@@yo2trader539little groups of turks was moving into different part of world before we moved to west asia woth very big numbers And our ancestors were friends even before turks had countries in west asia
As a Jew who has been to Turkey numerous times, has Turkish friends and studied history in depth, I was hoping to see and hear real vibrant stories from the past and present about this unique community. Instead of focusing on the hospitality the Ottoman Empire extended to our people when we were in dire need both in the 16th and 20th centuries, we were kidnapped on a chaotic “trip” with various stabs at the ugly side of todays Turkey (every country has an ugly side). Instead of learning about Ladino language, the host pivots to Yiddish phrases as if anyone cares. Why weren’t we taken inside a Turkish synagogue or a family’s Shabbat dinner or meet a mixed marriage couple. Speak to a Turkish Jewish elderly person or learn about influential Turkish Jews. Anyways, rant over.
Sono molto interessata al mondo Sefarad dell'impero turco anche nelle zone oggi appartenenti alla Romania, alla Bulgaria, alla Grecia come Salonicco.....❤
@@othellox1064 The UN says there is a country called Palestine, there has always been Palestine, and "Israel" is an apartheid military ethnostate that requires military service of every Jew and pushes even beyond UN borders yet calls itself a country. Laughable.
It was a different depiction of the Jewish life in Turkey. There are also about 2,000 or 2,500 Jews in Izmir (where I am from), but it was not mentioned. In the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul was one of the three big cities with a Jewish population, the other two being Salonica and Izmir. Izmir has a Synagogue Street downtown, as well as a few landmarks with a Jewish heritage. The Jewish population in Turkey used to be 100,000. Nowadays, it’s about 15,000 and maybe even less. It’s not only due to Erdogan (it largely is), but some of it can be a general emigration of young Turkish population (Muslim, Jewish, or Christian) to find jobs abroad. I know many Muslim Turks around my age to settle abroad, to Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, US, Japan, UAE, UK, Switzerland. Not all has emigrated just because of Erdogan’s political agenda, but some decided to go due to terrible economic situation (and it is due to Erdogan’s policies as well). Thanks for making this interesting video, although, there is a lot more than that to show about the Jewish life in Istanbul or Turkey. Pogroms in 1930s causing Jews to escape the Thrace Region to come to Istanbul, or synagogue attacks in 1980s and 2000s. Maybe Daniel and producers picked convenient facts that were easier to access. I was looking forward to this episode on the Jewish life in Turkey. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for your brief presentation regarding the Jews people in Turkey. Based on the Bible, the first Church was in Antioch, Turkey, early in the first century. Called: "The Early Church." In the era of the Apostle Paul, the travel routes of Israel, Turkey and Greece were relatively multi-trip. It can be seen that the habits of the Jews and the Turks are relatively the same: food and lifestyle. It is hard to find the difference between a person of Jewish blood and a Turkic who had spent their life in Istanbul. (Btw. On a trip to Germany, I found apfelstrudel similar to baklava).
@@starcapture3040 Thank you for your response. Refer to Wikipedia: " .. the city's ruin lies on the Orontes River, near Antakya, the modern city in Hatay Province of Turkey (Türkiye), to which the ancient city lends its name." There is a name of the church: "The Syriac Orthodox Church" officially known as "The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East", which is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch we can find in Syria.
Jerusalem literally is a mixed-city, if muslims are discriminated against there, the al aqsa mosque would already be abolished at this point lol but no its stand still and people are free to pray open to public, what about whats it like being openly Jewish in Egypt or Iraq? where they literally genocide the jewish population.
If Turkish people become Christian , they eighter become Orthodox Christians (like their Greek and Georgian neighbours) or they become Protestant Christians for some reason .. nearly never do they become Catholic Christians .. also you do have Assyrians living in Turkey but those tend to live more in east of the country also near Mardin ..
4:15 It’s clear that you specifically filmed ultra-conservative and low wage earner people on streets and edited out the rest of us to give viewers the impression that current day Turkey isn’t any different than Iran/Afghanistan. That tactic kinda worked well at the time when Midnight Express was filmed, but not any more, sorry. This film is riddled with several attempts of anti-Turkish propaganda and microagressions, which as a Secular-modern Turk (and obviously an Erdogan opposer) I find highly insulting.
@@starcapture3040 I’m secular and have never voted for Erdogan. That being said, I find this video insulting, because it’s heavily biased. The narrative trivialises Turkish history by heavily relying on crowd pleasing half-truths.
@@MyCamilla1989 your Ideology is not important any turk watching this show knows very well it is mixed with propaganda and especially the Zionist one it is so clear. whether you vote for erdogan or not for whatever reason any turk would not love watching such shows misrepresenting their country. they shown religious minorities as if they were oppressed by the sunni majority although in turkey the minorities including the Muslim alawite and shia groups are some of the most religious in turkey and they have total freedom. even in Erdogan government and party there are Armenians and kurds. its absurd how they said kurds fighting for independence on their national homeland.... so ironic coming from an a settler living in palestine. also how they presented Ataturk as if he was a little angel not a dictator with many mistakes some of them their effects still to this day hurt people in turkey like the kurdish issue. I care for facts not for your ideology or theirs or Erdogan or islamists.
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I am "full blood" Turkish and all I can say is: These two persons are just Turkish. There is nothing Jewish about them. The way they talk, laugh, approach topics, sense of humour... everything is %100 Turkish. Specially the lady. Even if I would met her out there in the farest corner in Siberia, I would right away say it: You sound, act, too much Turkish. Are you? Even her body language is Turkish. One last note: If you joke like us, laugh the way we do, eat what we eat and do not discriminate anyone, you are one of us. We wellcome anyone. That's our way of life. We say, let's come together! Let's love and be loved. No doubt this world will be left for noone (we all gonna end up the same way) for forever.
You are so wrong, they have their own identity, language, and blood. You are trying to erase their identities like they already did to the Greek and Laz people.
@@TVDb3lov3d of course The Jewish People have their own identities and such , but i think that the OP was trying to make clear that he loves them and actually see's them as one of their own despite the fact that they are Jewish . He is very welcoming . This does not change the fact that ( of course ) the Jewish People and Jewish Culture and Jewish Religion has it's own story and culture . Of course not . Jewish Culture is still one of the oldest and one of the most widespread cultures in History , i mean , Christianity and Islam derived from Judaism as we all know .. Our names came from the names of the Torah (Yakup/ Jacob , Davud/David , Süleyman/Solomon .. etcetera) One of the most important (IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT) and most influential cultures of human history ever , wether if you like it or not . And i love the Jewish People ❤ Shaloms to everybody
You forgot to mention different Jews who have Turkish heritage like I have, of course most are of Spanish descent but some are Krymchaks, like my origins are Turkish but most of them live in Ukraine right now because they were living in the Khanate of Crimea.
9:44 I’m pretty certain that a tattoo artist wouldn’t even imagine doing that to you without you specifically telling him to do so. It’s clear that you’d asked him to tattoo that word on your buttcheek, and then you pretended to be shocked and offended when you “found out” what he did. Poor guy, he didn’t even realise that he’d been set up. This film is riddled with several attempts of anti-Turkish propaganda and microagressions, which as a secular Turk (and obviously an Erdogan opposer) I find highly insulting.
Please this doesn't qualify as a documentary and I hope this channel has not been infiltrated please cause I can sense something some subscribers are not falling for.
@@throttleblip1 I’m pro-Israel and I love my Jewish friends. It doesn’t change the fact that this video is poorly made. It’s totally a missed opportunity.
For a documentary, I'm sorry, but you talk too much and make it about you. It feels less like a documentary and more about the host. I preferred the style of the other hosts
As a Turk, I really wanted to hear about their experience of being Jewish in Turkey. They seem very sweet people, and 100% Turkish with the way they talk and joke. Instead, we get an overly excited (and cringe) host and his harassment of Ladino-Turkish speaking people with random Yiddish/German slang. It becomes very clear why Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews feel their identities and history are being erased in Israel when you think about this supposed host who intended to introduce different Jewish cultures to the audiences (!)
8:33 It’s so obvious that the answers to your last two questions aimed at Ms Allovi had been scripted and rehearsed. Her response was way too quick and somewhat poorly acted. This film is riddled with several attempts of anti-Turkish propaganda and microagressions, which as a Secular-modern Turk (and obviously an Erdogan opposer) I find highly insulting.
Do you understand the number of Muslims in the world and the number of Jews... So one place there's turmoil vs the whole world Muslims are allowed to live
This was awesome! I travelled the world too! I like to be surrounded by international people. I was in Istanbul and Morocco too and I loved being in both.
This is a german broadcasted show about jewish life in different parts of the world. It's filmed in german and partially dubbed into english. It's not a documentary, but more of a superficial look at jewish culture around the world. Some of you people are taking it WAY to seriously. DW is a German based channel. Calm yourself. If you don't like it, don't watch it.
Anti-semitism is a serious allegation with serious consequences, I don’t it it’s ok to make a light entertainment content out of it. Besides, last time I checked, Deutsche Welle was not a comedy channel! Admit it, this is just bad taste.
@@MyCamilla1989 "Anti-semitism" ?! So per your definition,talking about a jew are "Anti-semitism"? And also has serious consequences? It's getting ridiculous with your ANTISEMITE screaming left and right...
I almost understand background music in documentaries but it sounds like other random speech and noises also which doesn't really work with rapid fire narration.
Very much false information in the video. The reason why the turkish minority in germany votes for Erdogan is that german society and politics has been discriminating against Turks for years, and still do, and Erdogan gives them a feeling of acceptance. You are not accepted here but we accept you, you belong to us. While in Germany you are not accepted even if you live here already in the 3rd generation. The DTIP and the mosques have nothing to do with that, but the racism in German society and politics. a little self-responsibility would be appropriate at this point instead of giving the blame to others.
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Why do many Muslim majority countries such as Turkey and Iran that also have some minority of Jews in them, are so kind and treated these Jews so well and FAIRLY too, just like all the other citizens of that countries ? Why does Israel treated the Palestinian so horribly and treated them worst than animals and even treated them continuously this way for over 78 years too?? And why does USA and it's strong allies totally do not condemn Israel, this horrible APARTHY of them against so many innocent Palestinian even until now and for over 78 years too ? BUT INSTEAD, they continuously gave Israel even MORE powerful weapons ! WHAT IF, those Muslim majority countries with some very minority of JEWS in them ALSO DECIDE to treat these minority JEWS exactly the same way too, as how Israel has been treating the Palestinians for over 78 years ?? Will Israel, USA and all of their strong allies condemn this if those minority JEWS living in other Muslim majority nations are treated exactly this way too by those nations ? OF COURSE THEY WILL, and they will probably immediately go to WAR too against these nations if this thing are to happen !!
Does everything need to be like a TikTok video? What happened to regular documentaries. I was looking forward to learning about this subject, but didn't care for this style at all.
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I love Jews. Where I can find smart, energetic, young, intelligent, well-educated (preferably a scientist)Jew husband? I have no idea😭😁 @DW please help me😭🙏😁
I was in turkey a few months ago. the country and majority are somewhat conservative to western Europe standards but liberal to Muslim standards. Turkey is somewhere in the middle. barbaric Muslims to the west and sell out heathens to the Muslim world. no one is being forced to be religious in turkey, only that the religious and conservative are just freer to express themselves in public. if you want to go to mosque you can, if you want to go to a bar you can. depending where you are in the country some parts are more religious than others. most people migrate out of Turkey for economic reasons because inflation is extremely bad there. most eventually return. it hardly has to do with religion.
Barbaric ? I mean you know that the most world sees the western world barbaric ! If you watch the last 100 years, was muslime the one how stsrtet a world war ?
I liked the content and history, but I found the presenter's showmanship and peacocky flamboyance distracting. He's clearly a good entertainer, but it would've come out more had he tuned it down 50% in my biased opinion. Instead of showing off his hot bod and clothes could perhaps show more of this massive city through the Jewish lens. I don't think docos are primarily for entertainment.
What's Israel got to do with Judaism? Many Jews are completely against Israel. And you forget to mention that Istanbul Byzantium was the Greeks from Megara in 657 BC, and remained primarily Greek-speaking until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in AD 1453. Plus: The Origins of Santa Claus is of the Greek bishop, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Nicholas, has nothing to do with Turkish people or Romans. You went to an English school, right? Because, only the English scholars and German, and Dutch settlers compared Saint Nicholas to Odin's magical horse, Sleipnir. (So far from the truth) indeed. And most Turks are actually Greek and Middle Eastern people. The Origins of Turkey is from Mongolia and has nothing to do with Istanbul. All the Ancient Ruins in Turkey are Of Greek Origins. The Greek and Middle East Civilizations did trade with Asia and Africa. Before Alexander the Great. And before the Silk Road. The Ancient Greeks had maps of America, Britain, Asia, China, and Africa. The knowledge of Great Africa and Great China is in Greek history. There is nothing much in Greek history about Jews, Germans, British and Dutch. There is no mention of any Odin. Plus: The Antikythera mechanism (c. 100 BC) is considered to be the first known mechanical analog computer (National Archaeological Museum, Athens). Look it up and get cultured.
Constantinople is right.. though I will say, perhaps it was better for Constantinople to have had the Islamic influence as that enabled it to become the multicultural hub it is today
How is it okay for this guys to shit on Turkey's values and marginalize what most people believe in Turkey, then quickly goes to talk about antisemitism, and how Jews are victims?
