Life in Istanbul 2023 | Why we fell in love with this city 🫶
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hey guys! Here I’m gonna show you our impressions after 7 months of living here 😜
00:00 introduction
00:39 English is not my native language
00:57 let’s get started
01:13 about kind people
03:12 about attitude to the children
03:47 about attitude to the cats
04:32 about religion
05:43 start to tell about life here
06:14 local cousin
06:33 Turkey becoming expensive
06:55 beautiful city
07:25 about transport
08:19 about taxi
08:59 about hilly streets
09:12 about playgrounds
09:28 about parks
09:42 about kindergartens
10:11 random interesting facts about Istanbul
11:19 conclusion
Applications for food delivery in Istanbul: Getir or Yemeksepeti.
Good parks (which I visited, there are also many others): Yildiz Park, Emirgan Korusu, Nakkaştepe Millet Bahçesi, Maçka Democracy Park, Kağıthane Belediyesi Hasbahçe Mesire Alanı, Ataturk Arboretum.
My russian speaking channel:
/ @yuliyayoutubova
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I have been to Turkey many times due to my job. I was in Kocaeli. The city after Istanbul. I spent the best months of my life here. I fell in love with the country. People are very good. They love children very much. They are very affectionate towards animals. If you can be friends with Turks, you will be like family. They are very friendly. They talk a lot :) They live everything very intensely. A very emotional nation. I stayed in Turkey many times and finally I said I am Turkish 😄 Now my biggest dream is to settle in Turkey when I retire 🥲
What a lovely comment thank you for your kind words about us ❤ yes we are a very emotional nation and we live everything intensely lol. The reason for this is our long history and our past, we had no choice but to be this way. When I visited Holland I was shocked to see how people are distant and very individual. I mean they were nice but still I couldn't find the depth in the relationships. That's when I realized I needed to go back to my own country :) Kocaeli is a nice city, if you love nature, trees and water I recommend you to visit Sakarya, a city near Istanbul and next to Kocaeli. Most Istanbulers visit Sakarya for vacation. Sapanca has nice hotels in nature.
In Sha Allah brother, we are One
@@rumeysa4686 hello dont you think that in istanbul people are individual as well?
@@ananassucre5657 istanbul people are more individual than the small city people of Turkey but when it comes to European people and Turkish people there is a difference. They are not the same, not at all. In Istanbul, you can ask locals anything, you can ask for help either for an address or for some change to buy something. They are more open than Holland for example.
@@rumeysa4686 çok güzel bir tespit yapmışsınız Aynen katılıyorum. Bende bir benzerini almanlarda gördüm kesinlikle avrupalılardan farklıyız
We From San Diego California visited Turkiye 8 times we sill did not see all we wanted to see, this is the best country on Earth, and it is the center of the world, if you google "Center of the World" it is Turkiye city called Kirsehir, most important geopolitical landscape and beautiful nature ,beaches, food but the People of Turkiye are the mo0st friendly kind compassionate hospitable people on Earth we love Turkiye
KCŞSLVLSMŞVMDŞVMDĞV KIRŞEHİR
@@umutkiran3035 Orası da Türkiye' de hdjsmsmmssj
Wow amazing video ❤
about the cats; it's really not about the religion or something like that. it's just they are a living being and we all know they need our help to live, to get feed and take care of their babies. they live in streets and we know they need food, water and most importantly love. so like any other living being that we would have take care of, we take care of the cats and the dogs and the others. 😊
I've been living in Turkey for over 23 years and It's my country. I'm from Sudan. I love the country, the people, and everything about it. Many friends around the world from Europe to Arabia and Africa wonder why I chose to live here and I honestly tell them about many things but you know you have to experience Turkey...Many people may have negative stuff about Turkey from the news and false history books and those might be some of the reasons people do not believe that it (Turkey) is heaven on Earth. I'm glad you loved many things about Turkey. Wish you and your beloved family peace and prosperity. Thanks for the video.
I,'ve twice to Torkiye (the last one was last may) and it the first for my husband... you know what he going grazy about Turkeiye today 😂😂😂😂😂 he always dreaming to live in Istanbul... but... i think its imposible... we are from Indonesia... very very far away....
Maybe next year we will be back to Istanbul and Bursa with our kids... if we hv enough money ofcourse...
I love Turkiye....
I was in Turkey three times. I visited Istanbul, Izmir and Kusadasi, and I have to agree with you, Turkish people are very welcoming and nice . I would like to go every year and maybe retire there. Istanbul is an amazing city and full of life and positivity 😀. I wish you all the Best in your future life in Turkey and stay healthy and safe ❤️
That peanut part at the end is actually a quite normal thing. We say "göz hakkı" which may be tranlated as "share of the eye". It means if you eat something in front of someone you need to share it because they saw what you eat and they might want to eat that. It is even considered as rude by some people if you don't offer what you eat.
Wooow! Thanks for info ✨
That is not a thing. I am an Istanbulite and never have I ever offered someone my food. Unless you come from a smaller village, sharing food with people you don't know is not common. İstanbul is a pretty individualistic metropolitan.
Hahah the old couple offering food to your kid was adorable ❤❤❤
I m turkish American in Kentucky USA and I m very happy to see you and family in Istanbul and really miss there so much and thanks for share this city which I love 😊
Oh I am Turkish American from Cincinnati OH bro. We are really close.
in love with Turkey and the people there!❤ Istanbul on the wishlist🧚🏼♂️Thank you for the video!
Thanks for watching ✨
@@YuliyaOkunkova There is this Turkish custom of offering food to girls and women in case they might be pregnant. As you know pregnant girls and women might get hungry a lot during their pregnancy. This type of hunger is called "aşermek" in Turkish. The lady at the pharmacy offered you her peanuts in case you might be pregnant and hungry. Usually people don't ask the girls or women if they might be pregnant, they almost always offer food to all the adult girls and women in case that might be the case
Thank you very much for your nice words about Turkiye and Turkish people. I have to confess that your daughter is very adorable, cute and curious.
Just a small comment. You qualified the dogs and cats "homeless". We see them as residents of the city. They roam the streets, shops, restaurants, mosques, and houses free. In a way they have many homes and many owners.
All the best.
Got it 😉
We need to make sure foreigners dont come and make turkey non muslim
As turks have suffered too much over centuries against those that tried to change its Islamic identity. Look at what those crusaders did?
@@ytaccnt3942 truth hurts. Lol
@@kellysam2076 Turkey is secular country, not an Islamic state. Any killings happened 100 years ago where fake scholars and imams who would use religion to manipulate people using their faith. I wonder if you ever defend people of another religion than yourself in countries such as Saudi Arabia. How much religious rights does a Christian or Jew have in other Muslim countries.
@@kellysam2076 Nobody in Turkey hates Shiism. First of all, Türkiye is a secular country. Turks are not like Arabs. Therefore, there is no such debate in Turkey as you think. I'm 50 and I've almost never even heard of this type of thing being talked about. Nobody cares who is Shia and who is Sunni. Tap on the cream cheese if you want. Everyone will pay their own bill. These discussions are the debates of the Arab world, and therefore they have never found peace, and they have not been able to get rid of being the toy of imperialism.
Also, religion is the religion of Allah. He named it Islam, not Shiism or Sunnism. Why are you messing with this kind of stuff? Shiite, Sunni, hypocritical, who killed whom... brother, are you crazy? I have been reading only the Qur'an for 10 years without interruption. At first I tried to understand what Allah said and his religion, then I started looking at what people wrote. There, Allah says "take care of yourself first/save yourself". Instead of obsessing over the events of 1400 years ago, you live today, brother. Drop these stories. Try to be human. Or you'll be lost. As a Turk, he said from me.
I think it is the most beautiful country in the world, it should definitely be visited once, its people are very helpful.
If you do not see other countries of World than you could have conclusion stupid like that.😂
no, Turks are big racists and hate foreigners, I'm scared to read local Facebook groups
As a Turk i am greateful for your kind words and honest review. I hope you'll keep enjoying your time in Istanbul. Best wishes for you and your family.
Полезные и интересные советы о Стамбуле и Турции в целом глазами молодой мамы и просто очаровательной девушки из России.
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@@YuliyaOkunkova Come to India beautiful ma'am 😍😍😍😍
I was just there in May, and fell in love with a Istanbul! Love the video. I miss the people and so many other things.
if you are open to the world,the world is also open to you !🥰nice message yuliya !
❤Istanbul rocks !!!!! We love this country
How sympathetically and enthusiastically you told about our country and people, and thanks so much for appreciation all time, this is your generosity 💞
Thanks! It was interesting to hear about personal experiences. I heard Turkish people were super nice, but examples like yours say it best :)
Hi Yulia, really enjoyed your tour of Istanbul. Been here for 30 years but it is refreshing to see it through the eyes of others.
Have a very pleasant stay here and you are very welcome to my city of Istanbul my friend. 🙋♂👏👏👏
Thank you Julia for refreshing my memory of visiting Turkey a couple of years ago. You are a wonderful travel blogger, charming girl and your English is excellent for a Russian speaking girl. Keep doing this great job!
Thank you! 😊✨
All the best Yuliya! I hope you'd have a peaceful, happy and healthy life in Türkiye with your family. Your daughter's so smart.
I ❤ so much Turkey too!!!!!!
I agree with you 💯 +1per cent !!!!!
People and the country both are the best and so amazing!!!!!!
Your daughter is so cute. “Allah bağışlasın”
Hi Yuliya! I just stumbled upon your channel while looking to watch videos on Istanbul! Oh and I'm so glad that I did! Thanks for this video. It's my dream to live in Turkey one day! Love your channel...keep the good work going....good luck to you and your beautiful family! Best regards all the way from New Zealand.
A really really outstanding presentation you gave. I will go there now for sure. Wonderful content and really a remarkable way you presented it. You go girl.
There very nice people!! they even take the strangers inside of there house it's kind of my country Ethiopia they do the same too, Before I moved to USA I'm not sure if it's the same now though 😊 & here in US the neighbors even don't talk to each other if they let you in their house your a special person lol they do that after 10 year even after all people Taste you who your they don't bleave anyone to bring there house easily like that
Great info, well-edited. Thank you very much.
we were happy before 2000. but hope will never end 🫶
your explanation is great. Maşallah sana ve ailene :)
Very helpful information. thanks for sharing Yuliya!
Thank you for your kind words and review on our people . Wish you and your family much more unforgetible memories here to remember .
Thank you very much for the video! You are definitely right about locals, I was also amazed with turkish people and ofcourse with Istanbul! Greetings!
Thank you! :)
Sagol Hasan kardesim her zaman hos geldiniz Türkiyeye. Sizleri seviyoruz
@@timurhan7425 Thank you brother Turkey is in my heart! If I would not be Bosnian, I would be Turk! ❤️🇹🇷
@@justhasanhereBosnaklar zaten kardesimiz ❤
That was an interesting experience. I saw my country from another perspective. Thank you:)
That was a lovely video❤
Loved watching your vlog ❤
thank u for ur good opinion about our country:) ur family look so cute, and I'll start to follow ur channel! Im looking forward to wait ur new video..
love your video!
Very nice video... I'd love to see more 😇🤗
Istanbul best
Hi Yuliya.. Welcome to Istanbul with your family.. Mashaallah means: what God wishes (creates beautiful).. We say it when we see beautiful things.. Beautiful kid, beautiful face, beautiful or strong animal, flower, tree, mount, sky, sea etc.. This word is an expression of praise to the creator of beauty.. 🙂I don't know where you heard it, but what you said about dogs and cats were made up by someone. 🙂It is rewarding to be kind to all living things created by God as a requirement of being human. That's all.. Thanks for nice video, regards.. 🙂🧡
Tamam got it:) thank you!
My dear Country and most beautiful city ISTANBUL. Hearing these kinds of good things from you made us ultimately happy. Our people are really sincere, kind, and thoughtful. I am in Latvia now but I missed my country, its warm-blooded person, sincere, food, and many other things. Wish you the best in your life with your family. Also, the neighborhood is the best thing in Turkey.
It is an honor for me to have met you. We are also pleased that you have adapted so quickly in Istanbul. Wish you good luck and good health 🌹 👍🙏🙋♂️. Almanyadan selamlar
Hello Yuliya
I like your positivity
Good luck your life in Istanbul
thank you for sharing experience
Thank your for your video
I never be in Turquie but i 😢love this country so much maybe because of the turkish série hope i will have the chance to visit this beautiful country ❤
May God bless you and your family Mrs Okunkova. This is your country too.. we feel good to see you here
very nice, informative and different video Yulya, well done! thank you for this
Omg this video was so informative for me actually I have never been in Turkey but now I realised that I really want to visit this incredible country ✨
You should definitely go to Bebek and you can walk alongside the coastline, also there are some coffee shops nearby the sea and they have a great see viewed sitting areas, I also recommend you and your family to go "Fethipaşa Korusu" and have a breakfast in an early hours of the morning, it will be different and fun day for you I think, dabro pajalovat v Turtsii, i ya jelayu vam haroşevo dnya iz Turtsii! :)
Amazing video ❤❤
It was fun to see that people were proving your words about them while you were talking about how warm and great they are. 😄
Also the parts with "Philosophy with Yuliya" subtitle made me laugh. 😁
Plus you are a very cool and beautiful woman.
If you enjoyed the video please give a like, and if you didnt enjoy it, also give a like.
Thanks. 😄
Thank YOU! ✨
emeğine sağlık :) akıcı, güzel bir video olmuş. Çok güzel özetlemişssin İstanbul'u. Keşfedilecek sayısız yer var Emirgan, Büyük Çamlıca, Adalar...sevgiler
Welcome to my country. I am very happy that you were satisfied. We would love to have you come again. I hope the Russian and Turkish people will be good neighbors.🥰
Your daughter is super cute same as you Yuliya, hope you get bigger with your vlogs. Also as you talk about how kind the people, the chain of events happened was super lucky to showcase the situation.
Omg so kind people 😢 i want to visit turkey in future
Hi yulia ur way of blogging is awsome
Good description and observing....
Welcome to our beautiful country, Turkey, I wish you happiness in your life.🙏
Nicely done ... 🤩
Welcome to our country dear Yuliya :) I hope you and your beautiful family will be very happy here. :)
Love Istanbul ❤️❤️❤️
I love you Türkiye...
Good vlog
your voice is so soothing
Really impressed
If you have residency and are registered in the health system, I think as a mother of a child under 4 yrs old you are entitled to a free public transport pass. Ask around.
Hey, welcome to Turkey 🎉🎉
2:16 he is a Police Officer, not a security guard. and a very kind Police Officer like almost all of them in Turkey.
Diana so cute, sweet 🥰🥰🥰💞💞💞🧿🧿🧿
I m glad that your words so real and ur daughter so hyperactive angel 😅
your positive character makes you much more prettier that's obvious to see...good luck in life to you and your family
Good video
The security guy says: very sweet, mashallah!
Welcome to my country and my city.I hope you are happy in this country.Your daughter is so cute and the God bless your family.❤️🧿
❤👍спасибо за тёплые слова за Турцию сестра 😊
You speaks english very clear make more video we like it
I was in Istanbul for over a week this past December and here's my take on the Uber situation - uber has failed to keep its rates updated based on the CRAZY inflation in turkey. I was shocked to see the Uber rates so low when i wanted a ride, but there was barely any driver. This happened many times. Taxi drivers have just abandoned Uber because of this. And for once, i understand them. That's not to say that a taxi driver wont try to rip you off, that's possible too.
I'm going to be your one of the first subscribers... I hope your channel grows very fast. Much love and wishes for you and your family from a Pakistani follower. Appreciate your work.
And yeah no doubt Istanbul is my own 'the most desired destination' to live in...
Your Turkish accent is really good hahaha I'm so glad that you liked Istanbul :)
I love Stambul,magic city and friendly
For your information, there is not only Istanbul city in Turkey. You can also check other cities
And now compare it with Germany....They call the Police when you are in the near and holding a camera in front of them. The economy is not the best in turkey but the people are happy and always friendly as you can see. I am a turkish guy living in Germany and they don´t like us. I never understand this rassism. Why? We are all the same....HUMANS! By the way, thank you so much for this fantastic tour around istanbul
First Video get my interest ❤
Super ❤
Thank you for this very positive video about Turkish people, but I have a small objection. Love for cats has not much do with religion for majority of the Turkish people, even if some people would claim that. In fact the cats are more abundant and well cared in the secular neighborhoods where people are less religious (such as Kadikoy, Nişantaşı, Harbiye, Cihangir districts in Istanbul). On the contrary I observe tourists coming from more religious Arabic and Middle Eastern countries seem to dislike cats and they do not even mind showing it...
I agree with you on this point. If it had anything to do with Islam, then you would see animals being treated well in Muslim countries and yet they're usually treated pretty terribly. It's a cultural thing that extends back to the ottoman era.
@@lisabelle7553 kedilere iyi davranmanın din ile alakası yok bu doğru, söylediğiniz semtlerde kedilere daha iyi bakılıyor da olabilir, bu da doğru olabilir zira daha duyarlıdırlar.. ama kedilere kötü davrandığı konusuna hiç mi hiç katılmıyorum , kediler ve köpekler insanlar arasında yaşayıp giderler.. sokak hayvanlarının çok olduğundan belli değil mi ?
Türkiye Uzakdoğu değil, Türk halkı fazlasıyla merhametlidir.
Nice lady nice family🎉 enjoy Turkey❤
We also fell in love with this city because We came here in Istanbul last year in October 2022 for a tour and on our way back we were sad because we didn't want going back. :). Istanbul is so beautiful city, a lot of Historical places, delicious food, beautiful weather, transport system is very good, traveling in ferry, and people of Istanbul is very cooperative and friendly. It is the most beautiful city in the world (in my opinion). we were stated near Sultanahmed, amazing city. Wish to be there again :)
All the best Yuliya Okunkova. Thank You.
What a beautiful city, and I love the way they collectively care for the animals. It's interesting to see the mix of Europe and the Islamic world as well, I wasn't sure how it would be to spend time there as a non-Muslim. A friend worked in Qatar as a journalist for several years, and found it very difficult to be out and about as a non-Muslim, and especially as a woman, but Turkey seems like it has a different feeling.
Türkiye is a secular country that cannot be compared to Qatar. So you don't have to worry.
@Ruby I had thought that the president made it an Islamic Republic a few years ago? Maybe just Western media or social media being fearmongering like they do.
In Turkey its different. Türkiye is a modern Country. It doesnt seem like arabis countries. Because Turkish Republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk made this country secular.
Turkey is not a mustlim country. It's in official law in Turkey: Turkey has no religion! Myself also is atheist as Turk.
@@ArgeKumadan😂😂
I hope you will like here. Your daughter is so cute ❤
Thank you for your kind words but we don’t believe that cats go to Heaven😃😃 I’m 40 years old and it’S the first time I’ve heard such a thing. We just love them they are cute 😀😀
Welcome❤❤❤❤❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Güzel şehirmiş.
yaşamasak inanıcaz aq sdfjşkeşwrıjaşskdlasd
Güzel ülkem güzel İstanbul'um 😍💙🇹🇷
İstanbul had been the centre of commerce for centuries and ships from all over the world visited İstanbul.Cats traveled within those ships left the ships in İstanbul, so cats all over the world live in İstanbul now. Those cats are not homeless because they are wild cats with survival ability.
Hi as a Turkish, I want to point out one thing. We don't believe cats will go to heaven and tell God everything you did for them. In islam all creatures should be respected and treated with kindness because all animals and even plants will talk in the day of judgement. If you are good to them, you commit a good deed and if you treated them bad, you will live the same thing in hell. (The same things also applies to humans of course). We especially love cats because in islam they are considered clean animals since they clean themselves and don't poop everywhere like dogs. Regardless you can see stray dogs are treated well too. We like cats, dogs, birds all animals. (Of course there are bad people in Turkey too but then again they are everywhere around the world. Majority of the people here are kind towards animals is what I'm trying to say). Taking care of stray animals is a tradition dating back to the Ottoman Empire. Ottomans even had a hospital for storks who get injured during migration. So yeah, feeding stray cats and dogs are a part of our culture since the Ottomans.
Wow! Thanks for correcting me 🙌🏼
welcome :)
yuliya did you know you genetically probably tatar/crimean turk cuz of your eyes shape almond and your hair colour and faceial shape. I am a genetic researcher who studies the reflection of genetics on physical traits. I can definitely say that you are phenotypically similar to the Turkics. Maybe that's why you loved and felt belonging to turkiye. :) if so let us know or i suggest you do some research on it
As a Turkish I want to escape from istanbul :(
I'm Turkish but first time heard that cats will go to heaven😅
Türkiyeye hos geldiniz
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