My 5 BIGGEST Culture Shocks in Turkey 🇹🇷 an American's perspective 

God bless America

-without knowing- while assume you don't need a visa

and dictatorship.

@@user-ry2qs7xf9k oh yes, for this reason parliamentary democracy was established. Multi political party system was Atatürk s vision. Ok trol !

@@showmoon *Araturk was a democrat?!*

Ataturk tried multi-party democracy many times. However, these opposition parties were captured by Islamists and sultanists and worked against the new republican regime. You can research political parties named Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası and Terakkiperver Cumhuriyet Fırkası

​@@yavuzgarip5405Has he betrayed the Kurds?

hhahahahahaha parada odemez

Free borders*😂

Ne parasi sirtinda tasirlar iceriye kadar

We have proud racists and d....b people in Turkey as well. One of them Volkan Aydin-the black head Asian. He thinks by being racist against Arabs or Iranians he'd be suddenly gets the entitlement to be European or White, after all the US people did, European did - i.e. Nazis of Germany. Sorry to let you know black head boy! You're an Asian. You've been banging the doors of EU for 50 years for European membership and what they say " we'd consider...in the mean while I'll open my companies in Turkiye " And next you see the most corrupt, undemocratic , poorest countries such as Bulgaria, Romania...in EU. You don't even worth as much as Bulgarians.

I'm surprised they even let her bored the plane in the U.S., because most of the time they won't even allow you to board in your departing country if you don't have the right visa

yup, that blows my mind too.

that’s interesting, I didn’t know that. they did not check for my visa!

I'm surprised too, airlines I've flown with have been pretty meticulous with passports and visas and onward travel and stuff ughhh I get held up often because I have a confusing passport

@@gringoenespanol oh really :o never knew that was a thing anywhere, the more you know!

I thought the same thing! I live in Korea and have a longterm visa so when I buy a one way ticket, they check my visa at check-in and again at the gate, and again when I arrive in Korea. I imagine there had to be others on your flight that had the same problem if they weren't checking. Crazy.

@@gringoenespanol OK, but if she can get a visa on arrival, then why would the immigration people be hassling her instead of just telling her that and having her pay the fee?

He was a mass slaughterer

Hello Kemalist 😂😂😂

​@@jimskoutas1933senin deden toplu katliamında ve Atatürk buna karşı geldi.O sadece ülkesini savundu.deden onun ülkesinde rahat durmalıydı dostum...bir Türk atasözü vardır.."Ne ekersen onu biçersin.."

@@jimskoutas1933 Ermenian shit propaganda detected!

A hero?who ?the one who genocide Syrians Armenian and Greeks?

Change her clothes and US passport, and she is no different than your average Syrian refugee by both intellectually and physically lol

Aynen! What type of person goes all the way to another country without checking the visa requirement or related laws.

Ağlamamız gereken aynı muameleyi belkide daha gevşek yasalarla tüm Ortadoğuluları rahatça ülkeye alabilmemizdir.Fransız bi arkadaşım Türkiyede günü dolduğu için Yunanistana gidip gelmek zorunda kalıyor tüm o ilginç tiplerin hiçbir kaygısını taşımıyor hükümetimiz…

@@ilbilgehatun278 OMG! Get out of your street, suburb and travel around the world. And also higher education would be beneficial. That's all I'll tell you because your understanding of the international law is 0.

@@ilbilgehatun278 Onlari kendisinin gercek vatandasi olarak goruyor da ondan.

that would be surreallll

@@elyssespeaks ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bv-6NjuLBAc.html

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bv-6NjuLBAc.html if you don’t know what is happening it must be scary😂

​@@elyssespeaks that is true. You should see. We show our respect to him like this.

Not really the whole country. Many cities in central and eastern Anadolu don't really care about him.

Türkiye is not like the Balkans. The Balkans, which it ruled for hundreds of years, are like Turkey.

@@denizci55 People like you are shame for Turkey and the whole Balkan peninsula. This stupid nationalism is the reason for so much unnecessary hate. Of course, there are Turkish foods and words that are part of the whole Balkan culture but that doesn't mean Turkey is more important than any other nation here. I love Turkish language and music and I recommend you to forget about your stupid nationalism and show some respect to the other countries around you.

@@eylulsi hayatında balkan ülkelerine gittinmi ben isim gereği defalarca bulundum yukarıda yazdıklarımda ne rahatsız etti seni balkanlarda bizim kültürümüz var demek eziklikmide böyle aptalca ve salakça bir yorum yaptın seni ney rahatsız etti soylermisin

@@denizci55 don’t take into account his comments guys, he is just one of those Erdogan fans🤷🏻‍♀️

​@@sevcanbilgeyalcnyalcn8878benmi Erdoğan faniyim anlamadım eğer kanında az bir şey Türk kanı olan varsa Erdoğan gibi bu ülkenin başına gelmiş en büyük felaketi desteklemez ben olanı söyledim balkanlarda nereye gitsen bizim kulturumuzden mutlaka bir şey kalmış nerden çıkardın benim deccali destekledigimi fanı olduğumu muneccimmisin

Thanks for this. Seeing that there are still other turks who thinks like this is just feels me with joy. Definitely helps with my pessimism given how corrupt and degenerate we have become.

Bu dediklerini yapan her ülkede liderler var. Macaristanın almanyanın atatürkleri bizimkine çok benziyo. Bu yüzden bize çok şaşırıyorlar. Hepsini geçtim konuştuğun kişi amerikalı francis baconlar benjamin franklinler ne anlatıyon woman rights falan :D

yeah, this is full of shit, Turkish gov status quo has become only a de jure secular, back in the day wearing hijab and Islamic practices were banned many suffered for it but not anymore. The majority of people have never been secular, we have always been Muslim. 67% of women still wear hijab or niqab in Turkiye. There are mosques and calls to prayer in every neighborhood social media or tourist spots fool some people. Turkish people have been Muslims for 1000 years. Ataturk was a wanna-be Atlantic mandate and the British gave him the gov before leaving. We lost WW1 and most of our lands especially where containing oil were lost. The biggest condition of the Brits was the abolishment of the caliphate and secularization of the country so they chose the Ataturk. Otherwise, they would never leave Istanbul or Anatolia while they were the literal superpower at the time. Ataturk was just a mid-class army officer during wars lol he never participated in any democratic process he was a literal Western puppet, this is a common political practice of colonial powers. No secular party has ever won an election in Turkiye and we had many Western-initiated coups and economic attacks against elected governments but still, we elect Muslim parties, and a small amount of Muslim people who praise Ataturk are misguided and they think Ataturk was the savior of Islam bc of the fairytales and gov propaganda told for decades, but we are progressing every day...

Absolutely. Otherwise Turkey would've probably just been another Iran or Afghanistan with their horrible leaders and treatment of women... We owe this man a lot and it wasn't even that long ago!!

He is not your typical personality cult figure like Stalin really. The amount of people who both has military and philosophical ingeniousness at the same time exists only once in 150 years. Examples of them are Prophet Muhammad, King Odysseus, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cyrus the Great, and of course, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. I think he is overlooked by Western academicians and historians and should be researched more frequently. However, he is one of the most influential figures among not only the Islamic world at the time, but also the entire continents of Asia and Africa. It influenced from Iran's Reza Pahlavi's secular reforms to the pan-Arab movement and Gaddafi's African Federation for example.

You've never been to Algeria... believe me it is far beyond what you could expect

for their frequent visits to the mosque. . This money has always come from Saudi Arabia. Who said give this money to Arabia? America. There is a book called "Rabita", but I don't know if it's in English. It tells about dark relationships. The government, which has been in our country for 20 years, was created at the meetings of Soros. There are also those who think they are nationalists even though they are not nationalists. They have filled refugees into our country. They behave like nationalists so that people do not wake up and protest. A fascination with the leaders was created. Whatever the leader says. Nationalists now. Its leaders said 10 years ago, "We will trample on nationalism". Then the followers are the best language in Arabic. Our Prophet was Arab. At that time, the Arabs also called it sacred.

@@_nightkid83 i would love to visit

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS REAL NEVER FORGET

​@@unseliorki1395FC k Allah, Turks believe in Tengri

I am so glad I saw your comment. 😊 waiting on my passport then I will do the online visa then. I am leaving USA and I have not been sure where I wanted to live but I have been researching about Izmir a few weeks and WOW!!! Can’t wait!!

Yeah, I got an E-Visa and once you get it, they already have you in their system, so you don't even need to show anything. Just make sure you access the E-Visa link through the U.S. State Department website. If you do it through a search engine, you could end up on a scam site.

Note that as of January 2024, Turkey no longer requires visas for US citizens and Canadians to visit the country.

Who is third world country

​@@berrinaydin7984bizim ülke

Years ago (not sure if it applied to American visitors) you used to just pay cash on arrival in Turkey for a visa. It was a crazy free for all 😂 then it changed to e-visa and now many countries don't need any visa for a short stay. So I can understand the wrong info being online when looked. I guess the mistake she made is relying on information from none official sources.

@@berrinaydin7984 us turkey sorry but you should accept this fact

@@Amazontimsahi ay kes sesini belli ki sen de burada yaşayan bir Arapsın

Bizim insanlarımız, hele gençliğimiz, özellikle de kadınlar, yolda, merdivende, hiç bir yerde yürümeyi bilmiyorlar, malesef.

bilmiyom ben avusutryada yaşıyorum ve bizdede herkez yürümek istediği gibi yürüyor becne bu sorun değil

hak verdiğim şey tükriyede yürüyenmerdivenin üstünde yürmeyi bilmşyoruz aq sinir krizi geçririyorum seyahat yaptığımda

⁠@@cbekaroglu Bence adamlar yürümeye hiç bilmiyorlar Nedense hep önüne geçiyorlar ve senin çekileceğine bekliyorlar Ne utanmas şeyler ya

Me too I’m Not even Turkish but I learnt a lot about him and I love him like I am a Turk

I agree with you love Ataturk love the series love Turkey 🇹🇷

You love an ultranationalist murderer? Ok.....

​@@WahwahrahAtatürk dahiyane bir liderdir..ve aynı zamanda öğretmendir.

U made my eyes tear up… a lot of arabizes Turks, especially in europe hate him bc they learned history on tiktok

bi de 4 temmuzdan(4th of july) bahsetmiş ama benzer bir durumun burdada yaşandığını akıl edememiş hani milli bir bayram önemli bir gün vs

I disagree with you about the customer service. If you're a foreigner in the country it seems like everyone is out to rip you off, and some don't like dealing with the opposite sex. As for the men, some are as you described, but others are also very creepy and disrespectful. The food kind of disappointed me. I think foreign version of Turkish food is much better. Didn't go to Istanbul, but aside from that, I agree with everything you said. If it wasn't for the scammers, the country would be almost perfect. I've been to over 30 countries, and in terms of sites and geography, Turkey was by far my favorite. I liked it even better than Italy. And the culture is so unique, because yes it's a Muslim country, but the coastal areas feel very modern and Western, while the interior feels very traditional and Middle Eastern. It's rare to be able to experience so much diversity on one trip. This is one of the few countries I could see myself going back to. I just hope that some time the day will come when Turkish people feel they don't need to scam tourists.

What you expect from a girl who has not even thought of checking the visa requirements before traveling to a foreign country! I guess she will learn when she get older how to talk properly about the important figures of other nations. And hopefully she will learn to check visa requirements too.

average american

Kurd

Sungguh tercapai besar

Genel olarak bulunduğun şehre bağlı

That squatty toilet is infinite times better than the commodes. Biggest reason being that it complies by the required humanistic standards of hygiene. No touching of the skin to the toilet, no water splashing on your body, no weird bowl problems, etc.

​@@olegnurmagomedov750kesinlikle haklısın.bunu gülünç bulan Avrupalılar eskilerden parfümü neden icat ettiklerini çabuk unutmuş fransızlar ve şimdi hijyenden bahsederler ve paris sokakları insanların sokak kenarlarına işemesiyle oluşan sidik kokusundan asla bahsetmezler.herseyi onlar bilirler.kendi ülkelerinde bir terör olayı olsun dunya'yı ayağa kaldırırlar.terör örgütlerinin 1 numaralı finansörüdürler kendileri.baştan sona tezat...İsraile destek verip özgürlükten bahsederler..

Theres a lot in the East side, we have one toilet and one squatty in our house. And public restrooms are usually squattys

HAHAH i’m glad you appreciate it! cheers

There is no "against the grain" on a sidewalk.

@freddo_cappuccino East Rome is just Historie since 1453.

Bir de vize istiyorlar diyo şaka gibi 😂kendi ülkesi bizi ülkesine almıyor her şey tam olmasına rağmen

​@@bamsbeyrek4939 Bir insana haddin' den.fazla değer verirseniz ; bòyle kibir ve bencillik oluşur.. Bu bir gerçektir.. 1 $ ...28 tl bedavadan yiyip içip birde kaprislerini çekiyoruz ..! Türk milleti bunları gòrmeli ve uyanmalı Teşekkürler..🇹🇷

Cidden şaka gibi birşey katılıyorum. Ülkeye elini kolunu sallayan girsin o zaman . kendi ülkelerine bu şekilde girilmiyor bile

Katılıyorum ne sanıyorlar bizim ülkeyi acaba. Kendi ülkelerine girilmiyor bile

Kesinlikle katılıyorum

Bro, Canakkale is on one side, on the Asian one :) I swam to there from the European side, so I remember it quite well. By the way, lovely city, so friendly and nice, big contrast to (terrible) Istanbul.

@@viktorzagreba2976 No Gelibolu (the peninsula) is in Europe

​@@sudeozcan6247 I think it depends if we are talking about the province or the city. The province of Çanakkale (which includes Gelibolu) is on both side, but not the city. Otherwise, if we consider the whole province, there would be other transcontinental "cities", like in Russia for instance...

@@lorenzocoloni yeah then there would probably be one in egypt too

@@lorenzocoloniKadıköy’ün İstanbul olduğu kadar Gelibolu da Çanakkaledir ama????

kral trnin şikayet ede ede bu yanından mı şikayet ediyosun, sen biraz yumuşamış olabilir misin acaba?

@@furkankaraslan9040 Doğruları söylemek yumuşamak olmuyor. Yanlışları görmezden gele gele ülke bu hale geldi. Cehaleti savunmak için bu kadar zorlama kendini. Belki ileride bir karakterin olursa kendi düşüncelerin de olur.

@@pandaren_brewmaster 3 iq

@@furkankaraslan9040 Olm iq derecelendirmesini de bilmiyorsun. Her dediğin yanlış. Ot gelmişsin, böyle gitme.

Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great (above you all). Quran 4:34

@@moholah3745 what the hell does this have to do with anything dude?

@@cauliflavor O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Quran 33:59

​@@moholah3745 ew

@@moholah3745 Beat them lightly. Can you define lightly?

and also in 10th November, some of the enjoyable places were all closed such as bars, pubs

Greatest culture?? What culture?

​@@user-pn8rz7hk5oAt least because they are washed away after the toilet, more often than you face can.😅

Greatest cultur ever. Do you really know anything about the great Turkish culture, huh? @@user-pn8rz7hk5o

​@@user-pn8rz7hk5o get over it greek...

interesting, good for you! and yeah, just make sure you’re in the clear BEFORE u go

​​​@@elyssespeaksshould probably be doing that in general, but you're right we're pretty spoilt in the west 😅 plus those border guys are def too meannnnn

That's very ironic because Southern France has mostly squat toilets in public restrooms!

franga generally refers for "european" rather than specifically french

yes i am ◡̈ i’m making a couple videos on the topic

Is it same if we r going there to study atleast in Italy

Exactly! She's selfish, think she's entitled to anything in another country. She reminds of drug smugglers trying to smuggle drugs into Singapore and Malaysia, then get caught complain there's dead penalty in the country.

​@@aena5995 for study i think your school handling all of it but idk

Seems Eurotrash can't read well. She got a visa on arrival. She's lived there for a month -- you suppose she could do that with no money? Learn to listen and understand before ripping into your ignorant nonsense.

@@narniadan Yeah, because getting a visa on arrival is like smuggling drugs. FFS.

Türk sitili dostum,literatüre geçmesi gereken çok fazla ilginç davranışımız var.😂

Kural tanımazlığımız sayesinde bağımsızlığımızı güvence altına aldık aslında bakacak olursak. Almanlar da aynı zulüme uğradı fakat 20 sene sessiz kaldılar, ta ki bir avusturyalı gelinceye kadar.

There were always pictures on the toilet doors you couldn't see well

+1

For me i learned turkish from series and movies

Good idea

Türkçe öğrenmek aslında çok da zor değil.

Many hours of series, songs and movies, with subtitles of course, and duolingo is amazing for turkish language. I would recommend the series named Son yaz, the last summer in english, you have yt channel, its funny and very good,plus the acting is superb...not to mention the actor😂

What about visa reciprocity with the Schengen zone, Russia and the UK? Unfortunately money seems to win over justice in these cases.

Ne diyon abla sen

Nope. My partner (Turkish national) needs a visa to enter the UK. I (British national) don’t need a visa to enter Turkey.

@@Charlotte-ti2yk Members of European council are visa free except Russia as far as I know.

Yanlış hatırlamıyorsam Norveç ya da isveç bize vize uyguluyor ama biz onlara uygulamıyoruz

awww haha thank you Ufuk!

"Google says" -And we all know- And you think whatever "Google says" is the truth…

struggle? he transformed the country to imitate the imperialists as much as possible

hahaha sizce nasıl

Not all part of the country was under 'invasion'. Anatolian hinterland was free of occupation and that is where Ataturk initiated the war of liberation.

I paid for one on the spot, they had an express visa station

​@@elyssespeaks comedy 😂

@@eren181 Aynen! What type of person goes all the way to another country without checking the visa requirement or related laws! Either not a sound mind or a person think entitled to anything.

I did! i recorded this video back in September last year, I had a small meetup :) you can see it in my Istanbul vlog

@@elyssespeaks oh cool!