Turks of African descent have been in Turkey since the Ottoman empire

Strait Talk host Ali Mustafa speaks to Mesut Mercan, a Turk of African descent who is also a politician with the Iyi Party (Good party)

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Iam from Sudan too,turks are our Brothers and sisters

[@arafadirar]

Sudanese Rapid Support ayeee same

[@mhnd7lfa891]

Arafa ayeeee 😹😹😹😹

[@lililuna9976]

@@antonydaniels1807 ya mean arabs are like that

[@ahmadistanbouli6136]

@@lililuna9976 no you turks are like that too. Typical turk blaming arabs for their sins. We had enought of you

[@africaine4889]

Do u know how his ancestors got to turkey? The ottoman empire enslaved africans

[@Kabeyavictoria]

I'm a Black Levantine and our ancestors also came from Kush, North Sudan and Egypt. Sendig love to my Black Levantines and Ottomans ❤

[@Kabeyavictoria]

@Ibrahim Somali So you actually have to see something from your own eyes for it to exist?

[@Dravidian93gangster]

@@Kabeyavictoria shut UP only bantu and swahili live in middle east. You are west African enslaved by french

[@muharremyuksel4702]

Hi beauty are you live in Turkey??

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@@Dravidian93gangster Afro Palestinians are a thing. I don’t recall France colonising Palestine. So you Shut Up

[@Kabeyavictoria]

@Larry Appelton ❤

[@onelove-qg7xg]

I never knew of African descendant in Turkey..

[@firstladychosen1371]

one love well you know now

[@paganpoet3]

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[@zanguiza]

one love, we are everywhere!

[@lb.3199]

There African descendants in every country of the world.

[@dayift2387]

@@paganpoet3 we are Turks not arabs

[@crocustorrent5093]

My great aunt’s husband was an Afro Turk as well. His father came with caravans from East Africa and married a Muslim lady from Crete in West Turkey, then under Ottoman Empire. Africans were brought to this geography for several generations and worked in agricultural lands and as artisans and domestic help in farms in western Turkey. There are many villages with Afro Turks

[@Pyrrhic537]

I'm not trying to be know it all but the East Coast slave trade to the Middle East was conducted by sea. Slaves were not only taken from the East but from far inland into Central Africa. Malawi, Zambia, Congo, as well as Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, the horn of Africa region to name a few. The slave caravans that crossed the Sarahan desert were from West Central ,Central Africa, Southern and Western Sudan and even were captured by Islamic states such as Darfur, Borno Kanem, Kano, Sokoto ar the time the Ottomans were slave trading. Most were walked through the desert to Tripoli and and Derma in Libya, Morocco, Egypt. This list is not definitive. There were many more Kingdom's over a longer time scale and satellite Kingdom's. Slaves were nearly always taken from the South of these Kingdom's even from hundreds of miles away. A less powerful kingdom would have to pay tribute in slaves, Ivory, gold, wildlife etc. Occasionally even Muslim's were raided un warfare by Islamists who saw their victims as less serious Muslim's. During this period thousands of Muslims from the Hausa, Borno Kingdom's etc were sent to Bahia Brazil in the early 1800s by Fulani Jihadists who used the pretext that some of them still practised traditional tribal spiritual practices. Most sent across the Sahara were not Muslim though but some were.

[@sara_s_]

I'm Turkish and I never knew there are Afro-Turks. You learn something new everyday.

[@TISINLI2]

You never heard of Esmeray? Yasemin from Sut Kardesler?

[@altayjam358]

You gotta be joking mate! Türkiyenin büyük bir imparatorlukdan miras kaldıgını Bi habersin!

[@leonardorjioffor6683]

I guess you sees them as foreigners in turkey 🇹🇷, I hope from now on your views about them can change

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[@kyngronin2442]

@Garrett Lachlan instablaster :)

[@matthewmann8969]

Turks as a whole are a mix of Middle Eastern, European, And East Asian with some Caucasus And Sub Saharan Africans mixed in too every so often

[@bassgary9530]

Haha are u joking ? :) the afro turks come here at 1700 and stayed in turkey, so we are not mix, we came from central asia and stil have turks in there to, search well dude:)

[@bassgary9530]

@mutlak Türk yes ı know it. I ll watch it.

[@thatguykev856]

@@bassgary9530 The Afro turks were Brought there during the Arab slave trade

[@hashslingingslasher4214]

@@thatguykev856 like every other prisoner of war. Slavery wasn’t based on race, that only happened in America and their chattel slavery

[@thatguykev856]

@@hashslingingslasher4214 You are right. But it still doesn’t change the fact that they are discriminated against and face racism

[@adama2988]

Turkey 🇹🇷 best historical nation on the earth

[@Kurrusew]

Yes, that history includes the Armenian genocide. Shame on you

[@user-op6pr8fk8d]

He has the feature of sudanese i think he is a nubian from north of sudan very clever and brave people.

[@madutmalet7108]

He is a Dinka.

[@tarik2908]

South Sudan

[@mohammedbashir2769]

سودانى شديد and Somalis just in case you don’t know

[@samaale7381]

@@mohammedbashir2769 He can't be of somali. We have never been to turkey and we dont have that bantu feature. He is from Sudan and therefore a Nilots

[@queenofpunt]

@TURKUN GUCUNU GORECEKSINIZ. Hahahahah This nilotic bantu descentants have nothing to do with Cushitic Somalis

[@gberi317]

War on the keyboard. I lo love Turkey and hope to become Turkish one day. I'm from Cameroon.

[@Deniz-gz4sr]

İnşallah you marry a turkish girl bro

[@alsuasena4200]

African Turks are adorable

[@adanadan6167]

They are from Somalia actually they are not African Turks

[@Eli08ish]

What's up with always saying that an adult black man or black people in Turkey are adorable?? They are just people and it sounds dumb.

[@Br020XX]

@@Eli08ishturkish people just love black people i think

[@quackquack7595]

@@adanadan6167 they are living in here for 400 years. I believe they have a right to call themselves Turkish and they are indeed Turkish.

[@quackquack7595]

@@paperliger1199 not all of them were brought as slaves. First educate yourself about the history of Turkey. Secondly understand the concept of "slavery" during Ottoman Empire time cuz it was different than what was in the US or Europe and we can have a civilized conversation.

[@shiney94]

The fact that majority of turks do not look like Uyghurs goes to show that us turks come from a variety of races. Being a turk in turkey is more of a nationality than biology

[@brudasoiso459]

ShineyM it’s unity my brother!

[@fenerbahceeastbull320]

The Turks from Turkey dont come from China or Mongolia, we always lived in Europe. We are comming from the eastern Kaspic Sea, today Kazachstan/Uzbekistan.

[@saadiaarslanturk2850]

Ottoman empire was more about being Ottoman . Just like United States. There are balkan, Anatolian, North African, African and central Asism Turks. Race is irrelevant.

[@guleiro]

@@saadiaarslanturk2850 Much respect for the Turkish nation ❤ An example to the world.

[@DSAK55]

Exactly, when I look at the faces of Turks, I see that Turkiye is more diverse than America

[@mrad6707]

They look turkish 🇹🇷 for me just with black color.

[@MirMahmud2003]

They are mixed. Maybe Ottoman father and African mother.

[@mapa174]

We love ottomans 🇹🇷💝

[@gluehuffer1411]

moussa guefarou sinte arabs dont

[@brudasoiso459]

ryan why man a lot of Arabs are Turkish and lots of Turks are Arab

[@ACTURK61]

Fire pencil Turkish and arab are two different ethnicities.

[@brudasoiso459]

Ahmet Tunc in the last 1000 years there has been a lot of mixing we Turks aren’t even that Turkic anymore we are more Arab Greek Anatolian and stuff

[@ACTURK61]

Fire pencil no a Turk is a Turk. We are different from the Arab race and the Arab culture. Yes we have some similarities but as a nationality and a race we come from two different ethnic groups of people. We are from Turkic tribes where as Arabs are form the arab tribes. We need to remember our ancestors as we are from the Turkic people

[@romodannaib1011]

Hi there. My mother is descended from Turkey. Her mother and father were Turkish they were living in Eritrea and they passed away in Eritrea long time ago. She only know name of her third grandparents nothing more. So can you help us to trace our ancestors.

[@SC-vw1nx]

He speak Turkish better than me ! Love Africa

[@zaza5658]

He is Turkish

[@ahdakhalid3384]

It’s because he’s a TURK of African descent !!!

[@lagmfaresi7744]

funny part is that he is member of one most ultra turkish nationalist party:)

[@youandme9078]

Turkish nationalist party is not only for uralic. But Altai too

[@altayjam358]

To you funny part!

[@imsouw5342]

Its time for Turkey to invest more in Indonesia considering the historical ties in the past between Aceh and Ottoman or between Mataram and Ottoman and until now the Indonesian people have always remembered the greatness of Ottoman in this time.

[@Ulix100]

That’s amazing:)

[@manakamuhammad6936]

It's like black man is everywhere in the planet.

[@quackquack7595]

They are. The oldest skeleton found in Anatolia is actually black and was found in Denizli.

[@soniadiamond5468]

WHAT ARE BLESSINGS

[@ThroughDarknessComesLight]

No shit dumbass have you ever heard of slave trade ?

[@ThroughDarknessComesLight]

Büşra Kaya no it’s not you damn Afrocentric liar state your sources

[@quackquack7595]

@@ThroughDarknessComesLight before swearing search it since you know how to write, right?

[@alilikoglu8949]

Yeşilyurt, eşrefpaşa dolaylarında çok fazla yerli zenci arkadaşları gördüm. Basmane tarafında ise son dönemde gelen sudanlılar kenyalılar somalilileri gördüm..

[@JomoDaMusicMan]

HE IS THE CLARENCE THOMAS AND THE DR BEN CARSON OF TURKEY

[@CEB1896]

I was surprised when he said that he’s related to a MHP-founder.

[@DSAK55]

So was I. It's like he's more nationalist that the majority of Turks

[@Deniz-gz4sr]

​@@DSAK55he is Ottoman !!

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜

[@peterchege5301]

My race everywhere I am proud of it.

[@umibrahimibrahim4966]

If his Sudanese grand father was alive, wouldn't choose the same party.

[@janinealexander8919]

What about the ancient black Turks?, original Turks.

[@jackeyshemamora8069]

Sudan sizin eviniz ve her zaman açığız. ❤

[@fkf6574]

TURKISH NATIONALIST !!!

[@HKCODESBYDANYAL]

What is happening about 2023 which is 100 years of Lausanne aggrement WE are waiting for the revival of Ottoman Empire

[@fkf6574]

MESUT MERCAN IS MHP AND MIT FROM SUDAN!

[@rampantmutt9119]

KARA BOGA

[@fkf6574]

MHP FOUNDER AFRICAN TURK

[@aydngok2015]

Türklerin renk değiştirmiş halleri Sanırım renkleri beyaz olsaydı Saf bir Türk e benzerlerdi

[@BabiletubeAbdulrahmanmmohamed]

Turkish empire rrepresent islam empire not colour

[@ozgunruna9326]

empire means kingdom exploits not only its own people but also other nations.

[@redhood3748]

Sweet😍

[@whyistherumgone5693]

Lol Turkish black minority Turkish nationalists mostly is really interesting.

[@69socialmedia97]

All citizens are equal and Turkish when you understand it you will understand Turkish natiolosim.Our natiolism not about races it is about who love us who hates from us.

[@professionalhacker2834]

God bless Erdogan and protect him. Victory for erdogan. Long live Erdogan

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Fuck off

[@leventyldrm2374]

Adamdaki aksana bak benden daha iyi konuşuyo

[@GoogleUser-wp6sg]

ottoman empire destroyed many churches in my country Eritrea

[@furkanbasbug4217]

empty propaganda. The Ottomans will never destroy churches, just as the Spaniards did to the Umayyads in Andalusia.The Ottomans would only convert the biggest place of worship of the places they conquered into a mosque and would not touch the people around. If the church were destroyed, you would be a Muslim today, which is a religion of tolerance and No compulsion

[@GoogleUser-wp6sg]

@@furkanbasbug4217 dont tell me about my country. Probably even heard recently. Ottomans tried fo conquer medri Bahri but they failed. Don't assume me of saying something. You dont know my country and you dont know my country's history. I thank my forefathers that they kicked the ottomans, otherwise as you said i would be Muslim, which i am not. 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

[@Deniz-gz4sr]

​@@GoogleUser-wp6sgat least ottoman did not destroy People you can say I am not muslim king leopald chopped up 20k People

[@fkf6574]

AFRICA MIT GLOBAL

[@forevamd]

You leave me no choice turkey.

[@chiefrabbi6735]

So they have hoods in Istanbul?

[@bostonluyasar7045]

No, because the Turkish society is not segregated by color, it is segregated by religion. Color segregation is a western concept.

[@lovethyself744]

Not true. Some of them were there way before

[@agacinayet_var_]

This is correct. I live there. They are one of us now and they are Turkish.And this is happy for us

[@sepp4032]

Kara Boga

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The Original Turks are the Black Turks! Put in on KZbin { General Monk Monk } look at that 6 minute video Everybody!

[@shamikchakraborty3341]

My Ni**a

[@xz4409]

shamik chakraborty my Turk*

[@pointx3444]

he is not turk

[@ludy41]

You must be lonely. Have you no friend?

[@tahliah6691]

To coolies need to stay in your lane...

[@belizeangal3409]

Tahnn Ju stfu

[@sumax-nz1je]

None is turk guys u can only be turk in culture and believes but Turks in DNA it's impossible half are Arabic DNA other half is European DNA even qemal Ataturk young man with blue eyes and blonde brown hair is it possible for Turks to be blonde with blue eyes no

[@bluesky8033]

You have no idea about the origin of the turks or the people of Anatolia, go spread your anti-turk propaganda somewhere else

[@nncyldn]

The guy is Sudanese claiming to be Turkish how sad.

[@MistiriousStranger1]

He said that his ancestors where from Sudan,he was born in Turkey. Listen to the video again...

[@sybcp1981]

Yes so sad

[@sybcp1981]

Gbren97 Do you like when a Gurbetci said that he was a German, not Turkish? Do you like when Turks have been assimilated by Germans in Germany? Do you like when Turks cannot even speak one Turkish word in Germany? Do you know Turks who speak English at home insulted other Turks who speak Turkish at home in England?

[@sybcp1981]

@@MistiriousStranger1 Yes, forget about your own people and be proud with this. Go on then...

[@sybcp1981]

@@MistiriousStranger1 I will do what I did when Mesut Ozil scored against Turkey in Germany-Turkey football match and it is not your business. Bye.