkish men in marriages not officiated by law but in mosques. In most cases this is exploitative of vulnerable women who dont have anyone to support them and authorities kinda look the other way and let it go on. Its a very specific issue in countries hosting refugees or illegal migrants. 3. English proficiency is good in touristy areas so you will be fine visiting as a tourist, but if planning to migrate and live in Turkey then learning the language would be needed since you would be dealing with daily life situations in residential areas. 4. Differentiating yourself from Arabs is not being hateful to Arabs its just being factual. Like An Italian wouldnt want to called French just because they are white, their ethnicities and historical origins are different. Thanks for the video!!

[@smtuscany]

Well, although we Italians have a sort of love/hate relationship with our French cousins, at least we have common Latin ancestry and linguistic roots. Turks and Arabs are simply not related, more like Italians and Hungarians.

[@mistalion1]

​@@smtuscany the closest root for Turks is Hungarians with their kypchak roots, I telll you as a Philolog. Our language forms are mostly the same also with many old loan vocabulary. Both are agglitinative languages from Uraic Altaic families. Also believe me Arabs have more bounds with Italians and Spaniards more than Turks loves👋

[@smtuscany]

@@mistalion1 My example was not casual, just for that reason :) Anyhow, Arabs did have an important role in Spanish history. In Italy, not that much. They ruled Sicily for about a century, then the Normans chased them away in the 11th century, that’s about all. Basically Southern Italy is more like Romanized Greece, while Northern Italy is more like Romanized Celts/Gauls or Etruscans.

[@mistalion1]

@@smtuscany I agree with and I actually didnt mean to be mean to answer your comment. of course I love all culters Italian ,Arabic, Spanish, Greek, Tukish or whatever. I just wanted to stand prejudices or misconceptions with the real aspects

[@scarletlin3608]

@@smtuscany Thank you for your comment. I shouldve used a better example, obviously I need to brush up on European ancestry :)

[@Silasermer]

Turkey is one of the first countries to give women the right to vote and be elected.

[@Ernecio06]

Merhaba Resat! Thank you for clarifying all these myths about Turkey!

[@RZA_QULIYEV2009]

Take like this english videos a lot you are the best

[@IdanBenNehama]

I am from the Turkish country of Azerbaijan, and I have to say that for some reason whenever people ask me where Azerbaijan is, and say the middle east, they always ask me about the heat and other geographical questions that relate more the North Africa…🤦‍♂️

[@mesut993]

As a Turkish citizen, I would like to thank you Resat, I think you explained each misconception very well. But I think Turkish people have ability to speak English but we only studied English grammar when I was a student. I think this was the biggest problem.

[@ghazaalbahmanp6926]

Hi, thank you for the information. About speaking English, I was at Istanbul Airport about a week ago and the guys at the passport check couldn't speak English and I was asked if I could speak Turkish. I can speak Turkish very little so there was a big problem for me.

[@tubacaglayan2078]

BU VİDEO ÇOK GÜZEL

[@ins202]

Abi videoların çok güzel 🤪😆😆🌸

[@guyon2wheels808]

Liking the videos - Though a bit late to the party. There is an annual camel wrestling event held in the east.

[@jennyhoman195]

Such and important video

[@kojayeoja]

I thought places like Cappadocia and such are kind of a high desert? It seems dry and rocky in some places.

[@meltemakbas9434]

Türkiye’nin %98’i müslüman değil, ateizm/deizm/agnostizm oldukça arttı

[@negunduznegece7081]

Yorumlarda araplar kudurmuş 😂😂 çay için rahatlarsınız

[@almirahasic9316]

Great video. Is it Türkiye or Turkey?

[@mekachan5200]

I just came to Turkey two months ago and I’m struggling with the language so much cuz people don’t really speak English, but maybe it’s because I’m currently in a smaller city (for college), trying to learn Turkish tho, great video, could you please make a video about advices for people whom r trying to learn Turkish depending on their first language? For example Arab people may approach learning Turkish in a deferent way compared to English native speakers and so on, I would like to see a video about that

[@Al_afiyakhan]

Güzel video✨hindistan'dan kucak dolusu sevgiler🇮🇳🇮🇳✨❤

[@burakdonjuan]

We also watch many Indian TV series in Turkey. Like Balika Vadhu, Thapki Pyar Ki, Is Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?, Kumkum bhagya, Diya Aur Baati Hum

[@tempscerise2245]

Çok sağolasın

[@nullx7]

no one:Turkish people don't speak english Aykut the diamond : Yes I doesn't

[@talhak.4763]

Aykut the diamond LMAOO DHWİFHWİFJEİFBED

[@dogakaralae6045]

ben bu önyargıları anlamıyorum hepimiz google sahibiz diye düşünüyorum bence kendimiz her şeyi araştırıp öğrenebiliriz kulaktan duyulan şeylere kesinlikle doğru diyemeyiz bence bu biraz genel kültür ve araştırma ile ilgisi var ve video çok güzel olmuş severek takip ediyoruz sizi.

[@salmaelbassoussy]

Hi Reşat, I came across your channel and this video which I believe is interesting. Just to clarify a misconception about Egypt in your video as you referred to Egypt as an example when you were talking about the “camels misconception” stating that Turkey is not like you’re in Egypt where you can find camels everywhere which a common and wrong misconception about Egypt. Actually there are no camels in Egypt and you will never find camels while walking in the streets. You can see only see camels in touristic areas and maybe only in the Pyramids where you can ride a camel for a trip. Just clarifying a misconception that a lot of people have about Egypt. Also, another comment which I believe is irrelevant to Egypt on the misconception that women are forced to wear hijab in Arab countries and do not have any rights which is totally not true. Women are not forced to wear hijab and have rights similar to those given to men (except for common discrimination that you talked about in your video). I am not speaking in the name of Arabs or defending any point of view as I am Egyptian and we, Egyptians, do not consider ourselves Arabs although a lot of people believes so for political reasons…etc. just clarifying.

[@robertokeane]

Hi Resat I really like your videos but sorry let's clarify a very huge misconception about Istanbul, saying is the only city in the world located between 2 continents. I'm Italian and I lived several months in Atyrau, Kazakhstan and I'm telling you is indeed a city located exactly between Europe and Asia, divided by Ural river, matter fact. Keep up with the good job and take care

[@odetteyazigi6537]

You are absolutely right. There is a lot of misconception. I am an American Lebanese with Turkish ancestry.

[@bahoch6041]

Eskiden videolara girerken yaptığın komik garip girişlerdense bu tarz videolar çok daha tatlı.

[@tamdaistemediginkisiyim]

We are not arab!

[@tamdaistemediginkisiyim]

@Ghost Ghost! shut up

[@user-dm4mm2ro1o]

We are arab! Desen daha da ironi olurdu knk! 😂😂😂

[@sumathidas3275]

Take care

[@ihateeketchup]

No one: Turks: WE'RE NOT ARABS

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

💁🏼‍♀️Couse we are not

[@ihateeketchup]

@@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm you didn't get it

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

@@ihateeketchup wdym

[@melek0299]

Arap değiliz tabi.Aman Allah korusun.

[@tekvazgecilmezimkulaklgm]

@Ghost Ghost! are talking about me?

[@ArchN.]

Herkese tek tek anlatmaktan sıkılmıştım. Ağzına sağlık. Videoyu açar izletirim artık. Bana evlenmeden sevişmiyor musunuz diye de sorulmuştu ama o sorulunca ben hallederim.

[@plutosdstn]

4:08 Fun fact: The only place in Turkey that has the feature of being a desert is The Karapınar Desert in Konya. Only 42 thousand people lives in there.

[@cherishedowl421]

I agree with your statement “ Keep politics out of the picture “ . I would say this applies to EVERY country. We just need to Let It Go . 🐼🐨🐼 An just enjoy the Vistas. 🍀

[@zeynep-yj1nx]

Also, because of our location, people think that it is only summer in Turkey

[@user-yy3dk8jn8j]

“sorry to dissapoint some of you freaks out there” IM SCREAMING JSKSHSHSV

[@NlnArtStudio]

Türkiye hakkında böyle bir içerik hazırladığın için teşekkürler. Ağzına sağlık. Daha iyi anlatılamazdı. Sana katılıyorum İngilizce gerçekten bizim dilimize ters bir dil. Defalarca öğrenip çalışsak da uygulamaya dökmek oldukça zor. Ve ingilizce bilsek de birbirimizle hep Türkçe konuşuruz 😅 bu yüzden de birbirimize dil öğretmemiz zor. Aynı zamanda Japonca öğreniyorum evet alfabesi kanjileri zor ve teferruatlı. Fakat cümle kuracağım zaman Japoncada zorlanmıyorum. İngilizcede çok zorlanıyorum kursam bile yanlış cümleler kuruyorum hep düzeltiliyorlar. 😄 Ama biz yine de ingilizceyi de öğrenmeye daha fazla gayret edelim içimizden nefret etmek gelse de 🙈 😅

[@rVeraa]

I saw some niqabis but I never seen someone wearing burka in Turkey. It's probably really rare

[@mlk3327]

maybe %1 and most are refugees and migrants from the middle eastern countries

[@ManuelMora-zo6pv]

You had/have a lot of jews in Turkey , now mainly in Istanbul and Izmir, minute 2'41" is the great sinagoge of Edirne recently restored. You have at least 3 sinagogs in Galata, 2 in Balat, also in Ortaköy, 2 in Kadiköy... In 1930's 5% of istanbul population was sefardic jew, and some of them speaks still old spanish.

[@ugrasergun]

4:50 Alcohol is not prohibited by law but it's price :)