Our First Day in Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷

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🎥 Vlog #217 | 🇹🇷 Turkey Travel Vlog | Istanbul, Türkiye
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[@ThePassportCouple]

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[@Yoyogti6]

3:42 The sign says "If you don't have money, you can take a simit from the hanger". Basically, you can pay for a simit to put into a "hanger" for people that can't afford to buy a simit in Istanbul. If you don't have any money and you want to get a simit, you can take one from the "hanger" at no charge. I love my people.

[@ThePassportCouple]

That's amazing and so kind 🇹🇷💛

[@FTK700]

Guys Türkiye not arabic country. As a Turkish we are Turk not arab.

[@furkangelir8095]

şu eziklik kompleksinizden kurtulun artık "sir sir we are not arab sir sir we are secular sir" bıktırdınız artık

[@narniadan]

but CHP brain is just like an Arab, and you look like an Arab

[@muhammedalibektas8282]

👍

[@narniadan]

Get some education to learn how to write. You've stuffed up the English grammar, wannabe, pretender but nobody.

[@alikonya2973]

i agree with you we are not arab we are TURKS and ATATURK our father of TURKS !!!

[@juansolis5788]

I was there last week!!! That city is truly something to behold🥲

[@ThePassportCouple]

Amazing place for sure 🇹🇷💛

[@selimheisenberg8609]

Amazing video. Thank you guys 👏👏 Istanbul is stunning 🇹🇷

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you so much, it is a beautiful city 🇹🇷💛

[@AdventuresofAplusK]

Istanbul looks amazing! And so does that baklava!!! 😍

[@ThePassportCouple]

Such an amazing place 🇹🇷💛

[@davemichael3645]

what a magic city. fall in love

[@ThePassportCouple]

Truly magical 🇹🇷💛

[@benandhaley]

Istanbul is an amazing city!!

[@ThePassportCouple]

Totally agree, it's incredible 🇹🇷💛

[@leventguven5143]

It was very nice of you the way you communicated with this dog . 🥰 your hand looked like you had henna btw 😁😁

[@ThePassportCouple]

Aww, we love dogs and are so happy when they let us pet them. And yes, you're right, it did look like a henna 😃

[@dennisatakent]

Thank you for visiting beautiful İstanbul.

[@SchoandJo]

Great video guys! Loved your outro to the bloops sections! So creative. Türkiye looked amazing! It was really cool to see so many ships in the body of water in many of the drone shots.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks guys 🙌 It was amazing being out on the water there. If we had a little more time, and warmer weather, I think we would have found even more ways to get out there.

[@bulentyalcin3455]

Thank you for coming to Turkey and introducing this country. Istanbul is a historical place, but it is also very crowded. The food is amazing, but you can also see much better food here. You will be very pleased if you visit with a Turkish guide who knows Istanbul very well on your next visit. :)

[@MrAdnanozkan]

Hoş geldiniz.❤

[@sovrappozisione]

such a nice couple, a lot funnier and respectfull in terms of other vlogs concerned about İstanbul. btw the pickly thing you seemed to ate is not a pickle it seems like sautéed green bean with olive oil which is eaten cold (or warm).It is SO GOOOD.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Such a sweet comment, thank you 😊 It was delicious, thanks for letting us know what it was 🙌

[@serkancangi]

First of all, welcome to Türkiye, Istanbul🇹🇷 0:05 Wrong information: 1 side would be Haydarpaşa Train Station, that would be Asia, and 2 sides would be European side. 0:04. Likewise, these two places are on the European side. Also, finally, it would be better if you do not add Arabic music. Türkiye is not an Arab country, after all, the country you came from is Türkiye, you could research and add Turkish music. 😊

[@ishakolcak]

Açıklayıcı bir yorum yapmışsınız 👏👏👏

[@ishakolcak]

@@Never-endingwork onları denize dökeriz 😉😃😌

[@serkancangi]

​@@Never-endingwork Sende benim yorumumu okuyup kudurmuşsun ne yazsamda konuya dahil olurum diye düşünmüşsündür kesin türk müzigi ekleyin dedim senin zoruna gitti sanırım.

[@kocahmet1]

la serkan ne işgüzar adamsın. oturmuşsun adamlara işlerini mi öğretiyorsun.

[@tufancolak3234]

@@Never-endingworkbu kadar arap yalayıcısı olmayın arap yalakları özün başkaysa onu bilemem

[@ugurkol8767]

It is precious that stray dogs and cats can walk freely in Turkey. A huge number of people take care of them and feed them. We don't have the right to imprison them in houses or shelters. As long as their basic needs are met, they are happy to be free. However, there is an increasing number of people who are hostile to stray dogs. Their behavior is often pathological. But they also have some points. Especially in rural areas, when dogs get together, they gang up and behave in ways they would not normally do, sometimes becoming aggressive. This issue must be addressed. On the other hand, some cruel people torment stray animals and when they are detected, they cause outrage in society. Fortunately, they are now imprisoned under the new penal code. These are issues that need to be resolved regarding stray animals. But despite all this, we support stray animals to stay on the streets and we love them very much.

[@HM89-Serdar]

Thank you for introducing our country and wish you success.

[@sahinucansoy1881]

Hoş geldiniz

[@kkaixer]

I am happy to see you enjoy the beauties of İstanbul (:

[@ThePassportCouple]

Istanbul is amazing 🇹🇷💛

[@OzgurErdogdu-rn9wz]

Welcome to Istanbul.I think you were always in European side.Maybe if you want to see anatolian side check Beylerbeyi,Anadolu Hisarı,Küçüksu Kasrı,Otağtepe Parkı,Çamlıca Tepesi,Kuzguncuk. (Extra=Islands (Buyukada,Heybeliada)

[@windmacky]

It was a nice video, hope you guys enjoyed it here.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you, we love Istanbul 🇹🇷💛

[@markheithaus]

Did y'all make it to the Theodosian Walls and the Valens aqueduct? Seems to me that most tourists sleep on those.

[@ierdem]

We Turks are Asian and Balkan peoples but there are many Arab immigrants. I hope you liked the ice cream and kebabs xd next time try cold baklava also its milky and yummy cheers

[@3KanDizi]

Bu kanal daha fazla izlenme hakediyor :)

[@nearerandfarther]

This is a helpful, fun vid! Thank you!!! I'm going to Turkey this week!

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you so much, glad it was helpful. We hope you have an amazing time in Turkey. If you need any additional information, we posted our Istanbul expenses as well as a 3-day itinerary (which includes a ton of information we wish we would have known before visiting) on our blog. Links are in the video description if your interested. Happy travels ✈️🇹🇷💛

[@emrekoca3076]

10:30 you are talking about that mince kebab. if you want like that you must order urfa kebab (not spicy) or adana kebab (spicy)

[@windmacky]

0:04 Both sides are Europe lol. Because it's the Golden Horn not the Bosporus Strait (İstanbul Strait)

[@ibrahimturkoglu5492]

uçan halıda koysaydın daha güzel olurdu müzik var

[@avatarahng]

Welcome guysss!

[@utku_baloglu]

0:02 there is another city in Turkey that sits on two continents named 'Çanakkale'

[@AlexDesouza-ln3tx]

Who sikler canakkaleyi

[@mumihp]

I am in Istanbul right now... I didn't realise Simit has molasses. The weather is beautiful now... Love the fresh juices, the street food is really nice.

[@ThePassportCouple]

The simit is so good and Istanbul is just amazing. We hope you have the best time 🇹🇷💛

[@mumihp]

@@ThePassportCouple Thank you, differently I am enjoying it, after experiencing cold weather in the UK, the weather has been amazing here, bright sunshine. Hope you both are enjoying as well.

[@gigigk5472]

Street dogs usually get their shots every year neutered/spayed. If you see ear tags that means they already checked.

[@ThePassportCouple]

We love the care we saw for the animals, that is very special 💛

[@TurkishZombie]

Why the Egyptian music though?

[@alpddar2518]

Probably all the Middle East is the same to them. Question is why do you care too much about it?

[@Emulator833]

@@alpddar2518 Because it misrepresents our culture?

[@TheShiningStars15]

They could've put beautiful turkish music but they're instead mocking us.

[@theturklord5049]

welcome guys

[@Addam90]

Honestly, this is the best place in the world

[@ThePassportCouple]

An amazing place indeed 🇹🇷💛

[@Addam90]

@@ThePassportCouple ❤️💙🧡

[@Zykopath01]

Greetings from Turkiye, i hope you have a good time in Istanbul

[@ThePassportCouple]

Greetings 👋 Istanbul is an amazing city, absolutely love it 🇹🇷💛

[@Kai_1395]

Love the Bob Marley playing in the background. 🇯🇲

[@alikursatsahin9131]

13:36 The name of that "some empire" was Roman Empire, hence the name Rome.

[@jimakcelik6486]

Scarf looks very elegant on you looks pretty❤

[@ozlemdr6076]

8:49 the black sesame is black cumin seeds, it is common to use on salty pastries and breads in Türkiye 9:21 this vegetable is called “taze fasulye” which means “frest beans” there are white beans inside it. If you dry the vegetable, you obtain their beans. But if you harvest it when it is still young, it looks like that. We cook it with tomatoes and potatoes, very light summer meal. Good with white cheese and watermelon. I am surprised to see it is served as a beginning because it is generally main course for us. You found a good restaurant, i liked your vlog :) FYI: There are 48 types of kebaps in all over Türkiye, shish kebap is just one of them 😂 kebap literally means meat and every city/region has their own version with different veggies and different cooking styles. My favourite is İskender kebap from Bursa city, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire before İstanbul.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for the fascinating information, we appreciate it. We loved the food in Istanbul and can't wait to try all of those kebaps 😃

[@kaancantenor7809]

You are welcomed everyday to your hometown!!

[@ThePassportCouple]

Aw, thank you 😃

[@nithral2254]

Welcome to Turkey

[@Freedomrocksusa]

I was in Turkey recently to do my teeth and it went very well but food prices once they see you're a tourist they will increase the price like a lot a lot so instead I went to shopping malls because they had transparency in their prices unlike tourist attractions.

[@ikepambudi2609]

Our experience too...

[@Freedomrocksusa]

@@ikepambudi2609 its a good place to visit especially me coming from America to do my teeth its super cheap compared to New York where I reside but as for restaurants and bars get ready to pay similar price like NYC or do yourself a favour find an amerikan turkish helper/translator and you should be good from my ecperience and im albanian ans turkey feels like home but even i dont speak fluent turkish and i got scammed so its very hard to avoid scams there unless as i said you go to shopping malls

[@LTDLetsPlays]

Shit economy does that you

[@SupremeMasterr]

You guys have a nice energy.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you so much, that is a very nice thing to say 😃

[@TheEbola]

0:05 the one that says Europe is Kadıköy and its in the Asian side, The one that says Asia is Blue mosque which's Europe.

[@ahmetkahraman2386]

12.08 minute when you eat desert baklava you must not put sugar inside tea.Because baklava is also in sugar for that reason without sugar in drink tea good health

[@ThePassportCouple]

Great tip, thanks for sharing 🙌

[@laurihendrickson6071]

So I have a question I'm just curious how far is the war going on from there? It's a beautiful city my goodness

[@ThePassportCouple]

Great question! Istanbul is quite far from any current conflict zones, and it truly is a beautiful city! We felt very safe exploring 😊💛

[@fatihefetaskn7637]

Yes, baklava is beautiful, but it cannot be eaten everywhere. You should eat in a familiar place. ;)

[@BALABAN67TV]

Tanıtım videosu güzel olmuş ellerine emeğine sağlık

[@orcadr1955]

Hi from eastern Europe, turkey ✨🎄🎆🎉🎋✨🇹🇷

[@ThePassportCouple]

Hello 👋

[@blususpect]

I was in Istanbul this March & I honestly really enjoyed it, it has so much life

[@ThePassportCouple]

That is a great way to put it, it has so much life, we loved it 🇹🇷💛

[@koseku3]

another foreigner who puts arab music in a türkiye video... AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

[@brrkbtl]

which music is arabic music * may I ask *

[@AR-fb1nw]

Lol

[@addislinkdelivery]

I will visit Istanbul in July, which hotel is best, fair price and near for metro or center of the old city?

[@valkeneersj.9199]

What is your approx. budget? Dont check the old city only, as it’s touristic, things are more expensive.

[@juansolis5788]

I stayed at the Sheraton City Center which was only a 15min walk to Taksim Square metro station.

[@juansolis5788]

Be prepared to walk!!! But there's so much to see and take in

[@erhan1484]

Turkey very very expensive for tourist

[@engintozak1767]

Welcome to İstanbul..

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you 🙌

[@aviationkaan6292]

It’s not actually 90% muslim there’s also a lot of atheists and a good amount of Christians and Jews the number is actually 75% Muslim a lot of the younger people are atheists

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks so much for sharing, we appreciate your insight 🙌

[@necatitoparlak2854]

14% ateist and deist people live in Türkiye.

[@quibs8347]

There isn't good amount of Christians or Jews. Dafuq are you talking about? Also how would you know the percentages? You either provide a source or apologize and move on.

[@aviationkaan6292]

@@quibs8347 then why are there so many churches and synagogues in Turkey? Also there’s a large orthodox Greek community also Italian and buddy I’m from Istanbul so I know what I’m talking about

[@aviationkaan6292]

And don’t forget about the Armenians living in Turkey

[@TitisPitis-vg9hw]

As a Turk, I am really tired of videos that start with the words that Istanbul is on both continents. Why do you try to deny an obvious reality that you see even though you look at the world map every chance you get? We call the opposite side of Istanbul the Anatolian side. Indeed, since Europe is 100% in Asia, it does not matter whether Istanbul has an Asian side or not.

[@TrevinOwens-r5k]

Why do you feel the need to disrespect Christian? Hagia Sophia was Built to be a Greek Orthodox Church! It was a church for over 1000 years ! It’s older than Islam itself!

[@Deniz-l5d]

By this logic we should not accept jesus because he came after jews

[@Tayfun.321]

Do not leave the country without visiting Beşiktaş Kadıköy

[@jimakcelik6486]

Cool I’ll be in Santa Ana next week week vacation flying from JFK Newyork😂

[@md-du2do]

Not Turkey guys. It's Türkiye. U must give true informations to people. Welcome to Türkiye. Have a nice one 💐

[@TuAFFalcon]

Even Turks still call it Turkey. I'm Turk and I do.

[@md-du2do]

@@TuAFFalcon LoL . Turkey is not Turkish. Are u kiddimin ? Turks call Türkiye.

[@VildanErdoğan-o3q]

As a Turk, I am interested in economy, justice, education and equality. So I don't care if Türkiye is called Turkey. It's not a big deal

[@AN-qi6ye]

I call it Turkey as a fellow Turk.

[@TuAFFalcon]

@@VildanErdoğan-o3q yeah, exactly.

[@turkeytraveltips]

Welcome ❤to Istanbul

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you so much 🇹🇷💛

[@zeonmatrix3270]

12:43 Actually There is better baklave in Karakoy Gulluoglu.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for the recommendation, love it 😃

[@oguz1637]

Did you guys really skip the hagia sofia? Thats sad... best historical building in the world

[@orcadr1955]

Salutations de l’Europe de l’Est Turquie ✨

[@cumbo6940]

ikinci simitleri alırken bi tane kesmez tabi dedim.

[@huseyinakmaz]

Why Arabic music?

[@Ayhanbaran467]

WE ARE NOT ARAP, OUR PEOPLE ARE FROM GREEK BULGARIA ERMENIA KURD WE ARE NOT ARAPPPP

[@karesibey5188]

Things you should not do in Istanbul, Rule 1. Never, ever take a taxi never ! Download city maps. Traveling everywhere by metro

[@windmacky]

0:05 this is on the Asian side 😭. It's the Haydarpaşa Train station.

[@AmyNuqui-e6x]

türkiye'de iş arıyorum From Philippines 🙏

[@GENCAY-d3g]

Istanbul population is 19 million ( not 15 million)

[@edinahodzic1212]

Hazelnuts??? Not chestnuts?? Lawd!

[@YunusTEKİN.1]

Next time, use Turkish music🤨We are not arab or something!

[@safakmaster]

Türkiye lan bura. Arap müziği ile sunuyorsunuz

[@Alevvvvqd]

Hi!! I'm from İzmir🇹🇷💗

[@ThePassportCouple]

Hi 👋 Thanks for saying hellow 🙌

[@jurarexx]

welcome aboard

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thank you 🙌

[@MetehanMete_1]

Middle east music? Whyyy??

[@cokuzaklar]

Hello, 13:56 I sincerely apologize for the unacceptable behavior you encountered from the ice cream vendor. This type of behavior falls far short of the standards we expect and strive for. I'll look into what steps we can take to address this situation.

[@muhammedalibektas8282]

haklısın, normalin dışındı abartarak kabaca davranmış

[@Bizmyurt]

In Turkish we say Minare.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Ah, thank you for sharing that, we appreciate it 🙌

[@HaYToKoRaZ]

Türkçe: Adamlara simidi "simit değil" diye yedirmişler. Onlar da simide benzediğini iddia ediyor, şaka gibi. İngilizce: They fed men a bagel and told them it wasn't a bagel. They claimed it looked like a bagel, what a joke.

[@SoSo-wn8rl]

Welcome to Algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿♥️

[@Pinkman_7819]

ceyazir ne alaka?

[@Deniz-l5d]

​@@Pinkman_7819 cezayir o

[@Slava_2425]

Is its dangerous from guns gangs fights in Istanbul ?

[@MuhammedMustafaSahin]

🤣

[@user-ns7vj4tz5h]

Hi, which month you visited Turkey?? Was it too cold?

[@ardaarsen]

Turkey pop is way more than 81 milion though. Probably +90

[@ThePassportCouple]

We can understand why so many would want to be there. Beautiful place 🇬🇧💛

[@laraaral3791]

Love this video and so glad you had fun! But take this from a Turkish citizen, DO NOT touch the street animals as they are very dirty and carry many germs! It's a safety hazard that I see many tourists do not recognize!

[@fotografustasi]

Arkadaşlar lütfen Arap Müziği geyiğini bırakalım. Mesele Telif hakları meselesi. Sitede telif yememek için telifsiz müzikleri çalıyorlar. Türkler Osursa telife soktukları için neredeyse telifsiz müzik yok. Onlarda listelerde ilk gördükleri telifsiz Türkçe görünen müziği çalıyorlar. Bu da genelde Arap müzikleri oluyor. Please let's stop the Arab Music nagging. It's a copyright issue. They play royalty-free music on the site to avoid copyright infringement. Since Turks copyright everything, there is almost no royalty-free music. They also play the first royalty-free Turkish music they see on the charts. This is a misconception, but this music is generally Arabic music.

[@NejatÖvütmen-f8n]

Dondurmacıların abartılı sevimsiz şakalarına da bir çare bulunmalı. İnsanların nezaketi İstismar ediliyor.

[@Khairun-dx3uw]

Many people said that so many handsome men and beautiful girl in turkey, is that true ?

[@Zykopath01]

wtf??????

[@Khairun-dx3uw]

@@Zykopath01 ?

[@benkubra5824]

​@rolealert4503 what is wtf?!

[@Zykopath01]

@@benkubra5824 kanka böyle soru mu olur? isminden de belli olduğu gibi ya pakistanlı ya da hintli bu çok saçma bir soru

[@Khairun-dx3uw]

@@Zykopath01 i from indonesia not Pakistan or india

[@anouarzahraoui1149]

Try to visit Marrakesh one time🇲🇦❤

[@baranbozdogann]

only city in the world sitting two continent ? :D wrong info

[@kocahmet1]

delightful vlog. ignore the idiots lecturing you about the music. a lot of idiots spawned in recent years due to tense political climate in turkey.

[@ThePassportCouple]

Thanks for the support, glad you enjoyed the vlog 🇹🇷💛

[@catsme3711]

Once gezecegiz ulkeyle alakali iyi arastirma yapmaniz lazim burasi avrupanin otesinde bir ulke yada bilerek yapiliyor bu isler?

[@ferdinandthinker2400]

See Konya

[@orcadr1955]

Grüße aus Osteuropa Türkei 🇹🇷🎉🎆🎄

[@Deniz-l5d]

Selam

[@orcadr1955]

東欧トルコからのご挨拶❤

[@mrhnbg0880]

in Turkey ,%60 fake muslims , %30 real 😂even ı am fake

[@orcadr1955]

自东欧土耳其问讯❤

[@doganozay3392]

Şu dondurma şakasindan nefret ediyorum

[@turan2815]

Its Türkiye pls educate yourself

[@knusperdem]

bro showed the asian side as europe and the european side as asia. That's a different level of ignorance 0:03