AFRO TURKEY: Black History In Turkey!

Never seen a Black Turkish person before? Well let me tell you that the African presence in Turkey goes back hundreds of years to when enslaved Africans were instrumental in the construction of the Ottoman Empire. Today the Afro-Turkish community proudly claim their African heritage! From WWI pilots to powerful officials in the Sultan's court, watch to find out more!
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[@johnrambo4463]

Love africa from turkey 🇹🇷

[@rholalbi8155]

We don't beleive you hypocrite 2 faced snakes

[@apriljackson5304]

This is extraordinary and inspiring. Excellent vlog as always❣️Just bought your encyclopedia, can't wait for delivery‼️😘

[@emrekavcoglu2978]

We Turks were foreigners not because we didn't want African origin Turkish citizens, but because we didn't know about those people, because there was World War II and finally Turkey was formatted like a computer. It took a long time to collect those files again

[@josephjoyce3715]

I really loved your Travel Noire interview.

[@melaninamedia]

Thanks for sharing sister

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Thank you for watching! 🥰

[@mr.e212]

Great information, love your videos

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Thank you so much!

[@mr.e212]

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial you welcome.

[@tacrewgirl]

I enjoy these videos. I like learning about the Black diaspora.

[@juniorchavesopicassodeyahu988]

Hi beauty! Make a video on Jim Hercules

[@turkischerOsmane]

Mind Blowing

[@albertwilson8738]

Love this video I have American Indian and Turkish ancestry

[@anabe3785]

How do you have turkish ancestry?

[@haashaas2508]

​@@anabe3785Most native American do.

[@haashaas2508]

Zençi Musa Was a HUGE HERO IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE! The 10 second mention doesn’t do him justice. May All our heroic martyers have their rightful places in heaven and history.

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Yes, an incredible figure! Thank you for watching.

[@swinofff]

Save turkiye

[@gkemalb2704]

Bizden birilerine sadece Turkce cevap yazilir..

[@Lockdown-xl2cm]

All these African people you have mentioned, they all have Turkish names

[@serious_nigga]

When you see an afro American you'd definitely see they have popular American names. So, yes they have Turkish names because they are Turkish.

[@Lockdown-xl2cm]

@@serious_niggaBlack people are not Turks

[@umaguriaveraz2834]

@@Lockdown-xl2cm that's because blk people who are descendents of enslaved africans hold the name of the people that owned their ancestors, that's why blk americans have english names and turkish blks have turkish names

[@smavi4133]

Guess what. Afro Americans or black Jamaicans have English names. Major shock, right?

[@serious_nigga]

@@Lockdown-xl2cm ethnically, they are not Turks originally but historically, they are Turks. In Africa not every African is black but they are still African.

[@gwalagorillaent.4918]

I used to enjoy your videos but it seems like the only origin you know about when it comes to our people is slavery .. the truth about our diaspora really goes beyond that and I wish slavery wasn’t always your conclusion..

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Hi there, thanks for your comment, please feel free to provide any of the relevant links, books essays or articles to [e-mail] I look forward to reading, thank you.

[@kalil5414]

ƤＲＯ𝓂Ｏ𝕤ᗰ

[@cnwil4594]

I can't believe all these beautiful blacks were descendants of slaves🤔.

[@user-bf6bu8sy5d]

Je vois ce que vous voulez dire, mais il y a des Afro-Turcs en Turquie et ils sont la majorité par rapport aux migrants africains. par exemple à 4,30m on voit un homme heureux mais on voit qu’il n’a rien de turc en lui. à 4,34 m, il y a un homme portant des lunettes de soleil et je le vise aussi. après le reste, je vous assure qu’ils ont le turc

[@anabe3785]

@@user-bf6bu8sy5dnobody speaks your garbage spanish dialect

[@haashaas2508]

"Slaves" in Ottomans were not like "Slaves" in Europe or USA, "Slaves" in Ottoman Empire could move up in the empire as everyone was actually a slave to the empire.

[@gmssamakyaahlahhopeful144]

These Afro Turks are not descendants of slaves!!!!! These people are the descendants of the Byzantines who didn’t mix with the Ottomans.

[@AimForMyHead81]

WE WUZ GREEKZ N SHEEEEIT! Lmao

[@gmssamakyaahlahhopeful144]

@@AimForMyHead81 cool story mate, you have anything else?

[@Lockdown-xl2cm]

5:11 protesting about George “Fentanyl” Floyd…cringe

[@epichero5868]

Black Turkish are arabs , they have smoothly hair compred to black latins!!!