Would You Live Here? A Tour of a Turkish Village

[@AhmetCinar35]

-Merhaba, just looking around -Hee, iyi bakalım hahaha I love my Turkish people trying to be friendly even if they don't understand the language :D

[@ass9047]

Gabriel😘❤

[@sodoff4451]

What does "iyi bakalum" means?

Tam o noktada çok güldüm😂

[@worldcitizeng6507]

I remember walking around the town of Avalon, Cappadocia, a few random local ladies just smile, waves and said Mahaba to me, so I wave back while taking pics :)

[@Chichi-dc9rd]

@@sodoff4451 something like ok good for you ((:

Omg the turkish lady was so cute when she tried to communicate and said “Anlayamıyom yavrum” 😀 Plus, welcome to Turkey :)

[@givenfree7277]

“ There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

[@Aaroncarter55726]

I lived in turkey for about 24 years and I loved every second of it! Seyahat etmek ve bir süre kalmak güzel bir ülke.

[@OutstandingTv]

Where did you live?

[@brownlace]

I love how the people in the village stepped out of their homes to greet you. Seems like a friendly and relaxing place.

[@uhrologe2596]

You can really imagine that you have been the talking topic of the week in the village. "Hey did you saw the foreigner?" "Yes...the tall guy with the nice shirt!" "Yea...what was he looking for? No foreigner has ever visited our village. I asked him but didnt understood his answer." "He was looking for Afyonkarahisar." "By walking? I didn't saw a car." "Maybe he is hiking." "Did you invited him to your home and offered him Tea and food?" "Oh no...shame on me!"

[@nursen2106]

that is funny and might be true :-D I myself live in Vienna. my parents migrated here from Turkey. We have some family living in the rural region of Istanbul. very modern now. but in the 80s and for sure also till mid 90s it was a little bit, like this village in the video. maybe a bit more action because it is close to the city Istanbul and because in summer a lot of diaspora went there. but I can imagine, out of the season, a foreigner. I bet, they would have told me in the summer :-) probably full of pride about the visitor with a camera

[@rocco...]

Obviously this village rarely if at all sees any foreigners but lucky for them they couldn't have had a nicer one come by.

[@okhanuludag]

The old woman sayd... Wellcome wellcome

[@Panzerkita61]

I admire your ability to walk through a little town like this. It would have been interesting to have been able to have communicated with the family at the end of your walk. They seemed very open to your presence.

[@uhrologe2596]

Hi Gabriel: Pronounciation of mosque in turkish: Mosque = Cami = Jamee (engl. pron.) The Village people said often: "Hoshgeldin" , means "welcome". Answer to "Hoshgeldin" is "Hoshbulduk" (means: "I found well").

[@sharifahhawaalrifaei1397]

tengkyu my dear

[@faebalina7786]

does that come from the arabic word for congregation or collective

[@eileenstack255]

I definitely will live there anytime as Iam a visitor to Turkey since 2003 🙋‍♀️🇮🇪❤️

[@uhrologe2596]

Man...it is just awesome to follow your journey. Not only showing the famous spots. But also the average village. I also like your long single shots with less cuts. It's just so relaxing to join your tracel. Keep on going Gabriel

[@aydntaskn5974]

12:34 Man thought that you're lost and wanted to give you a direction of Afyonkarahisar.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

He was right, haha.

[@Alex-lq6np]

He was'nt only looking for Afyonkarahisar actually he was looking for hemself.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, I believe they're preparing for winter that's why you see the wood sticks and stumps. Most small towns and villages are the same people generally keep to themselves quiet and live modest lives.

[@libbyjones552]

Hello Gabriel.. In answering your question, about living in the village, no, I wouldn't live there, but, it's not because of the way it looks, it's because I'm used to the health care here in the states. If I was in my 20's, I might consider living in Turkey, it's a Beautiful country. I'm way too old now, to move anywhere. Traveling isn't out of the question .. I love all your videos, and the way you go of the beaten track, to show us the real countries..Thank you again Gabriel.. Oh, before I forget to tell you, you're the nicest and most soft spoken person on KZbin... It's a pleasure to listen to you. God bless you!🌹

[@jennyoshea1958]

Emma Jones So true. Gabriel seems like a genuinely nice young man 🦋🇬🇧🍁🌿🍂🙂

[@bellaafrica4951]

I've never been to Turkey but one thing I've come to learn is that if you going to visit Turkey especially villages you need to know few Turkish words, like that it's not too hard to communicate.

[@Travelwithchris]

Turkey is so beautiful 😍

[@Ygt38483]

Yes but just for visit :D I'm living in Turkey. It's hard to live here. But beautiful for visit. You should come.

[@guvencolak350]

Gabriel, I just watch this video. You are making great videos from Turkey.

[@janel697]

Nice tour. Less is more. I did see a satellite dish. I think those stumps & brambles were a fence, pretty creative, no repairs or painting. Nice people. Nice Gabriel. Thanks for taking us along. 🚶‍♂️

[@trevorleat8906]

Really appreciating this journey Gabe. I love your sense of curiosity and adventure....and your way with dogs!

[@arroarro6825]

what a beautiful and peaceful village with friendly people! I would really like to stay there for a night or two, even though there are probably not many things to do. But packing your day full of activities keeps takes away the real travel experience

[@emy_2510]

I love this. The people and the "hoş geldins" :)

[@AnkleSnapper72]

What you said re knowing a few words, was so important here at the end. Being able to say Hello and Thank you, and the name of the place you were headed next, enabled interaction with the locals. Which is a nice little spark to the day for any traveller.

[@andi2234]

Gabe, that was one trippy video. Wow. To answer your question, no. But, to stop and check it out definitely. Very interesting, indeed.

[@momofromatla2318]

The kid wanted to talk to you and said hello but that s probably all, so cute

[@ai123pr]

Bro you should definitely head to north and visit black sea area you will fall in love with greenery history people and the food there! Dont miss it

[@jcenk]

Amazing to see you are visiting a random Turkish village on the way. Keep doing that 👍

[@OutstandingTv]

Have you visited Turkey yet

[@ganapatihegde1024]

Very nice vlog! Gave us an insight into Turkish village. Greetings from Plano, Texas, United States.

[@EuropopTop]

Amazing Gabriel do you realise what a great service you are performing while the rest of us are huddled in our covid-safe homes. Thank you!

[@aydntaskn5974]

8:03 Woman says: You're welcome to our town. What are you looking for? Are you recording?

[@eduardo_mezcal3579]

Great trip Gabriel! Go ahead and keep on showing us the good side of the People and of the World!

[@AL-grhvc]

it's great that you're taking us to these local places Gabe, makes the videos very interesting..Turkey is a very interesting country, there is different history,food,music in every city and region and people are mostly kind and welcoming..definitely a place to explore.

[@jetterbenne2578]

When someone says Hoshgeldin, answer back with Hoshbulduk. Hoshgeldin means basically "Welcome" (literally "pleasant you came") Hoshbulduk is the correct answer back basically meaning "thank you" or literally "I found it pleasant".

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Good to know, thanks for the info.

[@helleaven]

Those villagers were all saying welcome to you =) In these villages you'll find the real hospitality in Turkey.

[@EuropopTop]

Yay! Can’t wait to watch! You are awesome

[@danalasa]

I admire you courage, Gabriel! What do you think of turkey so far? And what other countries are you heading to next?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Turkey is epic, an underrated country in my opinion.

[@v146824]

@@HowInformative i think Instagram has helped tourism a lot..people see bloggers and think oh ok must be safe..I travel there and people from USA always ask wow is it safe..usa is way more dangerous in my opinion especially where I'm from Chicago and Los Angeles

[@ADIl-eo3hx]

@@v146824 Thanks man im from Turkey and i live in Turkey i came in to the USA to travel. Unfortunately they asked to me same question is it safe ? İ feel upset that people think that in US and i agree you some states are much more dangerous than Turkey i dont know why people think so in USA

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@HowInformative Fair point. I still think it's underrated. See all the comments from people who are surprised to see what it's really like in my videos.

[@worldcitizeng6507]

I have been to Istanbul 2 times for 8 hours transfer when I flew Turkish Airline. Last summer, I finaly get to spend 23 days to travel along the Turkish Rivera + Pamukkale + Cappadocia, and I still haven't seen everything. German DW did a documentary about a 24 Hours train ride from Ankara to the Eastern Armenia border in July this year with a group of Turkish collage graduates. That looks like an epic train ride, I am considering it for my next visit after the pandemic. @Gabriel, have you seen any info about this train journey?

[@dream.machine]

Very interesting area! I love when you explore like this, awesome.

[@louis0121]

Keep them coming Gabriel... Love seeing places I haven't visited in Turkey... Great work.

[@mominhaq6295]

Thumbs up in the middle east and few other countries can be rude. A smile and raise you hand to your heart is best

[@Maldives2025]

some real life images of the village! love it!

[@JATRAVELS2]

Love your videos mate! Been watching you for a while now. Big fan of the Nepal series!

[@ritasaad4179]

Keep going mannnn you are incredible!!

[@wireeye2003]

@ 12:28 young daughters coming out to inspect the young man wondering around . 😁

[@valeriehaskins7238]

Thanks for the side excursion of the village

[@papaflickr]

The people seems nice there . The buildings look like earthquake prone because of the way they are built ( or abandoned ) Your sense of adventure rocks . I admit am a little jealous ( but that's wrong ) and I want to thank you for sharing your adventures .

[@ronbiemans5901]

Hi Gabe, awesome video, nice spot! Lucky you there was no bear 😀 Wishing you a safe travel. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@michaeldyas769]

Thinking those green hills, the village and the near emptiness reminded me of Middle Earth then you went and said just that!!....

[@Bulky-Bulky]

You were the big news of that quaint little town !

[@anatolienreisen]

True soul of humans life. You catched that vibe in the middle of anatolia. People not really know, that they live on the most impressive and historical part of the world, where the roots of human civilisation come from. But they live like they've lived since 10.000 BC. That's the most impressive issue you filmed since now.

[@amazingplanetdiaries]

Excellent as always... Thank you so much for this beautiful video...

[@sadaf3471]

I just love your vlogs other travelers travel in a big cities and make vlogs but you travel in a very common places which I love to see thank you love the content ❤✌🏻💯

[@kevinjaramillo3225]

So awesome to watch Gabe.. I’m sure there’s a lot of people that say, but I live vicariously through our travels.. Enjoy and be safe man

[@orcofnbu]

he is such a adventurer. picking random village in unknown country.

[@User-718_]

Turkey is one of the oldest countries. What do you mean “unknown”

[@mn7486]

@@User-718_ Actually Turkey is a relatively new country.

[@wololoooxd3288]

@@mn7486 if you look from that way , every country is new in this world

[@mn7486]

@@wololoooxd3288 Not really, there are countries that are thousands of years old such as Egypt and China, but Turkey is quite new, the country was formed in the 20th century and the Turkish people who live there today migrated to that area only about 700 years ago from Asia.

[@wololoooxd3288]

@@mn7486 puhahah . what an ignorance. Yeah turkish peoples ancestor came out from nowhere in central asia 700 years ago lol.Check about andronovo culture. And dont spread your weak information to internet.

[@LuizAlleman]

It's videos like this that are so engrossing and make you forget about what's happening in the world.

[@alanblight9233]

Whatever you put in , language wise , you get back so much more and in many ways .

[@OutstandingTv]

This is one of the most lovely eco friendly villages in turkey...selamlar

[@BillKing3456]

You would have been great on Globe Trekker. The village wasn’t much to look at but the fact that u stopped and looked around it was special. The next impossible-to-pronounce town u we’re headed for I hoped u filmed - sounded interesting. When u said it was built around a hill in the middle that made me think of Phoenix. And when u said the area the village was in looked like Wyoming I was thinking Nevada. Cool video.

[@kora132]

Great videos, Gabriel!. Love Turkey.

[@TJ-nr9cg]

Turkey was one of the most magical places ive ever lived. I miss it very much.

[@kishorejayaswal1500]

His videos are getting very good. Better editing, pacing, music, destinations, and knowledge...

[@faebalina7786]

I woke up with the distinct need to see exactly this kind of atmosphere so scenic aaaah like i miss that village life even though i am not from it lol

[@kenan7609]

Afyonkarahisar Şuhut.. My beautiful hometown ☺

[@ADIl-eo3hx]

Bende Şuhut'luyum ve bu kanalda benden başka şuhutlu olduğunu hiç tahmin etmezdim vaay be dünya küçük

[@kenan7609]

@@ADIl-eo3hxŞuhut'un neresindensin bizim oğlan

[@itsleashed]

i just read few comments below and realized that anyone didn’t mention about the smell of the village :) these small towns in Turkey smells very specific and original. I’m sure you’ve already experienced it :)

[@Swampzoid]

I love seeing obscure places like this.

[@halukkavas2073]

rural always better and interesting than touristic areas,have a nice travel

[@nicolaskottis5245]

Hi Gabriel. I think you should use a google translator or some other app to interact with the locals through your mobile.

[@seanmac5093]

great idea. not everyone speaks English

[@Chichi-dc9rd]

One of the ladies said " i can't understand you my child ((:

[@M_i_X]

You are the best, big fan from Saudi Arabia please upload as many as you can for Turkey villages

[@aigarsvavere5859]

I seriously admire your wanderlust.

[@AhmetCinar35]

Gabriel don't forget to eat turkish delight and sucuk doner in Afyonkarahisar! You can say Afyon and people would understand if it is hard for you to pronunce it all.

[@Novato_en_Moto]

It’s ok to say hello the way Gabriel does? Because I visited to times turkey and always pronounced like it written, Merhaba

[@elijahbaley978]

@@Novato_en_Moto true pronounce is "merhaba" but people would understand if you say "marhaba" or sth like this.

[@yaldahabibi5444]

They all ask about your camera and you answer back with something irrelevant, yet you get along , it's veeery nice , 😀😀😘😘

[@normabolivar552]

They tell you: “welcome!” =Hosgeldin!

[@aydntaskn5974]

2:25 Woman says: Go to the mountain record there. Because of the view I guess

[@Marco-rk9ye]

love the videos!

[@SkySpiral8]

Hey, you're pronouncing "MER-haba" the right way now. You've graduated, LOL. That was a cute family at the end. I'd like to sit down and ask them about their lives.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Excellent.

[@RevolutioXxNx]

everywhere you go people are always so friendly knowing you are not from their country. More of our Americans need to practice being nice to each other like that. So sad how things have become here in the US the last 6 years. Love all the places you show us. Stay safe

[@elderinmoi1571]

That is a classic Gabriel Traveller

[@VictorSokovin]

I tried to split the name of the town into some "building blocks". "Kara" might mean "black" but it did not seem to help in this case. Google suggests "afyon karahisar" might mean "opium dandelion". Does that make sense? PS Oops, "afyon kara hisar" would be "opium black fortress", so that might be a promising split as well.

[@SchokoKekseFTW]

Afyon is (or was) famous for its production of opium. In many countries and all the way to India, opium is called Afyon.

[@VictorSokovin]

Investing a little time in the Turkish language is rewarding because it provides the key to many other Asian languages, all the way to Siberia, China and indeed India. Some words may change and twist their meanings but the general clue should be there.

[@elijahbaley978]

This place called "karahisar" which is means "black fortress" as you said. Then added "afyon" which is means "opium". Its sound kinda weird, i know but thats it. It literally means opium black fortress :DD

[@VictorSokovin]

Eren Kaya I see. Thank you. But what about the "dandelion" connection? They are usually yellow. The connection with "kara" (black) seems far-fetched ...

[@elijahbaley978]

@@VictorSokovin i didnt heard anything about dandelion. Dont know what is it about.

[@uranuuss]

This is a real Turkish village that hasnt seen any foreigners so they are suprised. :D

[@suzugyuuable]

one of my fave videos of you, gabe!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Great, thanks.

[@mikewhidden5356]

I love all the scenery in the mountains the views nice to know the people are so friendly and down to earth my guess is the road you were on was very well traveled and there was something important up that hill

[@PaulDilla]

Gabe - this was a spectacular insight into a village. Very offbeat. Thumbs up from NYC

[@emreklc7142]

the first lady that showed you a way thought you were trying to connect your phone. the location she told you is the spot for the make phone calls, get into internet via your phone. those stemps in backyard is there just for the cause of preventing the cows entering the village eat their herb which they plant. Also they pick them up and burn it whenever they need something to burn. also a lot of houses are abandoned because of urbanization. most of the people will be interested in you because not many people visit villages like that. since everybody knows each other and they dont know you they will think that you came there for a businness or something.

[@jasanmiguel]

Gabriel, are your videos out of sequence? I thought you published a Cappadocia video just last week.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

You got it. There will be more videos of Cappadocia coming soon and an explanation.

[@vhinsagcal207]

A blessed good day sir Gabe Wowww nice place of icikli turkey beautiful villages, and farm land very relaxing to walk thank you so much sir Gabe for your nice walk around tour keep safe always Godbless u from your solid fan viewer from The Philippines sir vhin 🙏🙏🙂👏👏👏🌹🇵🇭👏👏👏👏🙏🙂🙂

[@deveshdikshit90]

Gabriel getting better internet connectivity . Many videos still pending to watch I need to increase my pace.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Good luck and enjoy the videos.

[@Driftertramp]

love the videos m8 x

[@millerlite502]

Turkey is where Thanksgiving started!

[@marthaworthington6060]

Gabe, the dog you thought might be aggressive looked similar to a Blue Tick Hound used for hunting & any dog looking kind of like a hunting hound dog is usually a people liking dog. Hounds are rarely mean.Your smart to be cautious & speak to them in their own language. Made me laugh.

[@JunaidSalehHayat]

Please live in Turkey for longer period of time and explore more villages like this! I want to see more of village life.

[@qinutusarmus_imnotdeejay5342]

Very great historical heritage and certainly affects the way the local people think. And the local people are very kind and friendly they can recognize which people are good and which are bad people. So relax. The area is very shady, very calm!👍👏

[@marktrvls1218]

Interesting spot to stop Gabriel, nice vid

[@joanmanalo9421]

Seems this village has a small number of residents.

[@wifiThief]

this place looks abandoned. im sure there is way more beautiful villages in turkey to live or to visit. i prefer mountain or hillside villages. very interesting and original video but nope, i wouldn't live there.

[@orcofnbu]

young ones leaving villages to get better life in cities. also this village is very close to city. so probably some of its people in the city.

[@emrahguven8441]

When young people leaves for cities, mostly the old people remains and obviously they can not maintain properly.

[@wifiThief]

@@emrahguven8441 @orcun well I guess the young Turks agree with me since they can not live there either...

[@TheArtanis7]

@@orcofnbu Its not just in Turkey, all over the world young people leaving rural areas to bigger cities. Few can live of the agriculture well. If you want better job and life you go to bigger city which beside job you have schools, hospitals, stores ond other nearby.

[@chaisepomme4070]

I suppose you feel validated as a traveler in a strange land when people come out of their house to greet you. I'm looking forward to the next stop.

[@worldcitizeng6507]

Gabriel; not sure if you have been to the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul? such a awesome underground place from the Byzantine period if you have time while in Istanbul

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, I showed it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYGUd2CigMppa8k

[@worldcitizeng6507]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks, it didn't show up for me last year.

[@denis3208]

Thank you for taking time to make this otherwise we might never have seen it 😃

[@eileenstack255]

How great to see Turkey especially when I couldn’t go there this year 2020 because of the Corona Virus 🦠 safe travels 🙋‍♀️🇮🇪

[@billguthrie6078]

If you love turkey you need to travel to Akcay edermit. I'm American but I've lived here about 15 years it's a fantastic Village

[@imom007]

Nice video. This must have been the day of or day before the earthquake. Glad you had left to go to Cappadoccia!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

It was three or four days before the quake.

[@imom007]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos I noticed the nearly full moon in the video and since the quake was on a full moon I knew it had to be close.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@imom007 Good detective work.

[@PauloGaetathe_original]

Gabriel, how much per day are you paying for the Clio ? Thanks

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

250 lira or $32 USD including insurance, taxes, etc.

[@Bongarnie]

Classic material Period Take it easy 👑