I live in Turkey and I can tell you that Afro Turks are very happy living in Turkey. I have seen for myself. Most Afro Turks are very loved in Turkey. They live very simple but comfortable lives. So, please don't create American propaganda around these people.
Black people have a problem when they hear facts that contract what they've been raised I have been to Turkey several times myself and I'm thinking of moving there however that doesn't negate the fact that atrocities were committed against my people and they should be repaid for them😏
@@kayefields1664 Turkey never had racial laws like in the USA. The numbers of Afro Turks is just very small, the main reason why a lot of Turks are not aware of the Afro Turks. Wish to add that there are however lots of African immigrants in Turkey. Most of them who integrated well and speak the language fluently could also be considered as Afro Turks.
I’m married to a Turk as an African American. I have been all over Turkey, I have never experienced racial prejudice like in America. However, the historical account isn’t American propaganda. Slavery existed in the Ottoman Empire, to deny it sounds more like propaganda. I love Turkey! I also love Truth in historical account. I have also experienced the perception of people thinking that I as an African American am an “Arab” by mostly elders. So that perception is a true reality, that nobody would know unless they did the proper research.
I was stationed in Izmir City, Turkey in 1985-86 and I got to see some African Turks. I didn't get to talk with them but I was with a Turkish friend and he told me that's who they were. He talked very favorable about them.
Very nice episode. I am glad you made this. As a vet I have been to the back water parts of Turkey and there are Blacks there as well as in the Middle East. I was shocked.
what ! Afro-iraqis ? , omg we have to make contact and bring in all of this black diaspora in to the family . That sound like a another massive part of black history that needs to be told .
@jj yes I know there's Afro-Russians, that's another story that needs to be told. I know that there's a famous Black Russian poet or I think he wrote a book I think about the time of the Napoleonic wars but I am not sure.
Crystal Houston Afro-Iraqi's are the Sumerians. Sumer was a colony of Kemet founded by the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Sumerkhet. Afro-Iraqi's are around Basra and Basra close to Sumer.
da don Actually they’re what you said, all humans develop new mutations each generation. Through inbreeding and likely adaption what we call race came into being.
I have heard and read about Afro-Turks. During the world war a black-turk flew the Ottoman fighter. His grandma was of Kanem-Bornu empire in the present day Bornu state in Nigeria.
jj or you don’t understand history at all I see. That last statement shows you don’t read or can’t read. Maybe your just a child and need time to grow. You just limited yourself to a country as of migratory patterns aren’t rampant in all of our history. Have a great day
I just like to come in on this and say my friend is African-American and she’s married to a Turkish man and they have been living in Turkey for over 10 years. I visit them frequently and I have been all over the country not only are Afro Turks loved in Turkey they have risen to high levels of prominence in both government business and social realms. The ottoman empire slavery was not the same as the transatlantic slave trade black men also rose to prominence without being eunuchs as many actually married the Viziers daughters and had children with them.Also keep in mind that ottoman empire didn’t just enslaved Africans didn’t slaves more Europeans than Africans and the European slaves were actually treated worse.The very first black pilot in history was actually Afro Turkish so I think this needs to be highlighted so that we don’t overly per American Nissan version of slavery and minority treatment on another culture because I can tell you from experience they love black people in jerky as a matter of fact when the Turkish president comes to Brooklyn every year he does so much within the black community regardless if you’re Muslim or not.
There were also Turks, Moors from Morocco, and south Indians , and East African/ Indonesian Malagasy in Colonial Virginia in 1600's-1700's. I am African American and Afro Latino from east TN and the Melungeons being part Turkish is true. Thanks for this video. Black people we are international and have impacted the world and history with several brave people.
You have to understand. The "Blacks" are the ancient people who were placed on this earth first as the first inhabitants. Liar historians know this but keep telling you about the ancient Greeks, and Romans because that's where their made up history starts. Everybody please check out Dr. John Henrik Clarke, he explains all of this.
We really are. I recently learned of Africans in India a group they call Siddis. Many came to India as slaves as early as the 13th century, and many were invited as military for the battle skills and loyalty. Some of those that came as military were often exalted to high ranks in government and society. However, most Africans were persecuted and relegated to the the lowest caste. There is a black man on youtube who has traveled to areas of India where these Africans were once prevalent, yet he was told they no longer existed. Meanwhile you can see Africans when you look at some of the people, some know, some don't. In other areas there were communities where they were prevalent, yet they were so assimilated to Indian culture, there was very little left to identify them as African outside of their phenotype. It was very interesting, this guy also travels to Pakistan and Israel to research African populations and their history in these countries. His name is visualpoet1 on RU-vid FYI.
Learned a lot from this video! Thank you for the history lesson. Will donate. Keep providing interesting and purposefully hidden information about this race. I’ve also subscribed.👌
This should not be surprising to anyone who is aware of the medieval enslavement. The Ottoman Empire armies took people from all over the lands they conquered and this would have undoubtedly included North, East Central and West Africa. The descendants still alive and kicking. Turkic people can be phenotipically varied because of this. I have taught Turkic students who look vastly different from different regions. Love from the UK
I love that you talked about this also did you know gannibal petrovich came from the ottoman empire before reaching Russia! Also check out Afro Persians and the Africans in the state of gudrath India! And Afro Palestinians! Also if you wanna find a cool video Kings and generals did history on gannibal and yasuke it a great video!
Hey! If you consider yourself "DIASPORA" and/or you are in a country where they Discriminate against you because of your darker hue, then you seriously need to get some KNOWLEDGE OF SELF ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DW-AnDqQnjc.html
Yes ladies, finally we are waking up. Im telling you now, you would be treated like queens in Turkey. We lived under the Ottomans for over 500 years together. And yes that series is amazing, can't wait for season 2!!
There are some interesting comments on this video. I find many of them humorous because people are saying a lot without saying anything. History and context are very important when talking about African descendant people anywhere in the world. First things first, wherever and I mean wherever the Arabs were involved in trade enslaved Africans are there. Wherever Islam exists and there was trade involved there were African slaves. This simply means, wherever there is Islam or an Islamic-based society you will find Black people. Now whether those people identify as Black first as is common in the Americas, that's another issue which I think HomeTeam pointed out beautifully in this video. Blackness is defined differently by different groups of Black people depending on what part of the world you're in. Take Yemen for example. It is probably the Blackest Arab nation in the world. But if you go there saying they're Black or African they'll look at you like you have horns growing out of your head. Why, you ask? Because they identify as being Arab. That's what their cultural identity is based on despite it being clear they're of African descent. Places like Turkey, Sardinia, and Sicily are no different. We have to stop being shocked to find Black people everywhere. We're too prone to reading history with blinders. Consider this, in the US a Black person's identity is typically viewed in this manner. I am Black first, ethnically I don't have an idea and nationally, I'm an American. Black people on the African continent view themselves this way, I am a human being, I am and I am . And other Black people from other parts of the diaspora when they move to the US or Europe. I am , I am , I am . My overall point, there is no one way to see Blackness and we all have to be very careful when attempting to lump all Black people into the same bucket. Cultural affinity matter. I identify as a human being, then Yoruba, and then a Nigerian-American. There's no need to say I'm Black because it's implied in saying I"m a Yoruba. There are absolutely no White or Arab Yorubas although we do have Yorubas that are albinos. So good people let's think more deeply about what it means to be a person descendant from the continent of Africa. And with that, I'm gone.
Well said. I whole heartedly agree with you as an Afro-Caribbean/ Afro-Latina. I detest that we are, as blacks, expected to see and define ourselves as blacks in America do. A lot of us come from places where we are not the minority but the norm. In these cases, why would we identify as black first? It is obvious we are black! In my case, as most people in my area of the world, we identify first as our nationality and then our ethnicity. I have lived in Turkey for 7 years now, and it is the same way here. People identify first as turks, then as their ethnicity. People make the mistake of thinking that Turks are just Caucasian whites. Nothing could be further from the truth. Originally Turks came from the far east. They are related to mongols and linguist have determined that their language has commonalities with Chinese, Korean and even Japanese. When they took over central asia and eastern europe, the people that were there already didnt leave. The people who were living in what is now Turkey were comprised of hundreds of ethnic groups, languages, religions and 3 races. Modern day Turks, therefore, can look like east asians, white caucasians, or blacks but they consider themselves Turks first. Race is the last category in self-identification. We, meaning people of African descent, hate being seen by others as a monolith but we should be carefull not to see ourselves that way. Not everything in the human experience is black or white. There is a whole lot gray in between. If we refuse to see context and subtext in ourselves and others we will be stagnant in a deep mire of misapprehensions, anger and resentments.
You bet there is. Most black people that came into Turkey was from Northern Africa. When they came, or got sold by pirates. The Ottoman Turks we re the only people in the world to give Africans options. 1st was covert to Islam serve the sultan and live as a free man, 2n you can continue your religious practices but you will remain a slave. That's why the Ottoman army was so feared, they outnumbered their enemies, by unity!!
@@AsarSankhNeferu7 Not exactly. Morocco also fell to the Umayyad Caliphate,actually right before Spain. Surely some Moroccan soldiers joined the caliphate,but to say "they were Moors" is way off.
This is the most stupid thing I ve ever heard...There were even no arabs in Spain but only Berbers, and they re not black people...But I m not surprised, I ve also read Samourais were black, why not the Vikings also 😂🤣
@@arushanioshaka5600 That's the same thing as saying there is no such thing as a Black American of a Black German etc. Turkey is the country, the nationality; if the person is Black and he or she is born in Turkey, has generations of family born in Turkey, then the person is a dun dun dun *BLACK TURK!!* Stop being ignorant! You look foolish!
Many were taken from Sudan and South Sudan through the port of Suakin in Sudan. It is well known throughout Sudan. Sometimes Muslim Africans in the north did the slave raids for the ottomans so that they wouldn’t be enslaved. Eventually we rebelled slaughtered the Turks, Egyptians, and British. Then the British came back a year later with their new creation, the machine gun and ended up colonizing us after several bloody battles.
hometeam , can you please do a video on the true size of Africa and why they make the Empires look small i.e Mali when intact they are huge!!! aka 2x bigger then the Us and Canada combined please!!???
Please buy the Peter's projection map, it places the continents in it's TRUE size. The mercator map was done in the 17th to 18th century to favour Western European imperialism imperialism. Lol!
I went last year to the costal town in Mombasa, Kenya 🇰🇪 & learned about the slave trade that took place East of Africa! To Middle East, Europe and Asia.
PLEASE don't compare the "white man" to Turkish people. Turks are welcoming and hospitable to ALL kinds of people. There is no racism in Turkey. The slaves u mention are from the Ottoman era, era where Ottomans had slaves but didnt choose by skin color, rather ability. There we re arab, Kurdish, syrian, black, and even white slaves( from the balkans).
I have been living in Turkey going on 7 years now and have exprinced 0 racism. Turks are very welcoming and looooooveeee black people. There is even an Afro Turk festival in Izmir which is amazing.
@Anderl Blakely Is that your barometer for measuring racism?! You do realise the Afro-Turk population here is tiny in comparison to the other ethnic groups, especially considering the amount of intermarriage between the white and black Turks. Many Turks have black blood and have no idea about it because they no longer have the "phenotype", if you want to call it that. So there may be people with African blood in politics. In my 7 years living in Istanbul I have seen maybe 3 or 4 people who can be considered Afro-Turks. So unfortunately they are not a huge ethnic group compared to others such as the Laz, Kurds, Alevis etc etc. In fact I think the number of recent African, Afro-European and African-American immigrants to the country would probably number higher than the amount of Afro-Turks.
@@kenanyahbenisrael8417 yeah okayyyy. Educate yourself first. OttomanTurks come from Hans, like Chengizkhan, Tamerlane from the Altai mountains. They we re dark complected, not black, but definitely not accepted by the white man. When ottomanTurks captured Egypt and rest of northern Africa, blacks we re slaves. With the Ottomans they had a choice, one can move to high rankings in the army, and be wealthy. Your narrow minded self dont know nothing about this though. You would be the first person to sell out your people, with your mentality.
@Anderl Blakely black politicians??? What you think the USA does? Obama closest thing to black America has ever gotten! And he can pass for looking Turkish, no joke! What else you gonna hit me Corey Booker and Condoleezza Rice? Gtfoh!
@@arushanioshaka5600 ok thank you for trying to share you knowledge. BUT I challenge it and you. Where are you finding your facts? Show n prove brotha 👊
Al Paso why wouldn’t it be. They were born and raised there. Descendants of the original Turks , even BEFORE the Ottoman Empire. Disclaimer for the ignorant assumption that I’m African American- I am not. You don’t have to be black or American to speak facts. Stop getting emotional and defensive. God bless
@@Seven-c6q 😂😂 Turks aren't even indigenous to turkey modern day turkey was inhabitant by Greeks and other minorities 1000s of years ago before the Sejkuk Turks came in 1070 form central Asia and also there's was never any black Turks
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?!!!!!!! I LITERALLY was listening to that "Istanbul not Constantinople" zong yesterday and wondered to myself, "what is the experience of our diaspora in Turkey and other Ottoman dominated regions?..." Thank you so much for this (and everything else)!!!
Im Turkish. And im proud to say we love our Afro-Turks that till this day live in Turkey! Go head and interview them on there living conditions. They are respected, loved, and appreciated, they show it as well. Thats how Turkish people are. We look after each other, and skin color never was a factor! Most Northern Africans have so much respect for the Turks. Ottomans goverened and ruled northern african for 500 years! Go ahead an ask an average somalian citizen what they think of us, we helped them out so much. They will tell you in detail. Just youtube "somalia and Turkey". My point being is, I dont want this video to foreshadow the Turks from who they really are. We are not the "white man", and shouldnt be compared to one.
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Hey! If you consider yourself "DIASPORA" and/or you are in a country where they Discriminate against you because of your darker hue, then you seriously need to get some KNOWLEDGE OF SELF ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DW-AnDqQnjc.html
Just because you see Africans living in former Ottoman countries does not mean they were all from slave families. Actually, most are not but migrant Africans who settled in these countries during the time when a man could travel right through several Ottoman countries without needing passports. Many of them traveled to make pilgrimage to Mekka and on their way back decided to settle down in former Ottoman countries.
Dearest Brother, as ALWAYS; your revelations are so interesting and such a SHAME OUR GREAT HISTORY is so hidden pertaining to this topic... Nonetheless, WE KNOW WE were and ARE EVERY WHERE in the WORLD and as WE dig deeper with YOUR INPUT,; OUR GREATNESS IS UNDENIABLY... Thank YOU for ALL YOUR COMMITMENTS... 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽
Im turkish and didnt even know about this. Lived there for 15yrs as well i think he exaggerated by saying there our thousands and thousands because i have seen no more than 50 black ppl in my whole 15yrs of experience in turkey
If you get a chance, look Up the story of Balal since you are big on Afro history. Please acknowledge the Muslim stance on Slavery and don’t confuse a servant and a slave, that’s like calling a Waiter a slave because they bring your food to you or a cook a slave because they cook it.
zen s your wrong. That’s like me saying Christianity is barbaric because of the crusades or Judaism is barbaric because of what they are doing to the Palestinian people. Don’t blame a religion for the bad that Man makes. God doesn’t tell you to do that.
Moe J Christianity is too. You think because I trash islam that I’m in favor for christianity? Any religion that wants it’s boot on your neck, and isn’t for liberation I’m not for
Muslims loved slavery. In some parts of the world they still do. They never abolished it as an institution until British and French colonial powers forced them to. The Saudis, in the 1960s, still had a minister of slave affairs. A few years ago a Saudi Prince was convicted of murder in London after he beat his black homosexual sex slave to death in the hotel they were both staying in. Anybody who has read the 1,001 Nights will recall the neverending references to black eunuch slaves. Muhammed was a slave holder (even if he did free a few slaves) and therefore it is impossible for Muslims to condemn slavery without also condemning their so-called prophet. Muslims are perhaps the biggest slave traders in recorded history.
The people on the thumbnail is from the reconstruction period forcibly moved from their homeland in Alabama and Georgia America. Even though it's TRUE they still can be considered Turks because turks (cherokees)lived in south Carolina and Georgia and even fought in the civil war.
There’s no loving and accepting country as much as Turkey , the ottomans saved all races and all religions many times , and conquering was just the past reality , if the enemy could conquer they wouldn’t think for a second and would be much more unforgiving … Turkey wants all the black people to come from Africa , they are hard working and honest people , and there was never color based slavery in Ottoman history
Thanks for the knowledge! I just guessed someones heritage and said they had an East African look & he was shocked I l'd guessed that, as no one can guess that. He xplained more about his background, so had to look it up! Afro Turks etc
This video is inaccurate about how the majority of African people ended up in Turkey. They weren't brought as slaves to the ottoman empire. They ran away from the Allies during the Turkish war of liberation to join the Turks. This is why they are mainly found in areas previously occupied by Europeans such as south west Turkey. Furthermore, they were Muslims before they came to Turkey which is why they joined the Turks against the Europeans who brought them there. Therefore according the the Lausanne treaty they are regarded as native to Turkey, rather than a minority, hence they were given Turkish citizenship and went to the same schools Turks went to etc. İf you meet them face to face you will realise that many of their great grandfather's are war heroes of Turkey. There may have been some Africans who came to Turkey during the ottoman empire but I don't think they came as slaves. The empire would have preferred to enslave people from its borders had it wanted slaves because it's easier, which it didn't.
No Afro-turks ?! , that is real history so why don't you see them as people of that part of the country's culture ! . BLACK IS INTERNATIONAL ! , and i have always wanted to go to Turkey just to learn about its ancient culture and history, know i can go to look for my historical parts as well ! . Brilliant from a In lightened Afro-English ye black in the UK not much but we are here . PEACE AND LONG LIFE TO EVERYONE
I been thinking God must really love black people to put them in the warmest climate and to give them the riches of the whole world gold silver uranium oil diamonds and everything else I wonder y that is keep up the good work it’s nice to hear wonderful history about ancestors even tho racist people want to always make it seem like u had no history I think a lot of racist people are brainwashed by there own people for political gain it’s all a slavery mentality
Spring Time i appreciate it. I wanna ask you wat u think bout I heard the pharaohs were relatives of Noah son ham but of course they are because of nimrod?
There were not black slaves in Ottoman empire, we are not british! They were just muslims like any other Turk in Anatolia. We are not racist like europeans
There were black slaves in Ottoman Empire too. No need to lie. But, due Islamic rules about slavery, Ottomans hadn't treated them as bad as Britishes or other Europeans.
@@dogukan450 aga niye ingilizce yazdın :) ben okuduğum tüm haberlerde böyle yazdığı için söyledim, köle olarak satıyorlar ama bizde adamlar normal yaşıyorlar, en azından sürekli söylenen bu. Kaynak verirsen çok sevinirim bu arada ben de doğrusunu öğrenmiş olurum
Osmanlı'da da kölelik vardı. Sadece Afrikalı değil bir sürü farklı ülkeden köleler getiriliyordu, satılıyordu. Köle pazarları vardı yani. Avrupalılar gibi köle Afrikalılara aşağı insan gibi yaklaşmamız olabiliriz ama kölelik yoktu da diyemeyiz:) Kaynak istemek yerine kendin ara bence çok basit bilinen bir şey bu.
@@dogukan450 aga tamam herkez biliyor zaten osmanlıda kölelik var ama tam olarak Türkler, Batı Anadoluda, Modern zamanlarda afrikalıları parasız, mülki haklarını alıp köle yaptı önermesini doğru kılmaz bu. 600 yıllık koca devlet yani açıklamama gerek bile yok. Belki tam o zaman tam o yerde Türkler müslüman oldukları için onları köle yapmadı, diğer müslümanların sahip olduğu hakları elinden almadı?? Nasıl bu kadar emin bir şekilde köle olarak çalıştırıldılar sonucuna ulaşabildin anlamadım doğrusu. Türk olmasan Türk karşıtlığından derdim yani
@@ahmetkaraaslan8429 Ben hepsi köle demedim ki. Ama çoğunun anlattığına göre geçmişlerinde köle olarak getirilme öyküleri var. Gerçeği açığa vurmak için düşman olmaya gerek yok.
Bro you frankly looked in this subject with a Afro-American or Euro-American point of view, which is absolutly not the case in Turkish community, we fear Allah/God for being a racist and to discriminate other ethnic groups especially if they're muslims like almost all of the Afro-Turks 👍
@@adetokunboogunlana2754 I see. Sometimes we take for granted that everyone knows about our history here in America. I assume you are from Africa and would like to hear more. This brother does a great job but seems to cater toward getting Americans connected to the African diaspora, not the other way around. Check out some of his other videos and at least you'll learn more than when you started.
I AM FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA EAST at Red Sea our parents has a good memory about their passage in our country not like European who come to colonise and treated people like second citizen like they do everywhere.
