I have been living abroad for 5.5 years and since the beginning I always looked forward to go back to Ankara. I never felt literally insecure in Ankara during my time. Arguably best universities in the country with a large university student population, highest average education level with a clear margin above all other cities in the country so on so forth. Never been to the places shown in the video myself. Sorry but this video felt like a deliberate defaming attempt, don't know what could be the reason.
Thank you for pointing out what’s glaringly obvious. As a local, I find the city irresponsibly urbanized-dominated by gray, soulless skyscrapers with zero regard for sustainability or aesthetics. It's ranked 76th dirtiest capital for air quality, and yet, trees are still being cut down and new buildings are on the way... And for those claiming exaggeration or misinformation-what else would you expect when the president’s out here every other day preaching about how we’re supposedly “better” than any other country? Of course people believe it; propaganda’s a hell of a drug.
Yes, Ankara may be irregular and gray, but it is a safe city. I have been living in Ankara for 24 years and I have never felt in danger. Yes, people are poor because there is an ongoing economic crisis since the pandemic. but people are still helpful and hospitable to strangers 09:00 and let me correct you, turkey is not a muslim country
@@unseen_hues Hello dear Cori, whether it is America or Italy or the most developed countries in the world, if you go to the troublesome neighborhoods you will see trouble. This is valid everywhere in the world. If you walk around the beautiful neighborhoods of Ankara, you will think that Ankara is very safe. Likewise, I find your title exaggerated and misleading.
@@unseen_hues As far as I watched the video, Ankara is the first settlement of the nation Ankara. If we look at why it looks so poor and neglected, first of all, we need to know the history of Turkey. As you know, the Republic of Turkey was founded on poverty thanks to a great man like Ataturk. I can briefly say this. The wealth of Europe is the result of the exploitation of the slavery of the Native Americans and Africans. You are walking around the oldest neighborhood of a country founded from 0. If we had the chance to talk, I would like to explain more. Have a nice day.
@@unseen_hues people say it's not worth visiting Ankara because the country is covered with rich history where you'd be able to see more interesting stuff, not because of "dangerous slums" lol.
Hi Cori. Ulus is one of the poorest neighborhoods (and oldest). Most of the people there are immigrants coming from small villages or refugees from poorer countries. I am glad you had a chance to visit and show the slum realities of Ankara. I am glad you were safe.
Ankara is a big city but you say this is Ankara by filming its most slum areas and feeling unsafe at times. These are the oldest areas of the city, what do you expect, new buildings? If you saw the city by going up to Atakule, you would understand that you only visited a small area. Ankara is a safe city.You should visit the mainland again.
@@47rapflex You should also look at the other comments. Every part of the video is wrong, he said he came in winter and the weather was cloudy, if it snowed he would probably say it snowed in winter. He said that gun sales are allowed in front of the store selling shotguns, guns cannot be sold to anyone without a license in this country, special permits are required, you should not get involved in crime. There are many immigrants due to the wars in the surrounding area, even immigrants from Ukraine and Russia, considering all this it is a very safe city. The video can only be watched as a mockery from beginning to end.
You’ve become my new favorite TH-camr. I see a video by you and boom, it’s a must watch. Another really interesting video and I appreciate your honesty.
Ankara is the new capital of Republic. Istanbul used to be the old capital of the empire. Ankara wasn't chosen as capital because of its beauty or structure, it was chosen because it's pretty far inland and if anyone was going to invade the country they would have to go through a lot of home ground before being able to reach it. It was solely a strategic choice. And over the years very little has been done to make it prettier, or worth going there apart from for government business. That's why those Turkish people told you to not bother going there. Also, since you are a tourist, the people in the 'dangerous' neighbourhoods won't cause trouble for you. Most of the dangerous neighbourhoods in Turkey are actually pretty safe, it just depends what kind of intentions you go there with. People there, if they sense that you are there to humiliate them, or make fun of them, can become aggressive, but if you just go there and speak to a few people they will have no problem showing you around their neighbourhood and make sure you are safe if they know English. Often times outsiders (people not from that hood) go into these neighbourhoods for the wrong reasons and that's when bad things happen. If you already know how to behave yourself in rough neighbourhoods since you lived in Latin America for a while, you shouldn't have any problems. Most of them don't want trouble inside their own neighbourhoods because that brings more police attention to the area.
I agree with the most people saying Ankara is not tourist friendly city but I don’t think this video shows the Ankara fairly either. As you may agree when you go to the New York, you don’t visit only suburbs - like some areas of Queens, Brooklyn etc. but also visit upperclass neighborhoods (Manhattan) and Museums. However, I don’t see such areas in this video taken for Ankara. Maybe your tour guide or friends doesn’t know the best locations in here but if you visit Ankara again, please let me know so, I can recommend better places to visit for tourists. Cheers
My channel is NOT a travel guide, I rather share my unfiltered experience through my eyes and in this case it just happened that Ulus was the neighborhood I stayed in
@ sorry I misjudged your channel. I have just came across this video on my TH-cam main page feed and wrote my comment just based on the video. However, I am so sorry, sine you have missed the major spots like Midas’ Tumulus, South Korean Public Park & Monument, the First Parliament, Commercial Bank & Post Office built during the Turkish Republic era etc…
As someone who has lived in Ankara before, I can tell you that 80% of the city is very beautiful, modern and green, while you only show 20% of the city and try to denigrate the city. most cities in the world have good parts and bad parts, if Ankara was a city with a high proportion of bad parts, I would agree with you, but you are defaming in this video. when you look at other youtube videos promoting Ankara, what you have done is revealed, you did not even turn on the camera in beautiful areas.
I’ve been living in Ankara since 2019, and I’ve never visited that place you mentioned. Besides, I don’t think you were supposed to visit there anyway because it’s a small and poorly maintained part of Ankara. Other areas, except for Ulus, are much more beautiful.
There are always these kinds of rural areas in big cities, even in tokyo, new york, london and so on. No need to exaggerate and mislead like in this video.
Incredible. I applaud you for having the insatiable curiosity to explore areas of foreign cities most people would never consider investigating. I have a similar curiosity, which is why I watched your video. I’m also intrigued by the individual who followed behind you for much of your trip, so closely at times it almost looked like your personal hired security.
It sucks to be a tourist in Ankara, unfortunately. Though you can see the tumuli (ancient grave hills) spread all around Ankara and there is a museum as well. Cheers.
Unfair... I have lived half of my life in this city. Having traveled to over 100 countries and hundreds of cities around the world, I can confidently say that Ankara is one of the most exciting cities I have ever experienced. However, I find this portrayal of Ankara to be both biased and intentional. It deliberately excludes the city's beautiful and vibrant areas, focusing solely on neighborhoods predominantly inhabited by undocumented migrants. These are places heavily populated and unfortunately transformed by hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern residents. A similar video could be made in any city around the world-every city has its dark and neglected corners, whether it's New York, London, Amsterdam, or Athens etc etc. Do you also film such underprivileged neighborhoods in other cities? If the answer is yes, then fair enough, carry on. But if the answer is no, what you’re doing is deeply unfair. Shame on you. Another video example from an honest tourist : th-cam.com/video/VQD9Tt8sw3Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=VhA7NxZ38g0yYKTr
@ I mean is that not part of the city too it is so any neglect it and not party attention to it. Your can’t focus one side of the city. Turkey is rich. The capital supposed to be better
@@TamaraLensExplores If you are curious about Ankara, I recommend you to watch other videos. These are the oldest parts of the city and the ones undergoing urban transformation, they are constantly changing and renewing. It is the safest city in the country.
@@TamaraLensExplores If I send you videos showing some parts of New York City, what you see in this video will seem like heaven. You have a very wrong perspective.
You say these buildings are slums but these have atleast 100 k us $ prices even more. Ok because of cost of living, poverty is real but minimum wage is 2x-3x more than any Latin American country.
As a Turk who was born in Ankara, thank you for exploring the real city and trying to get a glimpse of our culture. It's always nice to see my nation getting recognized.
The most misleading and unfair video I have ever watched. You found the ugliest place in a huge city with a population of six million and you say this is Ankara.
Really interesting approach,🤔 I left watching after you saying '' guns actually legal, or pretty easy to acquire in Türkiye (not Turkey)'' Event doesn't know right name of country you visit, trying the to spread around bullshit without to having knowledge about law, crime statistic, how many tourists faced violence in that city etc your words and ridicules propaganda and worth nothing. This country host approximately 60 million tourists and Türkiye one of the best and safest country comparing the others. Believe me you are not so special, as you show in your video even stray dogs not interested and paid attention to you. Off course there are good areas and bad areas and things in everywhere every country, off course you can show them, but try to be honest and not manipulate
You had made a very bad start to your video. Ankara is the capital of Türkiye and the modern city. You are wandering a pazar, market area. How we can make it as to yout wish. People calling you welcome in Turkish. Shame on you. Because you had come with an unknown purpose. Back streets are common in every country. Dont you have any? Ankara is a secure and safe city at least better than your country. Get out of Ankara immediatelly Plesae Get advice from the foreigners living in safe.
I dont know whoever told you that Turkey was muslim country but it's not, there is no sharia there. Just a big portion of the society is muslim but any other religions or non-theism is also common. That's why it's completely normal to see sex-shops, night clubs, pubs, cafes and etc. fyi.
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I have been living abroad for 5.5 years and since the beginning I always looked forward to go back to Ankara. I never felt literally insecure in Ankara during my time. Arguably best universities in the country with a large university student population, highest average education level with a clear margin above all other cities in the country so on so forth. Never been to the places shown in the video myself. Sorry but this video felt like a deliberate defaming attempt, don't know what could be the reason.
Thank you for pointing out what’s glaringly obvious. As a local, I find the city irresponsibly urbanized-dominated by gray, soulless skyscrapers with zero regard for sustainability or aesthetics. It's ranked 76th dirtiest capital for air quality, and yet, trees are still being cut down and new buildings are on the way...
And for those claiming exaggeration or misinformation-what else would you expect when the president’s out here every other day preaching about how we’re supposedly “better” than any other country? Of course people believe it; propaganda’s a hell of a drug.
Yes, Ankara may be irregular and gray, but it is a safe city. I have been living in Ankara for 24 years and I have never felt in danger. Yes, people are poor because there is an ongoing economic crisis since the pandemic. but people are still helpful and hospitable to strangers 09:00 and let me correct you, turkey is not a muslim country
Your title seems to be over exaggerated for a relatively safe city like Ankara compared to most capitals of the world!
It’s the truth tho. I talked to a lot of Turks while traveling Turkey and literally everyone told me it wasn’t worth visiting Ankara
@@unseen_hues Hello dear Cori, whether it is America or Italy or the most developed countries in the world, if you go to the troublesome neighborhoods you will see trouble. This is valid everywhere in the world. If you walk around the beautiful neighborhoods of Ankara, you will think that Ankara is very safe. Likewise, I find your title exaggerated and misleading.
@@unseen_hues As far as I watched the video, Ankara is the first settlement of the nation Ankara. If we look at why it looks so poor and neglected, first of all, we need to know the history of Turkey. As you know, the Republic of Turkey was founded on poverty thanks to a great man like Ataturk. I can briefly say this. The wealth of Europe is the result of the exploitation of the slavery of the Native Americans and Africans. You are walking around the oldest neighborhood of a country founded from 0. If we had the chance to talk, I would like to explain more. Have a nice day.
@@unseen_hues You should visit the mainland again.
@@unseen_hues people say it's not worth visiting Ankara because the country is covered with rich history where you'd be able to see more interesting stuff, not because of "dangerous slums" lol.
Hi Cori. Ulus is one of the poorest neighborhoods (and oldest). Most of the people there are immigrants coming from small villages or refugees from poorer countries. I am glad you had a chance to visit and show the slum realities of Ankara. I am glad you were safe.
Ankara is a big city but you say this is Ankara by filming its most slum areas and feeling unsafe at times. These are the oldest areas of the city, what do you expect, new buildings? If you saw the city by going up to Atakule, you would understand that you only visited a small area. Ankara is a safe city.You should visit the mainland again.
Ankara definitely has a lot of unsafe parts, probably more than the safe parts. But I agree with the other things you said.
@@47rapflex You should also look at the other comments. Every part of the video is wrong, he said he came in winter and the weather was cloudy, if it snowed he would probably say it snowed in winter. He said that gun sales are allowed in front of the store selling shotguns, guns cannot be sold to anyone without a license in this country, special permits are required, you should not get involved in crime. There are many immigrants due to the wars in the surrounding area, even immigrants from Ukraine and Russia, considering all this it is a very safe city. The video can only be watched as a mockery from beginning to end.
your title exaggerated and misleading. Ankara is yes a gray and boring city. But i assure you it is safer than most of the American cities.
You’ve become my new favorite TH-camr. I see a video by you and boom, it’s a must watch. Another really interesting video and I appreciate your honesty.
Thank you so much! I'm really happy to hear that :)
Ankara is the new capital of Republic. Istanbul used to be the old capital of the empire. Ankara wasn't chosen as capital because of its beauty or structure, it was chosen because it's pretty far inland and if anyone was going to invade the country they would have to go through a lot of home ground before being able to reach it. It was solely a strategic choice. And over the years very little has been done to make it prettier, or worth going there apart from for government business. That's why those Turkish people told you to not bother going there.
Also, since you are a tourist, the people in the 'dangerous' neighbourhoods won't cause trouble for you. Most of the dangerous neighbourhoods in Turkey are actually pretty safe, it just depends what kind of intentions you go there with. People there, if they sense that you are there to humiliate them, or make fun of them, can become aggressive, but if you just go there and speak to a few people they will have no problem showing you around their neighbourhood and make sure you are safe if they know English. Often times outsiders (people not from that hood) go into these neighbourhoods for the wrong reasons and that's when bad things happen. If you already know how to behave yourself in rough neighbourhoods since you lived in Latin America for a while, you shouldn't have any problems. Most of them don't want trouble inside their own neighbourhoods because that brings more police attention to the area.
I agree with the most people saying Ankara is not tourist friendly city but I don’t think this video shows the Ankara fairly either. As you may agree when you go to the New York, you don’t visit only suburbs - like some areas of Queens, Brooklyn etc. but also visit upperclass neighborhoods (Manhattan) and Museums. However, I don’t see such areas in this video taken for Ankara. Maybe your tour guide or friends doesn’t know the best locations in here but if you visit Ankara again, please let me know so, I can recommend better places to visit for tourists. Cheers
My channel is NOT a travel guide, I rather share my unfiltered experience through my eyes and in this case it just happened that Ulus was the neighborhood I stayed in
@ sorry I misjudged your channel. I have just came across this video on my TH-cam main page feed and wrote my comment just based on the video. However, I am so sorry, sine you have missed the major spots like Midas’ Tumulus, South Korean Public Park & Monument, the First Parliament, Commercial Bank & Post Office built during the Turkish Republic era etc…
The amounts of homeless dogs in Turkey is just mindboggling.
As someone who has lived in Ankara before, I can tell you that 80% of the city is very beautiful, modern and green, while you only show 20% of the city and try to denigrate the city. most cities in the world have good parts and bad parts, if Ankara was a city with a high proportion of bad parts, I would agree with you, but you are defaming in this video. when you look at other youtube videos promoting Ankara, what you have done is revealed, you did not even turn on the camera in beautiful areas.
have you visited anıtkabir?
I’ve been living in Ankara since 2019, and I’ve never visited that place you mentioned. Besides, I don’t think you were supposed to visit there anyway because it’s a small and poorly maintained part of Ankara. Other areas, except for Ulus, are much more beautiful.
There are always these kinds of rural areas in big cities, even in tokyo, new york, london and so on. No need to exaggerate and mislead like in this video.
Incredible. I applaud you for having the insatiable curiosity to explore areas of foreign cities most people would never consider investigating. I have a similar curiosity, which is why I watched your video. I’m also intrigued by the individual who followed behind you for much of your trip, so closely at times it almost looked like your personal hired security.
It sucks to be a tourist in Ankara, unfortunately. Though you can see the tumuli (ancient grave hills) spread all around Ankara and there is a museum as well. Cheers.
If you are still in Ankara we can visit beautiful places.
Unfair... I have lived half of my life in this city. Having traveled to over 100 countries and hundreds of cities around the world, I can confidently say that Ankara is one of the most exciting cities I have ever experienced. However, I find this portrayal of Ankara to be both biased and intentional. It deliberately excludes the city's beautiful and vibrant areas, focusing solely on neighborhoods predominantly inhabited by undocumented migrants. These are places heavily populated and unfortunately transformed by hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern residents. A similar video could be made in any city around the world-every city has its dark and neglected corners, whether it's New York, London, Amsterdam, or Athens etc etc. Do you also film such underprivileged neighborhoods in other cities? If the answer is yes, then fair enough, carry on. But if the answer is no, what you’re doing is deeply unfair. Shame on you. Another video example from an honest tourist : th-cam.com/video/VQD9Tt8sw3Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=VhA7NxZ38g0yYKTr
Turkey is too rich to keep Ankara this way. It’s the capital why does it look unkept or looked after .
Because he filmed in the poorest and most neglected part of the city and presented it as Ankara. Ankara is a big city and it's not just here.
@ I mean is that not part of the city too it is so any neglect it and not party attention to it. Your can’t focus one side of the city. Turkey is rich. The capital supposed to be better
@@TamaraLensExplores If you are curious about Ankara, I recommend you to watch other videos. These are the oldest parts of the city and the ones undergoing urban transformation, they are constantly changing and renewing. It is the safest city in the country.
@@TamaraLensExplores If I send you videos showing some parts of New York City, what you see in this video will seem like heaven. You have a very wrong perspective.
You say these buildings are slums but these have atleast 100 k us $ prices even more.
Ok because of cost of living, poverty is real but minimum wage is 2x-3x more than any Latin American country.
Guns are not easy to acquire legally in Türkiye.
Who is this girl that's always following you?
This is not Ankara
As an Ankara local, I really find this city dull and gray. So I am excited to see if I am being too harsh or is it really the case for everyone hahah
As a Turk who was born in Ankara, thank you for exploring the real city and trying to get a glimpse of our culture. It's always nice to see my nation getting recognized.
Kiiiz ne isin var oralarda 😂
imagine u have one life spent in ankara...
don't panic, but I think that girl is chasing you
why nice city-)
The most misleading and unfair video I have ever watched. You found the ugliest place in a huge city with a population of six million and you say this is Ankara.
Really interesting approach,🤔 I left watching after you saying '' guns actually legal, or pretty easy to acquire in Türkiye (not Turkey)'' Event doesn't know right name of country you visit, trying the to spread around bullshit without to having knowledge about law, crime statistic, how many tourists faced violence in that city etc your words and ridicules propaganda and worth nothing. This country host approximately 60 million tourists and Türkiye one of the best and safest country comparing the others. Believe me you are not so special, as you show in your video even stray dogs not interested and paid attention to you.
Off course there are good areas and bad areas and things in everywhere every country, off course you can show them, but try to be honest and not manipulate
Visiting the worst part of a city then sharing it in youtube, yeah makes sense.
You had made a very bad start to your video. Ankara is the capital of Türkiye and the modern city. You are wandering a pazar, market area. How we can make it as to yout wish. People calling you welcome in Turkish. Shame on you. Because you had come with an unknown purpose. Back streets are common in every country. Dont you have any? Ankara is a secure and safe city at least better than your country. Get out of Ankara immediatelly Plesae Get advice from the foreigners living in safe.
I dont know whoever told you that Turkey was muslim country but it's not, there is no sharia there. Just a big portion of the society is muslim but any other religions or non-theism is also common. That's why it's completely normal to see sex-shops, night clubs, pubs, cafes and etc. fyi.
Oh my godddd woman!! You have a dazzling beauty🤭💞
Unfair. Intentionally designed to be unfair and biased. Reported it. Have a nice day.