@Arda Şen Americans were once European or African etc. That doesnt mean Americans now are European or African. Ottoman Empire ruled Balkans a lot longer than it did Middle East so we have a lot more cultural similarity with Balkans rather than Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia except religion which we dont even practice the same or we dont really practice at all tbh, we practice islam more like Albania and Bosna compared to Syria, Iraq etc.
@Arda Şen Would you say Iceland is North American because 80% of the country is in North American continental plate including the capital Reykjavik or Cyprus which is wholly in Asia/Middle East. Yes Turks history started in Central Asia but that doesnt have much of an impact in todays Turkey except like you said language. Idk what you are smoking but Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Estonia are fully European and definitely not Asian idk why you are so obsessed with that far past of countries when their past doesnt have any influence in lifestyle and culture today. Britain ruled overseas territories, Balkans were core territory for Ottoman Empire it pretty much started there east of İstnabul. Britain didnt really have cultural exchange with their overseas territories, Ottoman Empire did for centuries. Alot of or even most of the people of importance in Ottoman Empire and even in todays Turkey were/are Balkan origin not the case for Britain. Also a lot of population exhange between Turkey and balkans.
@Arda Şen Well you must smoke something if you think Finland, Estonia, Bulgaria and Hungary are asian. Yes i know Turks started in North/Central Asia and i know there are still some remnants of that in our culture but its minuscule especially compared to our similarity to Balkans. Yes you can give me more examples but i can give you 10x examples how we are similar to Balkans for your every example of how we are similar to Central Asian countries. Of course it matters if its overseas or not i told you why it matters but you just completely ignored it. Britain didnt have any cultural exchange with those countries, Ottoman Empire did. "Small population migrations" lol? Its estimated that there are 20-25 million Balkan Turks in Turkey.
There's a term for this: Eurasian. Turks don't have to pick one side. Why would they? Historically, culturally and genetically they have ties with both of them. As the guy said, Turkey is a bridge and bridges don't lay on 1 side.
This sounds so much like biracial people and their identity problems. Unfortunatly like them, Turkey don't have a say in this matter. Others will define you as they please and Europeans don't see Turks as European. End of story
@@kiaaurora i dont agree there are secular and conservatives everywhere but we can say western part of the country is more european and eastern is more islamic
@@kiaaurora no. As an İstanbul resident I disagree with you. İstanbul is the most mixed city in the whole country. It is definitely not more european and others are asian lol
Asia is very big and diverse home to 60% of world and people shouldn't simply generalize it as one cultural, political or ethnic space. Its insanely diverse from region to region. People from Middle East/West Asia are more closer to North Africa and Europe in terms of culture, region, race, religion than let's say far east(Asia). Also Asian regions or even countries(India/China) are comparable to Europe in terms of size, population and diversity. But in the end we are all humans and inheritly similar irrespective of our differences. In this modern globalized world I can have more in common in terms of values and interests with someone from east asia or west then from where I am from.
One of the most fascinating things for me in Turkish language is how the verbs are usually the last word of the sentence. This makes learning the language more difficult as you have to pay attention to the full speech until they reach the end to figure out what it is being talked about. have never seen this in any other language. Very unique. I visited Istanbul almost 3years ago. Best city in the world kesinlikle
I think it depends on what your native language is. For example as a Turkish speaker to me, English was very hard to learn since verbs are not at the end of the sentences. Grammar structures of Turkish and English are completely different. But for example Hungarian is much much easier for me to learn since grammar structures are same. So it depends on the native language but yes, Turkish is kinda hard since it's also an agglutinative language
I've also thought that was really interesting, I've noticed that in other languages such as Persian, Korean and Japanese as well. I also thought it was unique but when I researched about it, it's actually the most common word order in the world.
I studied at university in İstanbul. My apartment was located in Asian part of İstanbul and the university is located at european part of İstanbul. So basically you have to change continents everyday just to go to class, to work or home : D
I'm really happy to see Asian Boss in Turkey. Eurasian is a good term for explaining Turkey's situation. Turkey is not going to be fully a part of Asia or Europe due to conflicting opinions but I think it is a unique characteristic that shouldn't be changed.
@@andrekoniger3020 absolutely, I agree. Eurasia is the largest continental area and I just don't find it right to say Turkey is only in Europe or Asia.
There is one thing that asian boss didn't mention and that's that although only 3% of turkey is geographically european it has more than 12 million people living on that tiny part (almost 15% of Turkey lives there).
@Arif not mongoloid people they were different tribes but had similar culture with the mongolians then those turks conquered central asia and and some of them had to migrate to anatolia middle east and caucasus because of climate and threats in central asia
I am Kazakh. While I was watching video, I tried to read subscriptions to understand all the questions and answers. But also I was listening to Turkish people - I understood 30-40% of everything they said... Nice feelings. Turk people can understand each other for sure☺️💯
My Grandfathers-Grandfather went from Kazakistan to Turkey to support the Ottoman Turks few hundert years ago :P. We are all Turks we are one Nation got splittet in Countrys and forgoten our History, becaus of the assimilation in many Countrys like Kazakistan from the Udssr (Russia). If you would met a Uygur Turk in China you would understand them also aswell but i think there will be soon no Nation called Uygurs becaus they getting force´t from the Chinese Gov. to forget there Identification in camps sadly....
Same goes for most of the world actually. Chinese define themselves not with their continent either. Nor do Germans call themselves Europeans most of the time. Younger folks sometimes for the sake of the EU but older generations know too well how different the nationalities are as Europe goes.
Chinese \Vietnamese grammar is Subject + Verb + Object. Chinese/Vietnamese is the same grammar as English. their way of thinking is similar. C'on, give me a break. Makes no logic at all.
Trust me these people dont even speak fluently if you have heard someone speaking this language the way it should be spoken you would love it much more
I’m from the U.K. and in school geography lessons we are taught that Turkey is partly in Europe and partly in Asia so in my opinion it depends on which area of Turkey you are referring to. Anyway should it really matter? Perhaps if we weren’t all so fixated on such things the world would be more peaceful. I’ve been to Turkey and it’s a fantastic country, good people and has the most delicious food.
as a turk, i really don't care we are in europe or not and i think it is not just about the maps of europe and asia. It is about culture, people, buildings, religions... everything. Turkey, anatolia is like bridge. there is so many different people going away and passed away. If you ask racist arabs they gonna say turks are not real muslims, they are not in middle east, they are europan people, and if you ask the racist europans they gonna say turkey is not part of europe, turks are arab etc. We can't choose our hometowns. We can't choose our nationality. We were just born here and we are so many different people living at this region. If you ask me, i have not any problems with armenians, kurds, greeks, arabs.. and i know there is too many people in these countries thinking like that. Sometimes it is all about politics and we need to understand each other.
You are right. Western side and eastern side of Turkey has many differences like they are two different countries. However we Turks have many things in common between our citizens but i can also say that eastern regions of Turkey is way more conservative than eastern cities and metropols of Turkey.
My grandfather lived in Istanbul as a young man before coming to the US near the end of the Ottoman times. He was from the Balkan portion of the Empire and loved the life in the big city! He had interesting stories to tell and would close his eyes and smile when he would hear traditional Turkish music.
I agree with you! I think the same thing! What about Russians' opinion? I think they feel more European than Asian. Nevertheless their territory lies more on the Asian side. 😜🤷🏻♀️
@@WhoLeeAnnita i think the difference is maybe the people. Russian people as in the ethnicity are slavic and euopean while turkish people are west asian and turkic. I bet if you ask asian ethnic groups within russia they will say asia
Okay but people thinking Europe as the ‘wise, open minded’ continent while Asia as ‘narrow minded, left behind’ is a stereotype. Asia is a big continent with really developed countries and people too. Europe is developed overall but it isn’t as open minded as it’s seems.
No, East Asia is pretty developed too. But South Asia and Middle East are little bit narrow minded and left behind, maybe because of their religions ? South East Asia is just poor, hope they will get better soon.
Yes, but I think it's more that they're comparing neighbours. On one border they have developed countries while the other they have unrest countries Also, just want to point out "stereotype" isn't inherently a bad thing as your comment implies. If they are stereotyping the entire continent that way then it would be a bad stereotype
South Asian and middle eastern (except Saudi Arabia) are not so developed and are narrow minded people but china and other east Asian countries are developed and not so narrow minded like south asian and middle eastern
Foreigners are more obsessed with this question than actual Turkish people. Label us however you want but remember we have our own unique culture and language that is different than the border countries except for Azerbaijan.
@@Letnistonwandif Yes they do. I see foreigners asking this question on forums and even arguing about it. I've had foreigners even ask me this question multiple times. Turkish people don't think about this topic because we already know the answer. You're not even Turkish. Who tf are you to say I'm lying? You even clicked on this video and replied to my comment which is about TURKEY, so you're the one obsessing over it here. I've never had discussions about this topic with my fellow Turkish people. We view ourselves as a transcontinental country and that's it. You're the one living in your little American bubble where there is probably 0 Turks and you have 0 Turkish friends and you have the audacity to say I'm lying ahahahahahhahahahahahhahaha.
@@suzandefneklc8167 I really agree, foreign people - especially people trying to vilify Turkey - are constantly giving false information on the internet. but I do not think that Azerbaijani language and TurkeyTurkish are similar in terms of language. Turkey Turkish is a slightly modified and softened version of old Turkish. But the Azerbaijani language is of Kurdish-Persian origin.
I've been to Turkey once and it's an absolutely stunning country with rich culture. I've been to almost all europian countries but Turkey is for sure my favorite. The climate, people, cuisine - everything was fascinating. I would love to revisit this country and explore it more in the future!
I've been too and travelled though Turkey a couple of times. Turkey is an incredible country full of history. It's DNA profile is beautifully complex. I could wax lyrical about Asia Minor's , Thrace's and Istanbul's histories but Turkey is Turkey. The nation is to be admired and loved.
as a Turkish person myself i think there will never be a final conclusion regarding us being Europeans or Asian there is always conflicts because of ethnic minorities I’m a Turkish person from the heritage of Bosnia and tbh eastern Turkish people are very different from me in terms of looks and lifestyle but we are all Turkish at the end of the day and that’s what makes us unique 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Turkey is it’s very own specific country that can’t be compared to neither Asia nor Europe. Why do people always try to put different places and make them seem alike. When you go to a country, even if it is your neighbor, you will always see differences. I think Turkey should stay the way it is and be proud.
I really loved this video, Turkey seems like a very complex place with a really intricate history and a beautiful language. I'm really looking forward to going there sometime and I hope you keep making more videos from this country. Greetings from Chile 💕
Turkey belongs to Turkey and they dont consider themselves as both Europen or Asian. They have their own life style which is different than Europe and Asia but they tend to be closer to Europe than Asia.
Both linguistically and culturally, I feel profound familiarity to Turkish culture as Korean. Although I consider their facial features to have far more resemblance to europeans than to east asians, when I have convo with Turkish people, it is indubitable that at the core we share highly similar values.
@@tahini2076 Turkish and korean (and japanese) have the same language structure grammatically. They are agglutinative languages and also both part of the Altaic languages family. Hope it helped 😊
I think that you cannot really call Turkey neither European or Asian, because we Turks blur the lines of Asia and Europe. We Turks have a unique culture and I think we should just go our own way instead of calling us Asians or Europeans. But if we see it from a geographically point of view we are on a Eurasian continent so we are on one continent along with all other European nations as well as all Asian nations. European, Asian is just a cultural distinction but we all live on one continent.
As a Turk who lived in the Netherlands and has lived in Istanbul, I have seen both sides of the picture. Turkey is geographapically and culturally an Eurasian country with ethnic and historical roots from the Central Asian steppe and later influenced by religioun from persia and the middle east that formed the traditional Turkish identity. Today the Turkish people are very conflicted between the traditional, conservative, religious groups and the younger generation who has more modern and western values, more sense of freedom and is less contristricted by religious values. Some cities like Izmir and along the west coast are more shifted to the west while the eastern side of the country is still very traditional and conservative. This causes conflicts and butting heads within different groups and generations of people, that is also being fueled and marjinalized by politics. Today we are a natiom that is still struggling to form its identity and beliefs as we are growing more progressively to thre west, while other people are still refusing to accept this.
@Leanne Wesk Well, you miss the part where it is the same for your story. Indo-European invaders genetically only make a small percentage of today's Western world and they came from the steppes of Asia as well, which is ironic. So, you should maybe ask yourself what small bearing your statement has on topics of Turkish identity. Also, in your examples you took the two Kipchak (which are closer to Mongolian phenotype) Turkic people of Kırgız and Kazaks, but conveniently left out the other much closer Turkic people of Oghuz or Karluk descant, which never came to Anatolia but still have a similar genetic mix.
@Leanne Wesk What is Islamic culture? The vast majority of Turks are so-called Muslims in reality. Therefore, he cannot adopt the culture of a religion he does not adopt. Kazakhs and Kyrgyz are also Muslims. Yakuts in Siberia have the real Turkic culture today. The culture of all other Turkic peoples has changed.
@Leanne Wesk What he is saying is that Europeans are invaders from Central Asia itself. Europeans cannot have the monopoly to define who is European because they themselves migrated as tribes into Europe around the fall of Roman Empire. Europeans, genetically, are not some homogeneous group. They have Central Asian, Mongolian, Hunnic, Turkic, Uralic etc. genes in them. European tribal method of conquest involved, first invading the land, then trying to commit a genocide on the natives of the land and finally assimilating the few native women left through sexual slavery. They also appropriate the culture of the Native land and try to pass it off as their own culture. From the times of the fall of Roman Empire till the period of colonization, the Central Asian migrants into Europe, who now call themselves Europeans, have repeated the same strategy over and over again.
@Leanne Wesk Leanne I don't think you can speak for Turkish people and say we are only Turkic linguistically lol. Turkish people still do things that are Turkic in culture and have mentalities similar to other Turkic people. It's not just the language we share, but much more than that. Even looks-wise there are plenty of Turkish people who look similar to other Turkic people. Remember that there are around 150mil Turkic people today, spread throughout many countries.
When I was in Istanbul I often been sitting around a cafe near the sea side and from afar where the bridge from the two sides connected I can't help but think how amazing to see the two continents in one country. I was there in the late 90's and for what I observed Turkish back that time were more modern than the typical muslim country and honestly it is quite appealing and comf'table in that kind of environment w/ not much restrictions except being decent around ppl
Vallaha ülkemiz çok guzel, ama RTE'yi nefret ediyorum, gittikce dinle ve mültecilerle sapıttı ülkeyi, ve onun için de, bizi bazıları arap zannediyor, vallaha gittikce ülkemize yazık oluyor.
@@Alexandr-c4q Aynen Katılıyorum bende nefret ediyorum RTE den ama bu arap zannetme olayı eskiden belli var Osmanlıdan Kaynaklı sanırım böyle bir önyargı var
Wikipedia: Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago in the east
Because "European" is slowly becoming a term for "christian" and more of an ideology than a geographical attribute, thanks to right-wing politics. So right wingers will do absolutely anything to undermine the importance and significance of the european part of Turkey and will only refer to it as solely asian rather than Eurasian, while simultaneously declaring Georgia and Armenia as 100% European even though they are fully Asian.
@@Yrkr785 We have been living in Anatolia for 1000 years, but we do not belong here, we do not belong to Asia, we do not belong to Europe. where do we belong to mars?
I would generally say I never saw Turkey as European, but also not entirelly as Asian or Middle Eastern, I kind of always considered countries like Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia their own thing/group.
@@metehanakar0 Sort off but not in an Ethnic sense,more in a small cultural sphere where it and those other countries are more or less it's own thing rather then European or Asian.
@@koseku3 Yes and no, Turks are predominantly Greek-Anatolian as an example where as Georgians and Armenians are essentially an ethnic group of their own and the Azeri's are essentially a mix of mostly Turks and quite a bit of Persian. Culturally however they are sort of similar, hence my personal view that I tend to group them together.
As a German🇩🇪 and Brazilian 🇧🇷 I grew up here in Germany and love my Turkish friends. They are as different as we Brazilians. Really a mix of extremes in terms of culture, politics and view of life. Love from Recife BR 🇧🇷👌🏻 arkadaşlarım 🇹🇷 ☺️
Thank you! I personally always felt closer to my Brazilian friends, find them sincere and humorous, Brazil is also ethnically and culturally has variety what makes it unique, just like us. And it is cool to see both nations embrace their varieties
Fun facts: The Roman province of "Asia" was in modern day Turkey, on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, and the word "Asia" may come the "Assuwa", a bronze age confederation in the same region. That being said, Herodotus was already using the word "Asia" to refer to a region including the entire Persian empire (or at least most if it, including Anatolia) centuries before any such Roman province existed (though also even more centuries after the Assuwa Legue fell to the Hittites).
i translated your comments and as i can understand, your thoughts are right ❤️🙏🏻 thank you for your good comment 🤍. I guess you are from China but idk if you are 😅. Love and respect to China from Turkey ❤️💛🤍
Japanese and Japanese culture fascinates me! I love your culture and life style so much ! Love Japan from France ! 💗 Do you have Instagram or something to stay in touch ? Sorry I just love Japan so much its so exotic for me ! 😊私は日本が好きです！
@@vivelafrance1800 Sorry for late response! I never got notification for your reply, I don't think. Find me @sleek_mikaela on IG - that is, if it's ok for you that I'm probably your mom's age or older, lol.
It's because the division between Asia and Europe is made-up, it's not real. Human communities and cultures change gradually not suddenly. That's why Turks are similar to both eastern Europeans, South Europeans, Levant Arabs and central Asians. Just like how Greece has a lot in common with Arab countries like Lebanon and Egypt. Morocco with Spain and Portugal. Europe is not different from Asia and the middle east. The difference is just an illusion.
From what I've heard here, I think the takeaway is that while many Turks feel slightly more European because of lifestyle and outlook on social issues, they still feel somewhat Asian because of things like cultural and religious values. Seems like a natural thing for them given their geography; you can't possibly expect there is no mixture of cultures at all when they're literally sitting as "bridge" between the European and Asian continent.
%3 of European side of turkey are bigger than Netherlands, Switzerland etc. Egean side of turkey some European culture starters (Thales, Anaksimandros, Heraklitos) born in Turkey even Santa Claus (Noel Baba). If you say they were not Turk u are right but who is turk? Turkey Turks? We are mixed we are Byzantium we are Ottomans we are Romans!
You mentioned to Turkiye’s European side is only %3,but do you know that %3 part is bigger than some European small countries and nearly big size as Austria.Also almost 20 millions people are living in European side of Turkiye.
Sometimes I feel like Turkey myself. I'm between two culture constantly struggling with the question where I belong to. That's why I have a deep existential connection with Istanbul especially, eventhough I've only been there once.
I think it's the most beautiful country in the world, the mix of Asia or Europe and the combination of cultural differences is great. You don't get bored, different views, cultural accumulations, living together and integrating, a reality that is not found anywhere else in the world.
7:55 as a Turkish this is how me and my friends feel like, explained it very well! I think this is what Turkish people are, just like two different elements come together and they make wholly a different thing, like molecular compounds.
Dude that said he's a citizen of earth .. he definitely nailed it, I was stunned when I heard him cuz that's exactly how I've been living the past 9 years .
I think it's a really wonderful thing because you get the diversity of the two worlds there, and they blend in well. When I think historically, Good for Trade always come to mind! (and maybe it still is today!)
why choose when you can have the best of both worlds :) I love turkey! The warm people, the incredible history, the nature, and the cuisine. I went on an artist residency in Istanbul for a month with my Belgian best friend. We were so overwhelmed, and in a way, Istanbul absorbed us into its beautiful madness. We miss it so much and are planning to visit soon again. Thank you Asian boss for this video
@@kubilayh.1230 Belki doğma büyüme avrupalı, adı Türk diye neden Türk kültürünün içinde doğup büyüdüğünü düşündün ki? Bu sebepten istanbul büyüleyici gelmiş olabilir.
As a southeast asian (I'm from the Philippines), I consider Turkey a good hybrid. A great mix of European and Asian. I love Baklava, and I love VakifBank and Fenerbahce volleyball. Just saying :)
Such an interesting sounding language and nice to listen to. I do hear some resemblance to Hungarian, Finnish and even Mongolian I heard some time ago in Northwest China. The video also shows very articulate speaking people.
As a Turk I feel Anatolian and Anatolia has always been called Asia minor. I feel that people of Asia - it doesn't matter which part of it they are from, be it India or Japan or Iraq - have some basic similarities in terms of mindset, view of world and traditions concerning family ties, therefore I feel closer to Asia. Also although some Turks insist on not seeing it, Europeans never did consider and would never consider Turkiye as a part of them, its clear. Let aside considering Turkiye as a part of Europe, a thousand year passed and they still view us as invadors living in Anatolia . No matter what they think Anatolia is our beloved mother and will always be so. Turkey has a project called Asia renew, I love the name of it. We have tried to establish positive deep relationships with Europe now it has never been successful for a thousand year. I believe we might have a chance with Asia again.
@@ratchetjoker1317 I was not talking about Turkish people, i was talking about Turkey. But still let me explain the immigrants case to you. It's because Europe can not survive without immigrant workers, Europeans are old. And they obviously discr*minate Turkish immigrants, call them that they are not europeans in any unrelated occasion and discr*minate them because of that, some europeans say go back to your home we don't want you here. And I have seen some online internet news about Turkish immigrants got b*eaten in Germany only because they are immigrants. Homes of some immigrants had been se*t on fir*e. And because they get discri*minated because of not being European , Turk immigrants living in Europe wants Turkey to became a European state so that they would be accepted by society they live in. Tbh i think europeans do not want to live with immigrants anymore but they are old and have no other choice.
As a Turkish, I think this video doesn't accurately show whether Turkey has an Asian or European culture. Yes, it seems like a good approach to ask citizens from Istanbul (as it is highly populated and developed on both continents); yet, this turned the video being whether Istanbul is Asian or European, not Turkey. As stated in the video, Turkey's population and land scape is heavily located in Asia and therefore, Asian culture has more influence overall. Still, it's an Eurasian country and I think it's the best way to describe it. You can think the Turkish culture as an Asian-like one while having European culture sprinkled on it.
Geographically, yes, it is mostly in Asia, just like Egypt is in Africa. Both countries are still Middle Eastern though. So I respectfully disagree with you. Have a blessed day brother and peace be upon you.
@@SD-ft5xj Egypt is in Asia? It is considered a Middle Eastern country, is it not? Nobody is saying that the Middle East is a continent, it is not. It is a region in the world. Turkey belongs to that region. The Middle Eastern region expands to parts of Asia, Africa (Egypt), and close to Europe such as Istanbul.
@@RicoClout28 You are factually corect. This is what people forget and its conterproductive and delusion. Simply a lie. The few dosent make the rule, the majority does. Few people forget what you said, just because people look different or culture is different it dosent brush the factual truth because of emotions. Same with Egypt wich always been African country wich called themself Kemet "black land" and its people being ethnicaly conected with the Cushites Ehtiopians and Somalis, but later got invaded by the greek, turks, arabs, just in end making the people and culture different. Basiacly taking and indetity. Same with how the Brits went to US wich Natives were born and took their land by war. Its just reality. On top of it Arabs in Egypt simply dont conect with previous culture and at times dont even respect it. Like ancient egptians said Ra for Sun and Somali said Qora, Arabic its shams. There is conection and isolation for a reason Its just imperalism and colonism. You can clearly see the ones who say Turkey is in Asia is just sensible, if they want to live as Europian thats a different story, but at the end of the day countries and borders were drawned. Everyone wants to live better like in Qatar, South Korea, South Africa or Luxembourg. I do think people need to know their identity and show it because how else can you navigate the world and expect others to know who you are? Values and culture is also totaly different from Geographical fact.
An interesting thing that I noticed is even their language Turkish, to my ears, it sounds like both a European language and an Asian language at the same time.
Nope not all European or Asian languages sounds all same. Arabic is definitely closer to French than Chinese to my ears or Finnish does not feel a Germanic language and feels like a Siberian one but it is in Europe. No definitely there is not European or Asian languages. There is just some Indo-European languages and others.
@@Freezeflight Turkish is definetly far from French. French feels like more a guttural like Arabic. Probably closest one in Europe by sounding are Scandinavian ones because of similar letters
Was very happy to see such a video as a person who lives in Europe but originally is from Turkey. Can definitely agree with the opinions, it is indeed very conflicted you can even hear it from the conflicted opinions. But that’s the beauty of it.
In fact, In Turkey, we do not think about whether we are European or Asian. We say we are Anatolian for our own territory. And Turkey has 7 regions. Each region has its own culture and food,weddings . For example, people prefer to say I am from the Black Sea or from Thracian. Btw, thank s for your video about Turkey Asian Boss !
I had two Turkish friends back when I was in college. I met one of them when I spent a summer in Muenster learning German and he and I were in the same class. He was only 16 but looked like he was 26. We couldn’t communicate to each other very well because my German was at level 0 and he couldn’t speak English at all. We used to play chess a lot after class and as more German I learned we were able to invent a new language which is kinda a mixture of both English and German and could finally talk to each other while we played lol. Another Turkish friend I met online was when I first started to play Go on IGS. He was one of the very few “Europeans” (so I thought) who was above 1d which at the time was quite rare. He was also a college student and we used to play a lot and talked about all sorts of things. I don’t quite remember what happened but I think at some point he graduated and spent a lot of time looking for jobs and couldn’t play as often and we lost contact with each other (later my ID got deleted as well). I’ve always wanted to visit Turkey. Tho it might sound strange for me to say this as an Asian myself but it’s one of those “exotic” places you read in the books but never had a chance to go to. To me, Turkey also comes off as a modern country with strong religious tie to its history and as a western-eastern bridge. Would love to visit there!
Since Go is not popular in Turkey, now I wonder if I know that go player lol I also play go and got to meet some old go players thanks to my student club, do you remember his name?
@@jiipai7952 Unfortunately no. It's been almost 20 years now and I can barely remember any details. My profile pic was Calvin and Hobbes comic but I doubt he still remembers me LOL
@@LeylaKaratas Münster is great! One my fav cities in Germany especially the Promenade. I can do it all day just walking around it around around and around LoL
Very smart Turkish people. I find their answers genuine and sincere. I'm from Albania. Albanians view Turkey as an European country, as a place they want to visit and with many success stories. Bayraktar has wan 2 wars and is about to win the third. I don't agree with their view of Istanbul. Asian side and European side cant have major differences. They are few km apart. To have differences they should be at least 500 km apart. Like North and south Italy have major differences, or German states. My view is that the whole world is merging slowly to one universal culture, that is Western civilization made possible by internet. I'm sure 200 years from now there will be no differences.
My Albanian brothers, we love you very much and we see your support in every pilatform, I hope one day you will come to Turkey, the Turks will make you feel at home.🤗
@M if you consider yourself European or middle eastern, then shame on you. These regions of the world can’t tell us what we are and who we are. I speak for the majority, not the minority like you.
@M senin gibi aşağılık kompleksli değilim. Senin gibi kafası karışık kendisinin ne olduğunu bilmeyen palyaçoları asıl ben ciddiye almıyorum. Siz solcular ve sağcılar hanginiz daha arap hanginiz daha avrupalı diye tartışmaya devam edin :)
💙💙💙 ... Finally I visited Türkiye. It was a wonderful experience. The people, the music, the historical places, the food, the cleanliness, how organized everything was. I came back fascinated with the trip and I will definitely come back. I was in İstanbul, İzmir and Kuşadası ... Long live Türkiye..!!!... A big hug from Miami...!!!
Like it or don't like it. Turkey is a part of European history. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, they called it the sick man of Europe, not Asia. If the Turks were a Christian society, such a discussion would not exist today. For example, Turks and Greeks share the same culture and genetic heritage, but I have not seen a question asked whether Greeks are European or not. If we are to speak geographically and culturally, the roots of European civilization are in Anatolia. Also, for centuries, even the westernmost part of Europe was ruled from Istanbul. This is the capital of Rome.
Uh hello? Greeks laid the foundation for European culture, that's why people don't think twice about calling them anything but European. Even the word Europe is derived from Greek. All Turkey needs to do to be accepted as a European nation is to become eastern orthodox again and give back Constantinople.
@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic “become eastern orthodox again”??? btw if we are the descendants of greek people whom are islamized and turned into muslim as you think Doesn’t it also mean we own istanbul/constantinapole?after all we are the ones whom lived there for over 500 years and share blood with you so greece has no business taking such thing back,it was allways ours. Huh? If you wanna unite so badly you can join your brothers/sisters like they joined 500 years ago,they prefer to use the term”turk” tho,so you can give athens and turn into muslim,and live freely in istanbul,how does it sound?We are the proof that it works wonder,different ethnicites and cultures under the roof of being turkish,we would welcome you,you will adapt very easy don’t worry,the living people are the proof. How does it sound?
For me, Turkey is unique on its own. I see Turkish people so handsome and beautiful. If given a chance, definitely I would love to visit this country, learn it's culture, food etc. 😍
I can’t wait to fly Turkish Airlines to Istanbul next month. First time and the airport is so beautiful 🤩 Asian Boss, thank you for such a great video 👍
I didnt expect to see my country in Asian Boss yeeey 😍I am looking forward to watching more videos about Turkey but please dont narrow it down to Istanbul and consider visiting other cities like İzmir,Çanakkale etc ✨As for the question culturally we are a mix (Asian being dominant) and our language is also Asian therefore I feel more Asian 😊
They are Eurasian. They have rich of cultures. I've been to İstanbul on new year holiday 2022. I'm sure will be back next time to explore more the city ❤️ love the cats so much. You can find cats in a whole city of Istanbul. Turks are nice and helping me when I asked the direction, they are treated tourist so well, and some Turks understand Indonesian 🇲🇨 they are so friendly to indonesian 😁
This question itself is strange. The whole concept of continents doesn't make any sense. There's no geographical boundary separating Europe and Asia. Why should we follow the unscientific classification of Ancient Greeks?
sure its not a straight boundary from continent to continent but maybe you should do some research why europe is even a thing, indo european people or all europeans have a same ancestor from a long time ago.
@@r.a.h7682 All modern humans have also descended from our ancestors in Africa. Your point doesn't make any sense. The whole of Africa, Europe and Asia is one contiguous landmass collectively known as Afro-Eurasia in most anthropological textbooks.
@@r.a.h7682 There's also no such thing as a European culture or an Asian culture. A Chinese is as different from an Indian as he is from an Englishman.
@@aravindhsathiyamoorthy9564 who said that? different ethnic groups have different cultures but can still be put in the same group what people call ''white''
This country has a special place in my heart. Not only is beautiful but the main beauty comes fr the heart of its people. I pray that their economic conditions improves cause if it does they're inshaAllah gonna be on top
Europe as a separate continent is a western construct and some think of Europe and Asia as one supercontinent. Europe qualifies as a continent due to its being a distinct cultural region and therefore it should be considered that there are many distinct "continents" in asia as well. Anyhow, Turkey seems to straddle both Europe and the near/middle east culturally, historically and even genetically. Really fantastic people based on my experience.
Thank you for your kind words but I think we need to take into account the central asian genetics and cultural influence as well. Really we're a mix of everthing. We have some linguistic similarities to Japanese even, if you can believe that.
Completely agree. Europe as a continent is made up, that's why there are discussions about which countries belong to it - if it was really a continent it would be very clear. No one debates wether a country is in Africa, it is clear. Europe and Asia is one landmass - Eurasia. It is culturally and linguistically a continuum.
@@sambatra6162 that might actually be the case with Japanese however, I've studied Korean a bit and the languages have a few similarities such as grammar structure and pronunciations. Not only that but our first folks had lots of encounters with the old Chinese folks. So the influences on the language might've come from there as well
I think firstly you have to define what is Asian and what is European. Is Asian more like Arabian/Islamic culture or nomadic steppe culture or Sinitic culture or the seafaring cultures of the Austronesian peoples? All of them are extremely different worldviews, beliefs, value systems and cultures. Also, technically, Asia and Europe are not separate continents. It's more of a man-made divide created by the ancient Greeks whose ideas and culture was adopted by the rest of Europe which is why there is a separation of identity. But if you look at it objectively, Turks are probably much closer to "European" culture whether in terms of genetics, culture or religion if we define Asian culture as the more Sinitic variety. That is why it is important to define what exactly do you mean by "Asian" as the term was created by ancient Greeks to classify anything "not European".
what's meant by Asia is basically middle east, obviously not east Asia. And no, Turks are culturally not European. Compared to an avarage native European, a Turkish person (even a highly westernized one) is still quite eastern in terms of cultural indentity.
@@JamesTKirk-cg4hl I know, and i am not ashamed of it. But for some reason foreign people are more interested on this topic than us Turks are for some reason. Which i never understood really
@@TheIronHordesman2 Actually foreigners aren't really interested in Turkey for this matter, it's just what they are exposed to about Turkey. Some Turks in western countries are spreading this image of new-Ottoman Sultanate while some others showing Turkey like a western European country, which are equally cringe. Turkey is just an eastern country where some people live a western style life, that's it. Nothing to be ashamed of.
@@JamesTKirk-cg4hl Turks are probably genetically and culturally much closer to Europeans than to East Asians(Sinitic). Even historically, Turkey is very much tied with Europe. Those are facts.
@@JamesTKirk-cg4hl The Ottoman Empire was politically accepted as European with the Paris Conference held after the Crimean War. When we look at the history of the Ottoman Empire, it is seen that it expanded into Europe to a large extent and the center of gravity of the empire was the Balkans. We are talking about a state that dominated the east of Europe for 400-450 years. The modern Turkish Republic is also the heir to the Ottoman empire. As the cultural and historical heir of the geographies (Europe, Asia, Africa) where the Ottoman Empire spread; Turks do not have an agenda in their daily life such as being European or Asian. The daily life of every person with a modern life is similar to each other, regardless of the geography. however, countries with multicultural empire heirs like us are rich in social, cultural and ethnic terms. When we add the breakthroughs of the modern Turkish state in the 20th century to this wealth, we see that a more western style life has emerged. because Turkey is a secular country. It is unique in its region with this feature. If you are a northern European or part of a similar view; Perhaps because you come from an isolated culture, even Eastern Europe is not a real European to you.
@@aleh3627 azerbaycan is middle eastern?? why did u suprise of open minded muslims?you are ignorant.. all turkish countries (kazakistan,üzbekistan,türkmenistan) is open minded but muslim.. and do not ask why girls doesnt use head scarf or turban or buka in those countries especially in Kazakistan..if you call me middle eastern(türkey or azerbaycan) i will call you african. is it functional?Bosnia and Herzegovina is also very open minded btw
I think at least Georgians see themselves much more as European than as Asian, not only due to modern politics (they are very set on joining the EU for instance), but also due to cultural ties like being a christian country (despite being surrounded by mostly muslim countries).
Are eastern european nations and western european nations exactly the same culture? of course no. A Greek is closer to a Turk than to a German. Although there are many different points. In the globalizing world, at a time when right or wrong information spreads within seconds, convergence between peoples and cultures will increase. There are also cultural differences between the west and east of Turkey. This is true not only for the %3, but also for the %97. The Anatolian part of Turkey has a youth perspective that has been getting closer to the west over the years. Of course, there are those who are under the influence of eastern culture and I think it tends to decrease over time. Turkey is more integrated into the western world than the eastern world. The reason for the emergence of this discourse is the religion factor. If Turkey were a predominantly Christian country today, I think this discourse would not be used.
A Turk is also way closer to an Azeri than to any European though. Asia is way more diverse than Europe, and its unfair to lump the entire continent into one category. I do agree with your last point though.
The word "Asia" is outdated. It was an old European word for that is not Europe in the unknown east on their view. Its meaning kept expanding and it now includes too many countries, cultures and ethnic groups that are not related at all.
People always speak about the European view but never look at the Asian perspective. Ancient Asia had its own ideas of "Asia" such as the Japanese, these definitions may not have encompassed the entire continent as defined today but it did encompass most of the continent. Imperial Japan used these ancient ideas of "Asia" as the basis for its pan-Asian ideal it propagated during the 1940s.
As a Turkish I know very well my ancestors from Atilla’s Huns to Cengiz Khan Mongols left our original Homeland… we’re originally from Sibirya & Northern China 🇨🇳 , nowadays Mongolia 🇲🇳 But I don’t feel myself nor Asian neither European, I’m more unique, I’m a Eurasian, that’s it 🇹🇷❤️
From China. Turkey is always a myth to me. Its land is in Asia, but never see her in any Asian organizations. Cyprus and Israel are probably similar. In this street interview, got a feel, people meant mid-east when they say 'east' Thumbs up to Asian boss for bringing up a great topic!
The Ottomans ruled the Balkans until central Europe for centuries. Hence, cultural influence seeps in naturally. tbh Turkey influenced countries like Greece so much it is a conflict when you talk about food & such things. The roots, however, are Asia as it's the base of the people. Still, the short answer is Turkey is Eurasian.
Yes, the original Turks were a horse army like the Mongols originating in central Asia. They are not very European if you talk to them, their mannerisms, and behavior doesn't seem European. They are not like Arabic or Persian peoples either
@@mikimosky4109 Greece is a XIX century country. Ancient Greece with its philosophers and all the rest were an ancient civilization, a vast part of which was located in Asia Minor, that is, Turkey (famous cities such as Mytilene, Assus, Samus, Ephesus). Most of the cultural legacy of Greek philosophy is influenced by Asian culture, even more so during the hellenistic period.
the most important thing to take from this video is, to let people decide what they want to identify with. especially this conversation can be quite annoying when non-turkish people try to decide what others should be labeled as.
It's not really up for debate though. Anatolia was identified as being 'Asia' far prior to its Turkification several centuries later. So, as things are, the country is very much part of Asia, safe for Eastern Thrace.
Happy to see Asian Boss interviewing Asian bosses from all around Asia!!! Asia is so full of unique flavors and colours in everything 💖 Greetings from the heart of the Balkans - Bulgaria 🇧🇬 I would like to see the same video for Russia btw especially atm
This interview was held in Istanbul. Turkey is so much more than that. You wouldn't believe how different east and west Turkey is. I as a Turkish myself still get surprised by it sometimes. You can only understand if you experience it yourself
There are so many stereotypes. I don't understand why so many people consider a modern lifestyle automatically as European. Anyway, I got to learn about Korean culture thanks to a Korean friend and I think there a similarities in the mindsets which is very interesting.
To most Asian, Turkey is too European.
To most European, Turkey is too Asian.
To me, Turkey is Eurasian.
@Arda Şen Why choose? Why can't be both?
@Arda Şen Americans were once European or African etc. That doesnt mean Americans now are European or African. Ottoman Empire ruled Balkans a lot longer than it did Middle East so we have a lot more cultural similarity with Balkans rather than Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia except religion which we dont even practice the same or we dont really practice at all tbh, we practice islam more like Albania and Bosna compared to Syria, Iraq etc.
@Arda Şen Would you say Iceland is North American because 80% of the country is in North American continental plate including the capital Reykjavik or Cyprus which is wholly in Asia/Middle East. Yes Turks history started in Central Asia but that doesnt have much of an impact in todays Turkey except like you said language. Idk what you are smoking but Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Estonia are fully European and definitely not Asian idk why you are so obsessed with that far past of countries when their past doesnt have any influence in lifestyle and culture today. Britain ruled overseas territories, Balkans were core territory for Ottoman Empire it pretty much started there east of İstnabul. Britain didnt really have cultural exchange with their overseas territories, Ottoman Empire did for centuries. Alot of or even most of the people of importance in Ottoman Empire and even in todays Turkey were/are Balkan origin not the case for Britain. Also a lot of population exhange between Turkey and balkans.
We are belong to Turania :)
@Arda Şen Well you must smoke something if you think Finland, Estonia, Bulgaria and Hungary are asian. Yes i know Turks started in North/Central Asia and i know there are still some remnants of that in our culture but its minuscule especially compared to our similarity to Balkans. Yes you can give me more examples but i can give you 10x examples how we are similar to Balkans for your every example of how we are similar to Central Asian countries. Of course it matters if its overseas or not i told you why it matters but you just completely ignored it. Britain didnt have any cultural exchange with those countries, Ottoman Empire did. "Small population migrations" lol? Its estimated that there are 20-25 million Balkan Turks in Turkey.
As a Turkish, we're done talking about this. We are mediterranean, eastern european, western asian, balkan, anatolian and caucasian.
😱😂
That‘s the point 👏🏻
Yes, having multiple identities is fine.
@@SiberianStar I guess you're Indian. You think only Christians live in Eastern Europe?
@@SiberianStar Lol you're indian 😂😂. I don't take people who still live in caves seriously 😂😂😂
There's a term for this: Eurasian.
Turks don't have to pick one side. Why would they? Historically, culturally and genetically they have ties with both of them.
As the guy said, Turkey is a bridge and bridges don't lay on 1 side.
This sounds so much like biracial people and their identity problems. Unfortunatly like them, Turkey don't have a say in this matter.
Others will define you as they please and Europeans don't see Turks as European. End of story
@B.E. Turks from Istanbul are more European, the rest is more Asian
@@kiaaurora i dont agree there are secular and conservatives everywhere but we can say western part of the country is more european and eastern is more islamic
@@kiaaurora no. As an İstanbul resident I disagree with you. İstanbul is the most mixed city in the whole country. It is definitely not more european and others are asian lol
Asia is very big and diverse home to 60% of world and people shouldn't simply generalize it as one cultural, political or ethnic space. Its insanely diverse from region to region. People from Middle East/West Asia are more closer to North Africa and Europe in terms of culture, region, race, religion than let's say far east(Asia). Also Asian regions or even countries(India/China) are comparable to Europe in terms of size, population and diversity. But in the end we are all humans and inheritly similar irrespective of our differences. In this modern globalized world I can have more in common in terms of values and interests with someone from east asia or west then from where I am from.
One of the most fascinating things for me in Turkish language is how the verbs are usually the last word of the sentence. This makes learning the language more difficult as you have to pay attention to the full speech until they reach the end to figure out what it is being talked about. have never seen this in any other language. Very unique. I visited Istanbul almost 3years ago. Best city in the world kesinlikle
I think it depends on what your native language is. For example as a Turkish speaker to me, English was very hard to learn since verbs are not at the end of the sentences. Grammar structures of Turkish and English are completely different. But for example Hungarian is much much easier for me to learn since grammar structures are same. So it depends on the native language but yes, Turkish is kinda hard since it's also an agglutinative language
I've also thought that was really interesting, I've noticed that in other languages such as Persian, Korean and Japanese as well.
I also thought it was unique but when I researched about it, it's actually the most common word order in the world.
👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻 Başarılar dileriz Türkçe’yi öğrendiğin ve bizi tanımak istediğin için teşekkürler
it’s interesting to hear actually, I’m a linguist so out of curiosity I wanted to ask how does Turkish sound phonetically for you?
It's actually not that unique. For example, Korean and Japanese are also like this. The verbs are at the end of the sentence.
I studied at university in İstanbul. My apartment was located in Asian part of İstanbul and the university is located at european part of İstanbul. So basically you have to change continents everyday just to go to class, to work or home : D
wow
thats so cool
I heard there's a cat who travels around Istanbul using public transports, even crossing the Bosporus at times.
Really what University is that.
@@EgnachHelton yeah they are just chilling...
Sounds cool
I'm really happy to see Asian Boss in Turkey. Eurasian is a good term for explaining Turkey's situation. Turkey is not going to be fully a part of Asia or Europe due to conflicting opinions but I think it is a unique characteristic that shouldn't be changed.
Eurasia is a continental plate, every country wether in Europe or in Asia is a eurasian country.
@@andrekoniger3020 absolutely, I agree. Eurasia is the largest continental area and I just don't find it right to say Turkey is only in Europe or Asia.
@@haebaragi2312 Well that'd be wrong, since Turkey lies in europe aswell as in asia
We are belong to Turania :)
@Arda Şen Why do you find saying unique offensive?
Kazakhstan and now Turkey! I’m glad Asian Boss is expanding to more and more countries 😁
There is one thing that asian boss didn't mention and that's that although only 3% of turkey is geographically european it has more than 12 million people living on that tiny part (almost 15% of Turkey lives there).
aynı fikirdeyim dostum senle türk ne avrupalı nede arap kültürünü benimsememeli bence
@Arif doesn't change the fact that we are genetically more european/middle eastern nowadays. not:bizim ata yurdumuz lake Baikal, Mongolia degil!
@Arif not mongoloid people they were different tribes but had similar culture with the mongolians then those turks conquered central asia and and some of them had to migrate to anatolia middle east and caucasus because of climate and threats in central asia
@@turkishissunlanguage IE?
Vatican City (800)
San Marino (33,000)
Monaco (37,000)
Liechtenstein (37,000)
Andorra (78,000)
Iceland (331,000)
Malta (425,000)
Luxembourg (570,000)
Montenegro (620,000)
Cyprus (876,000)
Netherlands 17,211,447 411.27
Belgium 11,668,278 382.22
Czech Republic 10,736,784 136.14
Greece 10,316,637 78.16
Sweden 10,218,971 22.69
Portugal 10,140,570 110.12
Hungary 9,606,259 103.26
Belarus 9,432,800 45.44
Austria 9,066,710 108.10
Switzerland 8,773,637 212.52
Serbia 8,653,016 97.93
Bulgaria 6,844,597 61.73
Denmark 5,834,950 135.40
Finland 5,554,960 16.41
Norway 5,511,370 17.02
Slovakia 5,460,193 111.35
Ireland 5,020,199 71.44
Croatia 4,059,286 71.73
Moldova 4,013,171 118.57
Bosnia And Herzegovina 3,249,317 63.45
Albania 2,866,374 99.71
Lithuania 2,661,708 40.76
North Macedonia 2,081,304 80.94
Slovenia 2,078,034 102.50
Latvia 1,848,837 28.64
Estonia 1,321,910 29.23
Cyprus 1,223,387 132.24
Luxembourg 642,371 248.40
Montenegro 627,950 45.46
Malta 444,033 1405.17
Iceland 345,393 3.35
Isle of Man 85,732 149.88
Andorra 77,463 165.52
Faroe Islands 49,233 35.34
Monaco 39,783 19694.55
Liechtenstein 38,387 239.92
San Marino 34,085 558.77
Gibraltar 33,704 5617.33
Vatican City 799 1815.91
I am Kazakh. While I was watching video, I tried to read subscriptions to understand all the questions and answers. But also I was listening to Turkish people - I understood 30-40% of everything they said... Nice feelings. Turk people can understand each other for sure☺️💯
Counting to 100 is the exact same btw
Yup. You should be able to understand the root-Turkish words since the pronunciations are still very much Asian. Also *fistbump* my fellow Turk.
That's pretty cool!!
@@Murtecy Hahaha didnt know that. Amazing.
My Grandfathers-Grandfather went from Kazakistan to Turkey to support the Ottoman Turks few hundert years ago :P. We are all Turks we are one Nation got splittet in Countrys and forgoten our History, becaus of the assimilation in many Countrys like Kazakistan from the Udssr (Russia). If you would met a Uygur Turk in China you would understand them also aswell but i think there will be soon no Nation called Uygurs becaus they getting force´t from the Chinese Gov. to forget there Identification in camps sadly....
In Turkey people define themselves with religious, sectarian, ethnic, regional, lifestyle etc. identity. But no Continental.
exactly
finally somebody understands us finally somebody has spoken rightly thanks man :)
Exactly.
Same goes for most of the world actually. Chinese define themselves not with their continent either. Nor do Germans call themselves Europeans most of the time. Younger folks sometimes for the sake of the EU but older generations know too well how different the nationalities are as Europe goes.
@@roeninThere are much more Germans who call themself European (or Chinese who call themself Asian) than Turks calling themselves Asian or European.
Turkish grammar is Subject + Object + Verb. Turkish is the same grammar as Korean and Japanese. their way of thinking is similar.
Wow not many people know that. Also there are many mutual words between the three which is very interesting to me as a Turk :)
@which world That doesn't explain the Japanese part at all.
Chinese \Vietnamese grammar is Subject + Verb + Object. Chinese/Vietnamese is the same grammar as English. their way of thinking is similar.
C'on, give me a break. Makes no logic at all.
@@arbs3ry Yes, that's right. So, Koreans, Turks, Japanese have ways of thinking unlike Chinese & Vietnamese. Chinese and Vietnamese is Brother 😊
@@jinain brothers geologically speakint, but their relationship is...crude at best
This is my first time hearing Turkish, and it sounds beautiful
what language do you think it looks like?
Trust me these people dont even speak fluently if you have heard someone speaking this language the way it should be spoken you would love it much more
I’m from the U.K. and in school geography lessons we are taught that Turkey is partly in Europe and partly in Asia so in my opinion it depends on which area of Turkey you are referring to. Anyway should it really matter? Perhaps if we weren’t all so fixated on such things the world would be more peaceful. I’ve been to Turkey and it’s a fantastic country, good people and has the most delicious food.
We *HATE* UK 🇬🇧🤢🤮😡🤬👿💀💩😤
@Kuto we hate uk, turkey hates uk
all asia hate Uk 🤬😡 🇹🇷>>>>>>🇬🇧
as a turk, i really don't care we are in europe or not and i think it is not just about the maps of europe and asia. It is about culture, people, buildings, religions... everything. Turkey, anatolia is like bridge. there is so many different people going away and passed away. If you ask racist arabs they gonna say turks are not real muslims, they are not in middle east, they are europan people, and if you ask the racist europans they gonna say turkey is not part of europe, turks are arab etc. We can't choose our hometowns. We can't choose our nationality. We were just born here and we are so many different people living at this region. If you ask me, i have not any problems with armenians, kurds, greeks, arabs.. and i know there is too many people in these countries thinking like that. Sometimes it is all about politics and we need to understand each other.
Read this Book: The Blight of Asia
You are right. Western side and eastern side of Turkey has many differences like they are two different countries. However we Turks have many things in common between our citizens but i can also say that eastern regions of Turkey is way more conservative than eastern cities and metropols of Turkey.
My grandfather lived in Istanbul as a young man before coming to the US near the end of the Ottoman times. He was from the Balkan portion of the Empire and loved the life in the big city! He had interesting stories to tell and would close his eyes and smile when he would hear traditional Turkish music.
May I ask, which Balkan portion of the Empire? Asking because I am from Bosnia.
@@FM_GOBi Macedonian region now part of Greece - near current day Florina.
That is so swet
Read this Book: The Blight of Asia,
@@viewercjg Sir you probably have some relatives in Izmir always welcome!
I always called Turkey along with Russia and a few other nations, Eurasian nations since they are geographically occupying a place in both continents
33% of Russia is in europe while only 3% of turkey is
I agree with you! I think the same thing! What about Russians' opinion? I think they feel more European than Asian. Nevertheless their territory lies more on the Asian side. 😜🤷🏻♀️
@@WhoLeeAnnita i think the difference is maybe the people. Russian people as in the ethnicity are slavic and euopean while turkish people are west asian and turkic. I bet if you ask asian ethnic groups within russia they will say asia
I like to define continents as one large landmass that’s almost completely separated by water. I think of Europe and Asia as just Eurasia.
Russians are white, Turks are not, simple as that.
10:25 heartbreaking to hear, I hope the best for these gentlemen and the whole working class of turkey 🇹🇷✊🏼
these are clowns ripping off tourists on the street. don't be too sad.
@@vengovoy4606bullshit
@@vengovoy4606 cry more gae
Okay but people thinking Europe as the ‘wise, open minded’ continent while Asia as ‘narrow minded, left behind’ is a stereotype. Asia is a big continent with really developed countries and people too. Europe is developed overall but it isn’t as open minded as it’s seems.
No, East Asia is pretty developed too. But South Asia and Middle East are little bit narrow minded and left behind, maybe because of their religions ? South East Asia is just poor, hope they will get better soon.
Yes, but I think it's more that they're comparing neighbours. On one border they have developed countries while the other they have unrest countries
Also, just want to point out "stereotype" isn't inherently a bad thing as your comment implies. If they are stereotyping the entire continent that way then it would be a bad stereotype
@@kevinmiller9760 Dude, do us all a favor and don't comment anymore lol.
South Asian and middle eastern (except Saudi Arabia) are not so developed and are narrow minded people but china and other east Asian countries are developed and not so narrow minded like south asian and middle eastern
@@kevinmiller9760 true
Foreigners are more obsessed with this question than actual Turkish people. Label us however you want but remember we have our own unique culture and language that is different than the border countries except for Azerbaijan.
Actually foreigner doesnt give a fk about it. Dont lie. Its just turkish who cares.
The Kazak citizen above said they could understand 40pct Turkish knowing Kazak.
@@pigeonlove That's because it's a Turkic language like Turkish. I can understand like 20-30% of it.
@@Letnistonwandif Yes they do. I see foreigners asking this question on forums and even arguing about it. I've had foreigners even ask me this question multiple times. Turkish people don't think about this topic because we already know the answer. You're not even Turkish. Who tf are you to say I'm lying? You even clicked on this video and replied to my comment which is about TURKEY, so you're the one obsessing over it here. I've never had discussions about this topic with my fellow Turkish people. We view ourselves as a transcontinental country and that's it. You're the one living in your little American bubble where there is probably 0 Turks and you have 0 Turkish friends and you have the audacity to say I'm lying ahahahahahhahahahahahhahaha.
@@suzandefneklc8167 I really agree, foreign people - especially people trying to vilify Turkey - are constantly giving false information on the internet. but I do not think that Azerbaijani language and TurkeyTurkish are similar in terms of language. Turkey Turkish is a slightly modified and softened version of old Turkish. But the Azerbaijani language is of Kurdish-Persian origin.
I've been to Turkey once and it's an absolutely stunning country with rich culture. I've been to almost all europian countries but Turkey is for sure my favorite. The climate, people, cuisine - everything was fascinating. I would love to revisit this country and explore it more in the future!
It’s not European
@@n.8626 its european and asian
@@n.8626 and there is a name for that eurosia
@@dimasadityaramadhan4599 that is why; I personally: see/class-ify; "us"_ Turkey, being: "The National Version; for/of: "us"_-"Eurasians"!!
-M.K.S.
@@dimasadityaramadhan4599 no
I've been too and travelled though Turkey a couple of times. Turkey is an incredible country full of history. It's DNA profile is beautifully complex. I could wax lyrical about Asia Minor's , Thrace's and Istanbul's histories but Turkey is Turkey. The nation is to be admired and loved.
as a Turkish person myself i think there will never be a final conclusion regarding us being Europeans or Asian there is always conflicts because of ethnic minorities I’m a Turkish person from the heritage of Bosnia and tbh eastern Turkish people are very different from me in terms of looks and lifestyle but we are all Turkish at the end of the day and that’s what makes us unique 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Youre Bosnian because the turks enslaved your ancenstors
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exactly! im ethnically not turkish but my nationally is and im so proud by it. like atatürk said, how happy is the one who says I am a turk!
❤ ... I've never been in Turkey but I know it's an amazing country with a friendly people. Long live Turkey ... !!! ... Greetings from Miami
Love from Turkey to Miami
Abi naselsin
@@miladshakouri7 İyiyim. Sen nasılsın?
Oh, this is great! Excited to see more stories about Turkey
Turkey is it’s very own specific country that can’t be compared to neither Asia nor Europe. Why do people always try to put different places and make them seem alike. When you go to a country, even if it is your neighbor, you will always see differences. I think Turkey should stay the way it is and be proud.
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It is in the muslim union
@@duded-s9mand this makes it what? Why mentioning it?
I really loved this video, Turkey seems like a very complex place with a really intricate history and a beautiful language. I'm really looking forward to going there sometime and I hope you keep making more videos from this country. Greetings from Chile 💕
Turkey belongs to Turkey and they dont consider themselves as both Europen or Asian. They have their own life style which is different than Europe and Asia but they tend to be closer to Europe than Asia.
Both linguistically and culturally, I feel profound familiarity to Turkish culture as Korean. Although I consider their facial features to have far more resemblance to europeans than to east asians, when I have convo with Turkish people, it is indubitable that at the core we share highly similar values.
Why linguistically? Just curious
@@tahini2076 because turkish language comes from east and centrral asia
my friend i am your distant cousin :D yes something we still share and we will always share :)
@@khmatjshmid1591 a lot of languages do, but they aren't necessarily similar
@@tahini2076 Turkish and korean (and japanese) have the same language structure grammatically. They are agglutinative languages and also both part of the Altaic languages family. Hope it helped 😊
The sound in my head still saying about "Yes, look look i am more white than you, you look gypsy, i am blonde hair"
strong sp3rm. :D
I think that you cannot really call Turkey neither European or Asian, because we Turks blur the lines of Asia and Europe. We Turks have a unique culture and I think we should just go our own way instead of calling us Asians or Europeans. But if we see it from a geographically point of view we are on a Eurasian continent so we are on one continent along with all other European nations as well as all Asian nations. European, Asian is just a cultural distinction but we all live on one continent.
You turkey are Islam in the Middle East. Not for Europe or Asia.
Turkey has one small piece of land in europe
Also turks: we r both
As a Turk who lived in the Netherlands and has lived in Istanbul, I have seen both sides of the picture. Turkey is geographapically and culturally an Eurasian country with ethnic and historical roots from the Central Asian steppe and later influenced by religioun from persia and the middle east that formed the traditional Turkish identity. Today the Turkish people are very conflicted between the traditional, conservative, religious groups and the younger generation who has more modern and western values, more sense of freedom and is less contristricted by religious values. Some cities like Izmir and along the west coast are more shifted to the west while the eastern side of the country is still very traditional and conservative. This causes conflicts and butting heads within different groups and generations of people, that is also being fueled and marjinalized by politics. Today we are a natiom that is still struggling to form its identity and beliefs as we are growing more progressively to thre west, while other people are still refusing to accept this.
Most people of Turkey are tuekified , nothing related to central Asia
@Leanne Wesk Well, you miss the part where it is the same for your story. Indo-European invaders genetically only make a small percentage of today's Western world and they came from the steppes of Asia as well, which is ironic. So, you should maybe ask yourself what small bearing your statement has on topics of Turkish identity. Also, in your examples you took the two Kipchak (which are closer to Mongolian phenotype) Turkic people of Kırgız and Kazaks, but conveniently left out the other much closer Turkic people of Oghuz or Karluk descant, which never came to Anatolia but still have a similar genetic mix.
@Leanne Wesk What is Islamic culture? The vast majority of Turks are so-called Muslims in reality. Therefore, he cannot adopt the culture of a religion he does not adopt. Kazakhs and Kyrgyz are also Muslims. Yakuts in Siberia have the real Turkic culture today. The culture of all other Turkic peoples has changed.
@Leanne Wesk What he is saying is that Europeans are invaders from Central Asia itself. Europeans cannot have the monopoly to define who is European because they themselves migrated as tribes into Europe around the fall of Roman Empire.
Europeans, genetically, are not some homogeneous group. They have Central Asian, Mongolian, Hunnic, Turkic, Uralic etc. genes in them.
European tribal method of conquest involved, first invading the land, then trying to commit a genocide on the natives of the land and finally assimilating the few native women left through sexual slavery. They also appropriate the culture of the Native land and try to pass it off as their own culture.
From the times of the fall of Roman Empire till the period of colonization, the Central Asian migrants into Europe, who now call themselves Europeans, have repeated the same strategy over and over again.
@Leanne Wesk Leanne I don't think you can speak for Turkish people and say we are only Turkic linguistically lol. Turkish people still do things that are Turkic in culture and have mentalities similar to other Turkic people. It's not just the language we share, but much more than that. Even looks-wise there are plenty of Turkish people who look similar to other Turkic people. Remember that there are around 150mil Turkic people today, spread throughout many countries.
When I was in Istanbul I often been sitting around a cafe near the sea side and from afar where the bridge from the two sides connected I can't help but think how amazing to see the two continents in one country. I was there in the late 90's and for what I observed Turkish back that time were more modern than the typical muslim country and honestly it is quite appealing and comf'table in that kind of environment w/ not much restrictions except being decent around ppl
Turistler için rahat tabi amma biz Türkler için rahat değil.
@@emreksc2995 why is that so?
you think like that doesn,t mean all the ppl want that u got my point
@@odoimia Erdoğan's ridiculous regime
turkey is secular country
We dont care asia or europe
I Love My Country 🇹🇷❤
Vallaha ülkemiz çok guzel, ama RTE'yi nefret ediyorum, gittikce dinle ve mültecilerle sapıttı ülkeyi, ve onun için de, bizi bazıları arap zannediyor, vallaha gittikce ülkemize yazık oluyor.
@@Alexandr-c4q Aynen Katılıyorum bende nefret ediyorum RTE den ama bu arap zannetme olayı eskiden belli var Osmanlıdan Kaynaklı sanırım böyle bir önyargı var
If Turkey has territory in both continents, why can't you just label it as Eurasia?
Because Eurasia is not a recognised continent.
Wikipedia: Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago in the east
Because "European" is slowly becoming a term for "christian" and more of an ideology than a geographical attribute, thanks to right-wing politics. So right wingers will do absolutely anything to undermine the importance and significance of the european part of Turkey and will only refer to it as solely asian rather than Eurasian, while simultaneously declaring Georgia and Armenia as 100% European even though they are fully Asian.
@@atenarouza6522 apart some atheist, Europe even have many Muslim countries, or a Buddhist like Kalmykia.
@@hank4920 I thought the largest was Afro-eurasia...
We do not use the word Asia in Turkey. We say the European side and the Anatolian side.
If we must belong somewhere, we belong to Anatolia.
@Arda Şen Anadolu
@Arda Şen yok knk biliyorum ama asya demek yerine anadolu demek daha doğru olur bence
@Arda Şen Aslında Asya isimlendirilmesi ilk Anadolu topraklarına ait. Roma döneminde de küçük Asya olarak geçiyormuş zaten.
Turks haven’t even lived in Anatolia as long as the Greeks how do they belong there
@@Yrkr785 We have been living in Anatolia for 1000 years, but we do not belong here, we do not belong to Asia, we do not belong to Europe.
where do we belong to mars?
I would generally say I never saw Turkey as European, but also not entirelly as Asian or Middle Eastern, I kind of always considered countries like Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia their own thing/group.
Caucasian?
@@metehanakar0 Sort off but not in an Ethnic sense,more in a small cultural sphere where it and those other countries are more or less it's own thing rather then European or Asian.
those countries have similar genetics and cultures as well despite having different languages and religions.
@@koseku3 Yes and no, Turks are predominantly Greek-Anatolian as an example where as Georgians and Armenians are essentially an ethnic group of their own and the Azeri's are essentially a mix of mostly Turks and quite a bit of Persian.
Culturally however they are sort of similar, hence my personal view that I tend to group them together.
They are asians
Turkish people are pretty! Love from the Philippines!
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As a German🇩🇪 and Brazilian 🇧🇷 I grew up here in Germany and love my Turkish friends. They are as different as we Brazilians. Really a mix of extremes in terms of culture, politics and view of life.
Love from Recife BR 🇧🇷👌🏻 arkadaşlarım 🇹🇷 ☺️
Right back at you from TR Bursa friend 👍🏻
Thank you! I personally always felt closer to my Brazilian friends, find them sincere and humorous, Brazil is also ethnically and culturally has variety what makes it unique, just like us. And it is cool to see both nations embrace their varieties
Amigooo
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Germany turks originally mostly eastern turkey so kurd or arab originally mostly
This is my first time to hear Turkish and Im already in love with it! :)
Thank you for your kind words :) any Turk would be happy and proud to hear that from a foreigner.
the language actually comes from central and northeast asia
@@khmatjshmid1591 Indeed it does. Its Altaic.
@@ScrinGeneral17 altaic language family doesnt exist
@@ihsan7826 Or so they've decided. I don't care honestly. I can observe the similarities myself.
Turkey is a Eurasian country, the most accurate conclusion.
I agree
Fun facts: The Roman province of "Asia" was in modern day Turkey, on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, and the word "Asia" may come the "Assuwa", a bronze age confederation in the same region. That being said, Herodotus was already using the word "Asia" to refer to a region including the entire Persian empire (or at least most if it, including Anatolia) centuries before any such Roman province existed (though also even more centuries after the Assuwa Legue fell to the Hittites).
A funnier fact is that the Roman province of "Europa" was also in modern day Turkey, in Eastern Thrace (i.e. the Turkish territory west of Istanbul).
It’s crazy how Turkish language has a similar musicality to norwegian
I was thinking about exactly the same thing!! Like a mix of nordic and german
İnteresting as a turk it sounds to me the soft scandinavian-german languages
@@serdar9461 hadi ordan git öyle boktan konuş o zaman biz istanbullular böyle konşuruz bu bizim dilimizdir
@@serdar9461Hemen TÜRKİYEyi kötülemek gbmkvfdlfödl
@@berry278 malmisin. kotuleme yok batidakiler avrupa kirmasi aksan konusuyor. dogudaki turkler asyali turkler gibi
奥斯曼帝国贵族来自塞尔柱突厥部落，老帝国在小亚细亚地区几百年的统治也导致了该地区的突厥化。所以，一方面从人种基因上看土耳其人偏向欧洲人，另一方面从文化和自我认同方面土耳其人则偏向来自中亚的突厥民族。
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i translated your comments and as i can understand, your thoughts are right ❤️🙏🏻 thank you for your good comment 🤍. I guess you are from China but idk if you are 😅. Love and respect to China from Turkey ❤️💛🤍
Kesinlikle bro 👏
Turkish sounds so beautiful, I was fascinated. 😊
L💗ve from Japan
I happen to feel the same way about Japanese :) We have some mutual words like "ii" if you wanna look it up. Also arigatō. Love from Turkey 🇯🇵🇹🇷
thank you 💗
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Japanese and Japanese culture fascinates me! I love your culture and life style so much ! Love Japan from France ! 💗 Do you have Instagram or something to stay in touch ? Sorry I just love Japan so much its so exotic for me ! 😊私は日本が好きです！
@@vivelafrance1800 Sorry for late response!
I never got notification for your reply, I don't think.
Find me @sleek_mikaela on IG - that is, if it's ok for you that I'm probably your mom's age or older, lol.
As a Turk I dont describe myself as either european or asian I am only turkish, but I respect both europe and asia
We are Eurasian country.
It's because the division between Asia and Europe is made-up, it's not real. Human communities and cultures change gradually not suddenly. That's why Turks are similar to both eastern Europeans, South Europeans, Levant Arabs and central Asians.
Just like how Greece has a lot in common with Arab countries like Lebanon and Egypt. Morocco with Spain and Portugal. Europe is not different from Asia and the middle east. The difference is just an illusion.
But honestly, most Turkish people associate themselves with the west. So more respect to Europe.
@@FS-me8mj I am personally interested in ancient east asian culture and anime culture so it doesnt apply to me .^w^.
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From what I've heard here, I think the takeaway is that while many Turks feel slightly more European because of lifestyle and outlook on social issues, they still feel somewhat Asian because of things like cultural and religious values. Seems like a natural thing for them given their geography; you can't possibly expect there is no mixture of cultures at all when they're literally sitting as "bridge" between the European and Asian continent.
%3 of European side of turkey are bigger than Netherlands, Switzerland etc. Egean side of turkey some European culture starters (Thales, Anaksimandros, Heraklitos) born in Turkey even Santa Claus (Noel Baba). If you say they were not Turk u are right but who is turk? Turkey Turks? We are mixed we are Byzantium we are Ottomans we are Romans!
I dont know... but actually most of young Turks are irreligious because of politics.
@@Raidon8537 That's great news!
@@Raidon8537 yes ı m irreligious person as Turkish.
@@Raidon8537 me too i’m an atheist turk, and more and more people are stepping away from islam
You mentioned to Turkiye’s European side is only %3,but do you know that %3 part is bigger than some European small countries and nearly big size as Austria.Also almost 20 millions people are living in European side of Turkiye.
That's so small
Lie
The fact that there is very European looking cities in Anatolia too but technically located in Asia. Just like Cyprus.
@@qad951 that's what she said
@@jane-il3qs Nora i said that 20 million PPL are very small
Sometimes I feel like Turkey myself. I'm between two culture constantly struggling with the question where I belong to. That's why I have a deep existential connection with Istanbul especially, eventhough I've only been there once.
I think it's the most beautiful country in the world, the mix of Asia or Europe and the combination of cultural differences is great. You don't get bored, different views, cultural accumulations, living together and integrating, a reality that is not found anywhere else in the world.
Kardeşim bizdeki sıkıntı kimde var
@@asya8036 he volla
That's why I like Turkey too very unique and exotically beautiful country.
Now Syrian refugees are restoring turkey though
7:55 as a Turkish this is how me and my friends feel like, explained it very well! I think this is what Turkish people are, just like two different elements come together and they make wholly a different thing, like molecular compounds.
Dude that said he's a citizen of earth .. he definitely nailed it, I was stunned when I heard him cuz that's exactly how I've been living the past 9 years .
I think it's a really wonderful thing because you get the diversity of the two worlds there, and they blend in well.
When I think historically, Good for Trade always come to mind! (and maybe it still is today!)
The real question is..does Europe or Asia belong to turkey?
*mehter ottoman music starts playing*
Great video! Would love to see more Turkey content
why choose when you can have the best of both worlds :) I love turkey! The warm people, the incredible history, the nature, and the cuisine. I went on an artist residency in Istanbul for a month with my Belgian best friend. We were so overwhelmed, and in a way, Istanbul absorbed us into its beautiful madness. We miss it so much and are planning to visit soon again. Thank you Asian boss for this video
abla zaten sen türk değil misin :D Adın Gülşah Bayrak
@@kubilayh.1230 Belki doğma büyüme avrupalı, adı Türk diye neden Türk kültürünün içinde doğup büyüdüğünü düşündün ki? Bu sebepten istanbul büyüleyici gelmiş olabilir.
@@zabalayn Olabilir. Elf gözlerin yine iyi görüyor Lego
As a Turk, I don't feel asian or european.
I'm from Mars.
@@turkishissunlanguage Lmao why ?
Your so funny
@@turkishissunlanguage Ok Thx.
Geez, don't wanna eat mars anymore🤢
As a southeast asian (I'm from the Philippines), I consider Turkey a good hybrid. A great mix of European and Asian. I love Baklava, and I love VakifBank and Fenerbahce volleyball. Just saying :)
Finally, Asian Boss is covering Turkey! Because I see Turkey as an Asian country
it is a country that has its own culture. I dont see the way of our grand grandbigs life is not the same with both Asia and Europe.
@@berry278 All Asian countries have their own culture too.
Such an interesting sounding language and nice to listen to. I do hear some resemblance to Hungarian, Finnish and even Mongolian I heard some time ago in Northwest China. The video also shows very articulate speaking people.
I don’t have opinion about finnish similiarity
TURKİSH PEOPLE ARE ORİGİNALLY FROM NORTH MONGOLİA BETWEEN ORHON AND YENİSEY RİVER
@@marckdem5537 Eurasian race
@@Atlass2023 EAST ASIAN RACE*
Turkish is similar to Mongolian or Korean than Finnish or Hungarian. Why you said " *even* Mongolian"
As a Turk I feel Anatolian and Anatolia has always been called Asia minor. I feel that people of Asia - it doesn't matter which part of it they are from, be it India or Japan or Iraq - have some basic similarities in terms of mindset, view of world and traditions concerning family ties, therefore I feel closer to Asia. Also although some Turks insist on not seeing it, Europeans never did consider and would never consider Turkiye as a part of them, its clear. Let aside considering Turkiye as a part of Europe, a thousand year passed and they still view us as invadors living in Anatolia . No matter what they think Anatolia is our beloved mother and will always be so. Turkey has a project called Asia renew, I love the name of it. We have tried to establish positive deep relationships with Europe now it has never been successful for a thousand year. I believe we might have a chance with Asia again.
@@trikebeatstrexnodiff what do you expect from them Ottoman empire did genocides and slavery accross Europe
ya ne anadolusu allasen tecavuz kulturunden baska bi şeyi yok
What are you kidding me? Most turks outside of turkey live in europe though? How is europe not welcoming to turks?
@@ratchetjoker1317 I was not talking about Turkish people, i was talking about Turkey. But still let me explain the immigrants case to you. It's because Europe can not survive without immigrant workers, Europeans are old. And they obviously discr*minate Turkish immigrants, call them that they are not europeans in any unrelated occasion and discr*minate them because of that, some europeans say go back to your home we don't want you here. And I have seen some online internet news about Turkish immigrants got b*eaten in Germany only because they are immigrants. Homes of some immigrants had been se*t on fir*e. And because they get discri*minated because of not being European , Turk immigrants living in Europe wants Turkey to became a European state so that they would be accepted by society they live in. Tbh i think europeans do not want to live with immigrants anymore but they are old and have no other choice.
@@Error_-xn7po balkanı da inkar etmezsin kanka
interesting and informative.. we want more interview about Turkey
As a Turkish, I think this video doesn't accurately show whether Turkey has an Asian or European culture. Yes, it seems like a good approach to ask citizens from Istanbul (as it is highly populated and developed on both continents); yet, this turned the video being whether Istanbul is Asian or European, not Turkey.
As stated in the video, Turkey's population and land scape is heavily located in Asia and therefore, Asian culture has more influence overall.
Still, it's an Eurasian country and I think it's the best way to describe it.
You can think the Turkish culture as an Asian-like one while having European culture sprinkled on it.
Geographically, yes, it is mostly in Asia, just like Egypt is in Africa. Both countries are still Middle Eastern though. So I respectfully disagree with you. Have a blessed day brother and peace be upon you.
@@RicoClout28 Middle East is in Asia
@@SD-ft5xj Egypt is in Asia? It is considered a Middle Eastern country, is it not? Nobody is saying that the Middle East is a continent, it is not. It is a region in the world. Turkey belongs to that region. The Middle Eastern region expands to parts of Asia, Africa (Egypt), and close to Europe such as Istanbul.
@@RicoClout28 middle east just a political map.
@@RicoClout28 You are factually corect. This is what people forget and its conterproductive and delusion. Simply a lie. The few dosent make the rule, the majority does. Few people forget what you said, just because people look different or culture is different it dosent brush the factual truth because of emotions. Same with Egypt wich always been African country wich called themself Kemet "black land" and its people being ethnicaly conected with the Cushites Ehtiopians and Somalis, but later got invaded by the greek, turks, arabs, just in end making the people and culture different. Basiacly taking and indetity. Same with how the Brits went to US wich Natives were born and took their land by war. Its just reality. On top of it Arabs in Egypt simply dont conect with previous culture and at times dont even respect it. Like ancient egptians said Ra for Sun and Somali said Qora, Arabic its shams. There is conection and isolation for a reason Its just imperalism and colonism. You can clearly see the ones who say Turkey is in Asia is just sensible, if they want to live as Europian thats a different story, but at the end of the day countries and borders were drawned. Everyone wants to live better like in Qatar, South Korea, South Africa or Luxembourg. I do think people need to know their identity and show it because how else can you navigate the world and expect others to know who you are? Values and culture is also totaly different from Geographical fact.
IT TOOK YOU SO LONG BUT YOU FINALLY INCLUDED TURKEY.
Ikr! Finally!!
I gotta say off topic but I find turkce is a beautiful language ❤️ . It flows very nice.
An interesting thing that I noticed is even their language Turkish, to my ears, it sounds like both a European language and an Asian language at the same time.
Yeah lol xD it sounds like Chinese and French mixed
Nope not all European or Asian languages sounds all same. Arabic is definitely closer to French than Chinese to my ears or Finnish does not feel a Germanic language and feels like a Siberian one but it is in Europe. No definitely there is not European or Asian languages. There is just some Indo-European languages and others.
@@Freezeflight Turkish is definetly far from French. French feels like more a guttural like Arabic. Probably closest one in Europe by sounding are Scandinavian ones because of similar letters
@@Freezeflight It sounds like Kazakh, Turkmen, etc.
and how do European language sound like and also asian language????
The most interesting video I’ve seen in a while, half I got to see the video. Very informative video, good job Asian Boss 👍🏼
Europe is not a geographical continent but an artificial continent made up by the illusion of superiority. Europe is an area in west Asia.
Exactly!
Was very happy to see such a video as a person who lives in Europe but originally is from Turkey. Can definitely agree with the opinions, it is indeed very conflicted you can even hear it from the conflicted opinions. But that’s the beauty of it.
In fact, In Turkey, we do not think about whether we are European or Asian. We say we are Anatolian for our own territory. And Turkey has 7 regions. Each region has its own culture and food,weddings . For example, people prefer to say I am from the Black Sea or from Thracian. Btw, thank s for your video about Turkey Asian Boss !
I had two Turkish friends back when I was in college. I met one of them when I spent a summer in Muenster learning German and he and I were in the same class. He was only 16 but looked like he was 26. We couldn’t communicate to each other very well because my German was at level 0 and he couldn’t speak English at all. We used to play chess a lot after class and as more German I learned we were able to invent a new language which is kinda a mixture of both English and German and could finally talk to each other while we played lol. Another Turkish friend I met online was when I first started to play Go on IGS. He was one of the very few “Europeans” (so I thought) who was above 1d which at the time was quite rare. He was also a college student and we used to play a lot and talked about all sorts of things. I don’t quite remember what happened but I think at some point he graduated and spent a lot of time looking for jobs and couldn’t play as often and we lost contact with each other (later my ID got deleted as well). I’ve always wanted to visit Turkey. Tho it might sound strange for me to say this as an Asian myself but it’s one of those “exotic” places you read in the books but never had a chance to go to. To me, Turkey also comes off as a modern country with strong religious tie to its history and as a western-eastern bridge. Would love to visit there!
Since Go is not popular in Turkey, now I wonder if I know that go player lol I also play go and got to meet some old go players thanks to my student club, do you remember his name?
@@jiipai7952 Unfortunately no. It's been almost 20 years now and I can barely remember any details. My profile pic was Calvin and Hobbes comic but I doubt he still remembers me LOL
this is super random, but i live in münster and am part turkish lol never thought i'd read about my small city in an asianboss comment section :D
@@LeylaKaratas Münster is great! One my fav cities in Germany especially the Promenade. I can do it all day just walking around it around around and around LoL
As soon as I saw the word turkey I immediately clicked. I'm a fan of turskish drama, its definitely fun to watch and discover more of their culture.
They play the Turkish drama's a lot here in South Africa- very popular.
Very smart Turkish people. I find their answers genuine and sincere. I'm from Albania. Albanians view Turkey as an European country, as a place they want to visit and with many success stories. Bayraktar has wan 2 wars and is about to win the third. I don't agree with their view of Istanbul. Asian side and European side cant have major differences. They are few km apart. To have differences they should be at least 500 km apart. Like North and south Italy have major differences, or German states. My view is that the whole world is merging slowly to one universal culture, that is Western civilization made possible by internet. I'm sure 200 years from now there will be no differences.
We will protect our culture .
My Albanian brothers, we love you very much and we see your support in every pilatform, I hope one day you will come to Turkey, the Turks will make you feel at home.🤗
Please, we aren’t European and don’t want to be associated with it. We are an entirely different people from Europe, Asia, and the middle east.
@M if you consider yourself European or middle eastern, then shame on you. These regions of the world can’t tell us what we are and who we are. I speak for the majority, not the minority like you.
@M senin gibi aşağılık kompleksli değilim. Senin gibi kafası karışık kendisinin ne olduğunu bilmeyen palyaçoları asıl ben ciddiye almıyorum. Siz solcular ve sağcılar hanginiz daha arap hanginiz daha avrupalı diye tartışmaya devam edin :)
💙💙💙 ... Finally I visited Türkiye. It was a wonderful experience. The people, the music, the historical places, the food, the cleanliness, how organized everything was. I came back fascinated with the trip and I will definitely come back. I was in İstanbul, İzmir and Kuşadası ... Long live Türkiye..!!!... A big hug from Miami...!!!
great to see an interview on turkey. hope you can make this continous
that's an interesting topic!
Like it or don't like it. Turkey is a part of European history. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, they called it the sick man of Europe, not Asia. If the Turks were a Christian society, such a discussion would not exist today. For example, Turks and Greeks share the same culture and genetic heritage, but I have not seen a question asked whether Greeks are European or not. If we are to speak geographically and culturally, the roots of European civilization are in Anatolia. Also, for centuries, even the westernmost part of Europe was ruled from Istanbul. This is the capital of Rome.
Facts
Uh hello? Greeks laid the foundation for European culture, that's why people don't think twice about calling them anything but European. Even the word Europe is derived from Greek. All Turkey needs to do to be accepted as a European nation is to become eastern orthodox again and give back Constantinople.
@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic Istanbul has been Turkey's since 1453. Stop dreaming.
@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic “become eastern orthodox again”???
btw if we are the descendants of greek people whom are islamized and turned into muslim as you think
Doesn’t it also mean we own istanbul/constantinapole?after all we are the ones whom lived there for over 500 years and share blood with you so greece has no business taking such thing back,it was allways ours.
Huh?
If you wanna unite so badly you can join your brothers/sisters like they joined 500 years ago,they prefer to use the term”turk” tho,so you can give athens and turn into muslim,and live freely in istanbul,how does it sound?We are the proof that it works wonder,different ethnicites and cultures under the roof of being turkish,we would welcome you,you will adapt very easy don’t worry,the living people are the proof.
How does it sound?
@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic in your dreams lmao, cry more
Thank you for making this video ❤️
Turkey is both mixed south east European and Asian
For me, Turkey is unique on its own. I see Turkish people so handsome and beautiful. If given a chance, definitely I would love to visit this country, learn it's culture, food etc. 😍
Thank you, I hope you can come. Where are you from?
@@fatmanurer4938 Philippines
@@LeonahMagalona I hope we can see you in our country.
I can’t wait to fly Turkish Airlines to Istanbul next month. First time and the airport is so beautiful 🤩 Asian Boss, thank you for such a great video 👍
I didnt expect to see my country in Asian Boss yeeey 😍I am looking forward to watching more videos about Turkey but please dont narrow it down to Istanbul and consider visiting other cities like İzmir,Çanakkale etc ✨As for the question culturally we are a mix (Asian being dominant) and our language is also Asian therefore I feel more Asian 😊
They are Eurasian. They have rich of cultures. I've been to İstanbul on new year holiday 2022. I'm sure will be back next time to explore more the city ❤️ love the cats so much. You can find cats in a whole city of Istanbul. Turks are nice and helping me when I asked the direction, they are treated tourist so well, and some Turks understand Indonesian 🇲🇨 they are so friendly to indonesian 😁
This question itself is strange. The whole concept of continents doesn't make any sense. There's no geographical boundary separating Europe and Asia. Why should we follow the unscientific classification of Ancient Greeks?
sure its not a straight boundary from continent to continent but maybe you should do some research why europe is even a thing, indo european people or all europeans have a same ancestor from a long time ago.
@@r.a.h7682 All modern humans have also descended from our ancestors in Africa. Your point doesn't make any sense. The whole of Africa, Europe and Asia is one contiguous landmass collectively known as Afro-Eurasia in most anthropological textbooks.
@@r.a.h7682 There's also no such thing as a European culture or an Asian culture. A Chinese is as different from an Indian as he is from an Englishman.
@@aravindhsathiyamoorthy9564 so 4000 years ago is the same as 60000 years ago???
@@aravindhsathiyamoorthy9564 who said that? different ethnic groups have different cultures but can still be put in the same group what people call ''white''
This country has a special place in my heart. Not only is beautiful but the main beauty comes fr the heart of its people. I pray that their economic conditions improves cause if it does they're inshaAllah gonna be on top
omg thank you very much for coming to Turkey. Ive been watching you for a long time.
Turkey is a beautyful unique Country.
Europe as a separate continent is a western construct and some think of Europe and Asia as one supercontinent. Europe qualifies as a continent due to its being a distinct cultural region and therefore it should be considered that there are many distinct "continents" in asia as well. Anyhow, Turkey seems to straddle both Europe and the near/middle east culturally, historically and even genetically. Really fantastic people based on my experience.
Thank you for your kind words but I think we need to take into account the central asian genetics and cultural influence as well. Really we're a mix of everthing. We have some linguistic similarities to Japanese even, if you can believe that.
@@ScrinGeneral17 yes even with our language, Turkish is actually in a language family further in its history with Japanese and even more with Korean!!
Completely agree. Europe as a continent is made up, that's why there are discussions about which countries belong to it - if it was really a continent it would be very clear. No one debates wether a country is in Africa, it is clear. Europe and Asia is one landmass - Eurasia. It is culturally and linguistically a continuum.
@@sn0wfa11s actually this theory was proven false, Korean and Japanese are language isolates.
@@sambatra6162 that might actually be the case with Japanese however, I've studied Korean a bit and the languages have a few similarities such as grammar structure and pronunciations. Not only that but our first folks had lots of encounters with the old Chinese folks. So the influences on the language might've come from there as well
I think firstly you have to define what is Asian and what is European. Is Asian more like Arabian/Islamic culture or nomadic steppe culture or Sinitic culture or the seafaring cultures of the Austronesian peoples? All of them are extremely different worldviews, beliefs, value systems and cultures. Also, technically, Asia and Europe are not separate continents. It's more of a man-made divide created by the ancient Greeks whose ideas and culture was adopted by the rest of Europe which is why there is a separation of identity. But if you look at it objectively, Turks are probably much closer to "European" culture whether in terms of genetics, culture or religion if we define Asian culture as the more Sinitic variety. That is why it is important to define what exactly do you mean by "Asian" as the term was created by ancient Greeks to classify anything "not European".
what's meant by Asia is basically middle east, obviously not east Asia. And no, Turks are culturally not European. Compared to an avarage native European, a Turkish person (even a highly westernized one) is still quite eastern in terms of cultural indentity.
@@JamesTKirk-cg4hl I know, and i am not ashamed of it. But for some reason foreign people are more interested on this topic than us Turks are for some reason. Which i never understood really
@@TheIronHordesman2 Actually foreigners aren't really interested in Turkey for this matter, it's just what they are exposed to about Turkey. Some Turks in western countries are spreading this image of new-Ottoman Sultanate while some others showing Turkey like a western European country, which are equally cringe. Turkey is just an eastern country where some people live a western style life, that's it. Nothing to be ashamed of.
@@JamesTKirk-cg4hl Turks are probably genetically and culturally much closer to Europeans than to East Asians(Sinitic). Even historically, Turkey is very much tied with Europe. Those are facts.
@@JamesTKirk-cg4hl The Ottoman Empire was politically accepted as European with the Paris Conference held after the Crimean War. When we look at the history of the Ottoman Empire, it is seen that it expanded into Europe to a large extent and the center of gravity of the empire was the Balkans. We are talking about a state that dominated the east of Europe for 400-450 years. The modern Turkish Republic is also the heir to the Ottoman empire. As the cultural and historical heir of the geographies (Europe, Asia, Africa) where the Ottoman Empire spread; Turks do not have an agenda in their daily life such as being European or Asian. The daily life of every person with a modern life is similar to each other, regardless of the geography. however, countries with multicultural empire heirs like us are rich in social, cultural and ethnic terms. When we add the breakthroughs of the modern Turkish state in the 20th century to this wealth, we see that a more western style life has emerged. because Turkey is a secular country. It is unique in its region with this feature. If you are a northern European or part of a similar view; Perhaps because you come from an isolated culture, even Eastern Europe is not a real European to you.
Please ask this same question in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan I'm very curious to know their answers
Geographicly armenia and azerbaijan is fully asian. Georgia is a. bit more transcontinental.
Azerbaijan is really interesting. The people i met from there were very open mind for a Muslim middle Eastern country.
@@aleh3627 they’re not open minded. They’re just simply dont practice islam
@@aleh3627 azerbaycan is middle eastern?? why did u suprise of open minded muslims?you are ignorant.. all turkish countries (kazakistan,üzbekistan,türkmenistan) is open minded but muslim.. and do not ask why girls doesnt use head scarf or turban or buka in those countries especially in Kazakistan..if you call me middle eastern(türkey or azerbaycan) i will call you african. is it functional?Bosnia and Herzegovina is also very open minded btw
I think at least Georgians see themselves much more as European than as Asian, not only due to modern politics (they are very set on joining the EU for instance), but also due to cultural ties like being a christian country (despite being surrounded by mostly muslim countries).
Americans brain are exploding when they watch this video 🤣
WHY?😂
why?
@@RamMohammadJosephKaur for most Americans asia = china japan korea only. Their geography and history knowledge is abysmal
@@ilbilgehatun278 for most Americans asia = china japan korea only. Their geography and history knowledge is abysmal
Americans are ignorant.
Are eastern european nations and western european nations exactly the same culture? of course no. A Greek is closer to a Turk than to a German. Although there are many different points. In the globalizing world, at a time when right or wrong information spreads within seconds, convergence between peoples and cultures will increase. There are also cultural differences between the west and east of Turkey. This is true not only for the %3, but also for the %97. The Anatolian part of Turkey has a youth perspective that has been getting closer to the west over the years. Of course, there are those who are under the influence of eastern culture and I think it tends to decrease over time. Turkey is more integrated into the western world than the eastern world. The reason for the emergence of this discourse is the religion factor. If Turkey were a predominantly Christian country today, I think this discourse would not be used.
Your last sentence is very insightful. Agree.
true👊
A Turk is also way closer to an Azeri than to any European though. Asia is way more diverse than Europe, and its unfair to lump the entire continent into one category. I do agree with your last point though.
You should research what Western Culture is. There is a common culture among all Europe.
@@jonessmith7180 :)) "All of Europe" has never been one hundred percent the same culture. Well, let it be as you say.
Idk what it is, but hearing other languages, makes me happy.
The word "Asia" is outdated. It was an old European word for that is not Europe in the unknown east on their view. Its meaning kept expanding and it now includes too many countries, cultures and ethnic groups that are not related at all.
People always speak about the European view but never look at the Asian perspective. Ancient Asia had its own ideas of "Asia" such as the Japanese, these definitions may not have encompassed the entire continent as defined today but it did encompass most of the continent. Imperial Japan used these ancient ideas of "Asia" as the basis for its pan-Asian ideal it propagated during the 1940s.
As a Turkish I know very well my ancestors from Atilla’s Huns to Cengiz Khan Mongols left our original Homeland… we’re originally from Sibirya & Northern China 🇨🇳 , nowadays Mongolia 🇲🇳
But I don’t feel myself nor Asian neither European, I’m more unique, I’m a Eurasian, that’s it 🇹🇷❤️
attaturk was albanian
@@polha4966 doesn’t exceed the single digit
The Serbian have 2 digits …
And Turks start with 3 digit at least and it’s going far beyond
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@@KimseKimsesiz1948 go back to mongolia. What are you doing here?
From China. Turkey is always a myth to me. Its land is in Asia, but never see her in any Asian organizations. Cyprus and Israel are probably similar. In this street interview, got a feel, people meant mid-east when they say 'east'
Thumbs up to Asian boss for bringing up a great topic!
As a Turk I can confirm that they meant the middle east
Yes, you are right they were referring to M.E. But we do participate in Asian sports plus we are a member of Turkic council
You are right and Turkey just has its own culture not the same with Asia and Eu
@Leo Yang Israel is Asian though
THEY DONT LİKE. İRAN IRAQ LİBYA SYRİA. ETC. MİDDLE EAST COUNTRİES TURKEY MORE EUROPEAN
Americans are in shock. To them Asians are either Chinese, Korean, or Japanese!
I'm pretty sure they think India is an African country due to their skin coloar.
The Ottomans ruled the Balkans until central Europe for centuries. Hence, cultural influence seeps in naturally. tbh Turkey influenced countries like Greece so much it is a conflict when you talk about food & such things. The roots, however, are Asia as it's the base of the people. Still, the short answer is Turkey is Eurasian.
Yes, the original Turks were a horse army like the Mongols originating in central Asia. They are not very European if you talk to them, their mannerisms, and behavior doesn't seem European. They are not like Arabic or Persian peoples either
@@dominicm255 because we semi-nomadic peoples, we know every place as a dormitory we adapt to every place
I think the short answer is Turkey is simply mediterranean.
@@mikimosky4109 Greece is a XIX century country. Ancient Greece with its philosophers and all the rest were an ancient civilization, a vast part of which was located in Asia Minor, that is, Turkey (famous cities such as Mytilene, Assus, Samus, Ephesus). Most of the cultural legacy of Greek philosophy is influenced by Asian culture, even more so during the hellenistic period.
@@eraywayne2165 very adaptable it seems
the most important thing to take from this video is, to let people decide what they want to identify with. especially this conversation can be quite annoying when non-turkish people try to decide what others should be labeled as.
It's not really up for debate though.
Anatolia was identified as being 'Asia' far prior to its Turkification several centuries later. So, as things are, the country is very much part of Asia, safe for Eastern Thrace.
Happy to see Asian Boss interviewing Asian bosses from all around Asia!!! Asia is so full of unique flavors and colours in everything 💖 Greetings from the heart of the Balkans - Bulgaria 🇧🇬
I would like to see the same video for Russia btw especially atm
Looking from Brazil, being outside Europe and Asia, I'd say Turkey seems to be more European.
How did you come to this conclusion
Not even close !
The European identity tradition everything was destroyed when ottomans took over Anatolia
This interview was held in Istanbul. Turkey is so much more than that. You wouldn't believe how different east and west Turkey is. I as a Turkish myself still get surprised by it sometimes. You can only understand if you experience it yourself
@@Melinmingle cuz he watches alot of American movies
@@KarmaKraftttt As if “europe” has one culture… 😂
It's very unique to hear this language 😃
İndeed. as a turk it is a mixture of french slav nordic
@@Atlass2023 oh 😃
@@adwaith-n-air no its totally an asian language
@@imecliipse yes but sound of our languega like mix of deutch-norwagian
@@xxxxxx-rg6qr yes, especially "ö,k,h" sounds like norwegian
There are so many stereotypes. I don't understand why so many people consider a modern lifestyle automatically as European.
Anyway, I got to learn about Korean culture thanks to a Korean friend and I think there a similarities in the mindsets which is very interesting.
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