The Country of TURKEY is a Very Interesting Place

A day of exploring in Turkey in which I found a ruined castle on a hilltop and decided to check it out.
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The Country of Turkey is a Very Interesting Place

[@WWCLife]

Been to Turkey 9 times. I miss it so much. Still my favourite country.

[@nirkann]

Mine too! 👍🏽 🇹🇷

[@japankofun]

Tombs, ruins, castles/forts, really loving the history and archaeology you are showing us in Turkey, definitely my thing. Love to go one day.

[@Travelwithchris]

So many amazing places in Turkey!

[@sandvenexplorer]

And Gabriel is an interesting and cool guy. Will be interesting to see where he goes next and get to know what is possible during these insane times.

[@chrisbrown8748]

Turkey is absolutely spectacular and I’m so much more aware of this fact due to this awesome series of videos👍🏽👍🏽. You rock, Gabe✌️❤️

[@anthonyofarrell513]

Are you aware Turkey is governed by the Dictator TAYYIP ERDOĞAN? Spare a thought for the citizens who are under the thumb of his brutal regime, unlike tourists or you tube bloggers they don't get to leave

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Good point Anthony. Glad to hear it Chris, there are tons more videos coming from Turkey.

[@kocahmet1]

​@@anthonyofarrell513 ​brutal regime? honestly, from these videos, people seem to be pretty chill and enjoying their life more than people in the usa. can you give a specific example of a brutality going on in turkey? ​

[@hasans]

@@anthonyofarrell513 Republic of Turkey and its people are bigger and stronger than the individuals who claim to 'rule'. Turkey is a fantastic country with one of the most hospitable people on earth. Just enjoy your visit and don't let politics get in your way.

[@anatolienreisen]

@@hasans great and very objektiv comment

[@ibrahimyazicii]

I really like the way you shoot your videos. makes me feel like i am withouy discovering all these place. thank you very much!

[@aniruz3456]

I just love Turkey's country side...so beautiful 🌏👌

[@stefanexplores]

Turkey certainly seems interesting. Wish I were there to explore. I will one day! Thank you Gabe, for all the good videos from Turkey :)

[@Gillby47]

Stefan,do your very best to go to Turkey.I am lucky enough to go twice a year and love every minute.The people,food ,street animals,nature,history there is nothing not to like.May be I will see you there one day.In the mean time enjoy these wonderful travelogues.

[@kenneyjake]

seems like a proud, unique country. I read Snow by Pamuk and it really stuck with me.

[@brandonphillips9889]

I miss Turkey, was there for 3 months a few years back. Very under the radar, great food, nice people, relaxing, beautiful scenery and culture.. and not many tourist!

[@keremyaka1]

Turkey is like a big tourist laboratory. Wherever you go there is something to explore. Even most of us can't cover whole turkey during our lifetime.

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Fantastic view from the castle. Love the stone work in the old ruin's.

[@markesselstynmiller747]

Love your channel. Content, Content and more content. Off the tourist path. Everyday live in Turkey.

[@touringthecitywalking9209]

That castle is surely a breathtaking feature.

[@nicolesam2863]

I absolutely love Turkey! I'm not sure if you have checked out Pamukkale. It is such a unique anf interesting place to check out!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I visited there my first time to Turkey: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imeXfYh3ftFjpbM

[@Swampzoid]

Rare gems are far better than touristy landmarks. Thanks Gabriel

[@kamuranerkusdelatorre4046]

Indeed! I live in Toronto, last night actually i was looking for land prices in Milas. So strange that i saw this video first thing in the morning !!! I want to build a small country house there :) Not everyone likes places full with tourist!

[@slkonnaris8477]

What a fascinating country to discover. You could never get bored there. It seams like there are hidden gems everywhere in Turkey! ❤️

[@georgechilidis8446]

It reminds me how my village in Chania Crete looked back in childhood years back in the 60´s with only 20 families and 15 kids but today 2020 in Agii Apostoli only 4 km at of the city is bigger than the city with hotels only 40 meters to the beach 🏖 paradise by day and heaven by night as many tourists say .. enjoy your travels Gabriel...Turkish cities a lot like cities in Crete, history says that Crete my birth place was build by Turks and Arabs

[@yvettedale6072]

I love the Greeks & the villages are prettier in Greece you can drive in the hills & they sell local wine & honey & often a Taverna selling Greek home cooked food & a ouzo. Turkey around the coasts with mountain backdrop is gorgeous. Always a warmer welcome from the Greeks. Stay safe from the uk 🇬🇧

[@uranuuss]

@@Peterkonto alcohol is available. But pork isnt as the majority is muslim and they dont eat it, thats why they dont sell. There might be some people bringing it from other countries tho.

[@TJ-nr9cg]

Very interesting and very beautiful. I miss living there.

[@yvettedale6072]

Normally tortoises out in the wild in Turkey. My Son put me onto your channel now I’m hooked. Thanks for the great videos, scenery & the hard work you put in Gabriel. Stay safe love from the uk 🇬🇧💓💓

[@hanibabiker1142]

Cultural educational sense, really from golden ( missed old times) Thank you Gabriel

[@mzzzzm898]

Kuşadası pronounced “Kushadasi” Which means Island of birds. Very beautiful city we visited in 2018. Do not forget to visit Ephesus when you are there. Ş = sh in Türkçe alphabet and the C = j / Dja Seafood in the port is delicious, fresh and very good value too.

[@Panzerkita61]

Thank you for taking the time to walk up, I enjoyed the old houses and ancient country side. This is an excellent video for me as I love archeology! Was the wind sound on the top natural?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool, yeah the sounds were all natural when I was walking around and the music wasn't playing.

[@Panzerkita61]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos wow... the wind w/ the surroundings are haunting but in a beautiful way

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@Panzerkita61 Cool, that's what I was going for, so people could experience it without the music.

[@tw3ist]

Amazing natural beauty!

[@DaveG-qd6ug]

Turkey Unmasked !

[@_Chunk]

no

[@fatmantv1]

Glad you are safe.

[@ranat5526]

Watching while my conceate sets!

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, A quiet day driving around and it's always interesting when you find something on your own. I'm sure Turkey is winding down and you must be looking forward to going to a new location.

[@callofdutygod3728]

I’m in turkey right now! I started in Istanbul and stayed in Balat for 2 months and then Cappadocia I stayed in Cappadocia for 20 days and explored the different towns. I went to Antep and now in URFA!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Sweet, have a great trip. I didn't hear about Balat in Istanbul, it looks really interesting.

[@callofdutygod3728]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos thank you!

[@ebonistaryce6739]

Thanks to Gabe I now know what "hellenistic" means.

[@davidpearson243]

We (Mrs P) and myself have 10 days in Turkey in October for the last 5 years this year unfortunately not but watching your videos I didn’t realise how much I miss Turkey October is a wonderful month to visit as the temperature is perfect

[@griffin2263]

Thankyou so much for taking the time to film and upload ....but hoping you will have other book coming out ?? ..have read Following Your Thumb a few times would highly recommend it to any one ..a very good read !!

[@dec7691]

I love your adventure in Turkey. I am reliving my trip there is 2018 and you are expanding my horizons.

[@AnkleSnapper72]

Another good episode of Gabe's Random Adventures.

[@travellingeverard4326]

Keep the great videos coming Gabriel. Great inspiration to me starting my KZbin travel channel.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Right on, good luck with the channel.

[@travellingeverard4326]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos thank you. I've watched every one of your videos and absolutely love them. Really helped during lockdown as well.

[@kora132]

Thanks, Gabriel! It feels good to watch your interesting travels in these depressing times.

[@jeandalmatos610]

Kusadasi was known as Ephesus Neopolis (Greek: Ἔφεσος Νεόπολις) during the Byzantine era, and later as Scala Nova or Scala Nuova under the Genoese and Venetians. Kuş Adası was adopted in its place at the beginning of the 20th century

[@lilynesh3227]

Thank you Gabriel🙋‍♀️

[@mr8ludy3]

The traveler trooping through Turkey.

[@billmcdonald4045]

Bravo spectacular !!

[@nylotehace4531]

I hope Gabriel that you will address issue after you are out of Turkey. You did travel Armenia and I'm sure you meet good people there. You just can't ignore the issue. Man up Gabriel.

[@StenellaFr]

great recording..

[@maryannknox7158]

I totally agree Turkey 🇹🇷 is so interesting so much history

[@kevinhughes2440]

Love the fact you go off the beaten track

[@farshednewaz620]

thanks gabriel. you are my eye to see the world.

[@wifiThief]

the background music in your videos is always great. and the fact that you have to choose from a limited collection of non copyrighted tracks makes this talent of yours greater! Djinn - Francis Preve (the track you chose for the castle) is fantastic! cant stop listening to it. seen a lot of videos about travel but with you mr morris is not only sights...

[@aquafam7314]

Hi Gabriel. Was great to meet you at the airport. We are watching your latest upload. The kids remember you well now after seeing you on the Tele :)

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Howdy man, nice to meet you guys as well. Have a good one.

[@keralanow1771]

Nice

[@steveforum133]

I'm half way through this video Gabriel and I'm reminded of a tour we did up a mountain three years ago when we were staying in Hisaronu. It was a paid trip on a small bus. It must have been Babadag mountain I think. When the bus was nearly at the top it parked up and Some of us walked the rest of the way to the top. There were some fascinating ruins of old buildings that you'd have loved. There looked to be the remains of a temple among other bulidings from Hellenic times. I was amazed that they could construct the buildings so high up. If you haven't been up there, you will have to go when you're in that area.

[@vhinsagcal207]

A blessed Sunday Weekend sir Gabe Wowwwww what a nice Place city of Mila's, turkey So relaxing walk around I feel walking with You sir Gabe 👏👏👏👍👍👏🙂👏👏❤️❤️ I love that place my dream travel destinarion A very Beautiful Country Of Turkey, thank u so much sir Gabr for your another adventure and nice excelllemt Wonderful video walk around Tour in Turkey Keep safe always sir Gabe Godbless u from Your solid fan viewer Supporter from The Philippines sir vhin 🇵🇭❤️👏👏🙂🙂🙂😍🙂👏👏👏👏👏🙂👍🙏🙏🙏

[@italogiardina8183]

Exploring ruins has a sense of the romantic (human verses nature) where a syncretic form emerges as the scattered remains of artifact.

[@auranovamusic9135]

I love your videos! Keep `em coming!

[@kenneyg100]

I am loving the journey through Turkey. I'm wondering how different it would be for a woman traveĺling alone?

[@samantha1877]

Id be interested in find out to

[@okhanuludag]

Nothing.. Turkey is not Texas

[@stellamarina4123]

I traveled around Turkey on my own for two months.....a couple of years ago. An older woman on my own. No problem. Very easy place to travel....lots of buses going every where. Easy on the budget..and a wonderful country to visit.

[@foreverspeak2515]

female from turkey here. Now, my experiences might be different bc I'm younger, but usually if you are a solo female, try and stick to the more touristic places just in case. Turkey has high femicide cases (bc of close males) so you should be okay with that, and generally its quite safe. You should however be WAYYY more cautious than him tho. Also try not to look lost and know how to navigate as that can help you. likewise, this is just general, walking at night is pretty safe if youre near ppl, try to not act as a foreigner so your prices don't get jacked up, also idk elsewhere but in touristic cities just watch out for scams lol.

[@saratemp790]

A little late to the video because I was into politics the last week. But they picked a good spot for a castle there. Good view for them. I need to look up some pictures of some recreations of what these castles looked like inside when they were new. I kind of wonder why those stacked rocks don't fall over.

[@HeyVernTravels]

Always love to see some old ruins. Unfortunately such amazing and once prominent buildings became so "ruined" My question is this ,why did such prominent buildings get so wasted? Was it from wars, pillages, or just lack of repairs?

[@foreverspeak2515]

id assume bc of the ottoman empire, the current economic state, and weather lol

[@pasqualeabarno]

🍀Hi. Gabriel.. Amazing video... Nice.. Very interesting to see... Mille grazie... 👍👍👍🍀

[@joereeves8259]

Nice vid Gabe, your a lucky man!

[@RUSLexplorer2020]

Interesting journey !

[@Silentship98]

If you really want to explore turkeys culture and see and feel the mystics of Anatolia you should go to sivas, urfa, gazi antep etc. To places in these region basically. It's a different world and it's safe don't worry.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqO4aKyNaLSjlas

[@bybabacan1]

MERHABA Gabriel

[@rocco...]

Ahh! A Dead Can Dance fan. Are you able to use any of their music.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No definitely couldn't use it in the videos, it would get flagged and the video demonetized.

[@rocco...]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Not like you have any monetary gain from it besides it would only enhance one's career whether todays or yesterdays. Unless you got their permission I realize.

[@ted1452]

It’s a pity that they don’t look after these historical places. Very nice video however.

[@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631]

Very nice coverage of this ancient castle but after that I wonder what is the history behind the second recent ruins which was existed around 1980s or 20th century?

[@LeeH84]

Great video .my next trip to Spain

[@thewanderer3341]

Awesome vids dude 😎👍🏼 been following you since Croatia, nice one man 😁 keep safe Gabe ✌🏼my life has changed a little as I have a girlfriend now, so all good 😌 I’ll be doing adventures with her now, the journey of life hey 😁 take care Gabe 👋🏼

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

That's the ultimate, to have a traveling companion. Let's hope this vaccine works and we can all get back to normal by next year.

[@dee74raz]

If I was in Turkey 🇹🇷 I would have a Turkey 🦃. If I was in Pisa, I would have a pizza 🍕. If I was in Chile, I would have a Chilli 🌶 But if I was in Hungary 🇭🇺 that would be a different case 😋

[@dusekalkabuyuyorumiste8815]

Hhahahha.I am from Turkey country :) :)

[@thefoodyoumaylike1293]

Nice video

[@cutcut1980]

Turkey is a hidden gem. It’s safe, inexpensive, beautiful, with ruins everywhere. I bet Gabriel is the only American in most of the places he visits.

[@kevinhughes2440]

Look closely at random steps in the castle how many millions of times people have walked them. Solid stone worn away in the middle of each step.

[@richardbarnes455]

Is Milas a Greek name?

[@ionutg389]

Gabriel traveling around the world meanwhile im stuck at home with coronavirus, hope i survive 2 weeks...

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Get well man!

[@proto718]

It's all Hellenic, duhhh.

[@NomadVeera]

nice video

[@danonthego656]

Hi Gabriel! I have been watching your videos for years and have always been inspired by them. Do you have any advice in starting a channel of my own? I have been wanting to do this for a long time and am finally getting ready to begin. Any tips or feedback from you would be amazing!!

[@roberthayes2027]

There's some relics from last week at that place. Someone has a stealth location equipped with a wheel barrow. Later today I'm going to search for the caravan exchange near there. Is an Ephesian fields walk going to be on this trip? I'm enjoying seeing Turkey very much. Thx

[@ego-smack-sequel2661]

Is it true turkey has a no kill no capture Law for stray dogs that are allowed total & complete freedom? If this is true which I just saw the preview for a documentary called stray, then I have a new found love & respect for the country of turkey & it's people, for I love dogs more than people. I say that cuz my dogs only want my love & company for their entire lived & I cannot say the same for my human loved ones. Dogs are my weakness because of this & the honesty in their eyes. Turkey should be my home if this is the case. Dogs only want our attention & affection their entire lives.

[@nicolaskottis5245]

More interesting than Greece?

[@rocco...]

I would agree there.

[@tacofan]

Turkia 🇹🇷 Curdistan 🇹🇷 Grekia 🇹🇷 Balkan 🇹🇷

[@johndrew4957]

what no pigs

[@MrBarryox]

Everything in Turkey seems to be Greek do turks have a culture.

[@johnnguyen1692]

Turkish Government should pay you for promoting their country especially by a American!

[@Ceren-ws4wd]

Merhaba ;)

[@harununal6323]

Gabriel, Do you know İbn Battuta? He was very famous traveler like you 🙂

[@harununal6323]

@Panter Panta Evliya Çelebi 🙂

[@harununal6323]

@Panter Panta Where are you from? Bosnia or Albenia!?

[@harununal6323]

@Panter PantaI already guessed actually

[@justacrazyhuman9669]

11.16 dude what are you talking about? those aren't older than 15 years

[@ayb100]

If you come to Izmir. Send me a message. :) I can be of help if you need any.

[@kenttheboomer721]

Just curious... As one who is curious about the DJI Osmo and Pocket2 is battery life an issue with the DJI cameras? Thanks.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

It usually last through the whole day of filming. The reason it ran out this time is because I filmed the whole video of Marmaris that same day with the same battery. It would be good to have a second battery though just in case.

[@suruunconditionalluv3360]

2 😍

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

You got third Suru. :)

[@mr90s48]

Gabriel just wondering do u have a budget you try to stick to each day? If so how much is it

[@foreverspeak2515]

its super cheap in turkey with dollars. one dollar can buy you SO MUCH there haha.

[@eclectictraveller]

Time to breathe a huge sigh of relief. The US has elected a new president and returned to the international community of civilised nations. Nice video btw.

[@margietucker1719]

Never fails... there's always someone who can't resist showing up in the comments (on a TRAVEL channel no less!) making their own personal political statement. Goes to show what an infectious disease politics has become.

[@eclectictraveller]

@@margietucker1719 One of the pleasures of living in a democracy is freedom of speech. You and I share that privelege and I am very happy to receive your reply for that reason alone. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[@ДонаТело-з3к]

👍👍👍👍

[@zeynepd7161]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@magdaw3123]

your title is suspicious, how much were you paid?

[@stankormy5717]

Do they eat Turkey in Turkey? Why is that country called after a bird?

[@eclectictraveller]

I think it's named after Kemal Attaturk, its founder. 🙂

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Turkey

[@stankormy5717]

Gabriel Traveler , Thanks Gabe!

[@eclectictraveller]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Though I could be wrong and I'm more than happy to be corrected, thank you Gabe.

[@saratemp790]

Yes but there is more, see this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)#History_and_naming Turkey the bird was exported by Middle East travelers from Mexico area, that's why they call the bird Turkey.

[@gohardorgohome7687]

All built by Greeks love Hellenic history 🇬🇷👍

[@michaeladrienne7504]

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[@suruunconditionalluv3360]

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[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Got it.

[@Grovel007]

2nd

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Fourth!

[@Grovel007]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos I’m getting slow 😝

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@Grovel007 I know man. And the competition is getting quicker.

[@nowyouseeme4162]

6 th

[@AndyCole20]

First

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Second.

[@arcakoca1046]

why this music turkey is not a arabic country

[@TK-qv4xh]

The quality of your videos are quite bad, seriously.