you can automatically see the comments are biased. If you secular western type, then it will defiantly be biased with Erdoğan, even though his economy is much better then before. CaspianReport made it much similar clear. Showing good and bad.
Erdogan did nothing significant about economy. Turkeys growth and unemployment is pretty much the same as always. Currency lost more than 50% value against USD. Also he sold huge state owned companies to private sector (which were mostly foreign buyers) and built infrastructure. It's a matter of debate if this was good or not.
In Somalia, Turkey single handedly dug us out of a grave. Erdoğan and his wife went to Mogadishu in 2009 while it was a no go war zone. I wouldn't have gone to Mogadishu if I was being paid even. He brought investments, roads, hospitals, universities, schools, ports, airports, military academies, scholarships. They made a lot of money but in the process made Mogadishu a regional powerhouse and the government a legitimate front. Recently all the nations reopened their embassies. Turkish companies run the port, airport, hospitals, universities and private companies. They make the government millions daily from the port and the airport. Meanwhile America has been sending rice and Saudis giving 100 millions of dollars to corrupt politicians while all along investing in the country was the easy solution.
Emmmm no. The solution might be investment but trust plays a big factor on any investment. Why would the US invest any money on a nation they didn't invade and went through a civil war and has never embraced the free market? If there is something the US hates is wasting money on nations that aren't thankful and don't play any important factor on the world
@@fearlesspotato3429 Fair is fair. You are right. The US isn't responsible for the world. We hope you seek that same advice next time you are deciding to forcibly and destructively exporting your "freedom and democracy". I preferred growing in poverty and war to living under direct American occupation. We would've fought to kick them out or die trying.
@@SerTempleton yeah definitely dying at the age of 16 as a jihadist trying to kill the children of your enemies is far better than abandoning your barbaric ways and embrace modern civilization.
Geras Al-Aqras slightly wrong it was Christopher Nolan and wb over the Batman movies m.huffpost.com/us/entry/143297 variety.com/2008/biz/awards/mayor-of-batman-sues-wb-nolan-1117995653/amp/
We fight amongst ourselves, until a stranger joins the game. Then we unite and destroy the stranger. After we win, we celebrate for a week. Then we fight again amongst ourselves.
r2uuu I'd love to change the growing western culture in Turkey. The drinking, The clubbing, bad music, etc. This new generation is getting soft. Is this were our ancestors fought and died for? Just for us to become like the enemies we despaired back then? May Allah guide us all.
@@turkishbaijan775 When basically everyone in that city speaks that language, it does. And when the name has been used for the last 3000 years and the people in that city prefair the cities original name, it definatley does.
@@shrinilodedra3001 lol, why did you learn that.India and Turkey is historical ally but after india's current ruling party started to oppress the indian muslims, the relations are not the same. If you cant accept turkish media saying about oppression of Muslims in India, remember they also did a report on oppression of hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh
I was fortunate to spend five years of my childhood in Turkey, back in the early 1980s. I loved that experience, even as a spoiled brat American kid. The food was delicious, the culture was fascinating, the countryside was littered with ancient ruins, and the people were warm, friendly, and inviting everywhere we went. And we went just about everywhere--we lived in Ankara, but visited Istanbul, and Izmir, and Adana, and Sinop, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Van...I even managed a brief visit to the then-Soviet border with my dad, staring across a tiny river valley at the guard towers on the other side. As an added bonus, I can truthfully say that I lived through a military coup! Perhaps it was the era I lived there in, perhaps it was the limited perception of my pre-teen world views, or perhaps we were just sheltered from some of the realities of the country, but I did not see the divisions you talked about in the Turkey of the 80s. I mean, yes--when we traveled outside of the major cities & tourist areas, especially out East, there were differences: the towns were smaller, the roads not always well paved, and a few cartons of American cigarettes were sometimes better than cash. But the people were just as welcoming (if not more so), the hotels just as comfortable, and the food just as delicious and just as plentiful. Oh, and the chai--everywhere, the chai! I suspect my early exposure to Turkish chai is why I've never managed to appreciate any other teas in my life. It was impossible not to recognize just how predominantly Muslim the nation was (and is), but I always found it quite inspiring that freedom of religion was so ingrained into the national ethos and the separation between church and state so complete. Unlike many of my countrymen I am not so foolish as to think that I, or we, know what it best for a foreign nation and its peoples, but the Turkey that I read about today seems to have very little in common with the country I loved as a child. I do hope that the decisions being made there now will result in a strong and unified Turkey, where future children will be able to grow up as happily as I did.
Every Turk I have met was friendly and welcoming. And when i told them that i were Greek, they greeted me as a friend. I hope the best for the people, and peace between us.
@Taiwanlight Istanbul has a great role in Greek culture. Also our school books are not portraying turkey in the most positive light to be honest. Obviously 99% of the Greeks I know neither want Istanbul "back", nor do they have any animosity towards Turkish people. Hell most Greeks agree that apart from the religion, there isnt any real difference between us. But unfortunately, some few people never grow out of the childhood myths they have been fed. And the near constant political differences between our countries don't really help.
Turkish people are nice, friendly, humble and helpful. Erdogan and Turkey is popular in Africa, some mid east, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.
Nah not really I'm from Malaysia and only the Muslim loves him just because of his stance on religion and nothing else. They would rather choose a Muslim who is corrupt and a tyrant than a so called kafir
I love turks and have visited Turkey many times. Friendly and helpull people indeed. I often spoke with locals about Ataturk, Erdogan, EU and politics. However, things have changed for the worse. The locals aint so open about politics as they was only a few years ago. Some even seem scared to say what they think about this topics. A country who arrests their journalists is not on the right path. Erdogan is to blame for this. I think a nation have to be seculare for all inhabitants to thrive.
Νίκος Τζέλλος keep under estimating the country just when war or conflict pops out and triggers turkey just know it will be a bloody ending don’t mess with Turks, through out history they have done the unthinkable like beating a army of 300,000 Chinese against Turks 30,000 Turks coming victories with 15,000 deaths
To call them Arabic is ridiculous... it doesn't even matter what they look like, it's the groundbreaking positional system that matters. It was the Indians who invented it, not the Arabs.
As a Muslim revert from Europe. When I visited Istanbul for the first time and saw grown men drinking milk instead of alcohol at night, I wanted to burst out crying. :')
I've lived in Turley for the past nine months and I can say that this report was rather spot on. Good job! I'll have to side note that with, the country is very confusing and a paradox is an accurate description of what's going on here.
There is a silent war between secularists and islamofacists. Due to erdoğan who is islamofacist also our country looks like an arabic country. But there is nothing the worry about. Ataturk lit the light once. Younger generations getting more secular and freed.
@@josephjoestar4633 You guys have the most boring of politics. You think the biggest problems in the world is if women wear headscarves, whilst the rest of the world is entering a new, post colonial age of the 21st century.
Very poor coverage of Turkish mindset. Ataturk was a very crucial milestone in Turkish modernisation, but Ataturk himself was a consequence of the already-existent modernisation process. All the schools to which Ataturk attended, have been opened with the reformation movements which took place during the 19th century. For instance, many founding fathers of Turkey, including Ataturk, have studied in Manastir (Bitola), Selanik (Salonica), Üsküp (Skopje) or Istanbul. The reason why Western Turkey is more secular than the east is all the capital and human investment of Turkey has been made to Rumelian provinces instead of Anatolian provinces, since in Ottoman mindset Ottoman Turkey was a Rumelian country, not an Anatolian one. Almost all the urban population of Turkey was living in the Rumelian cities like Salonica, Skopje or other Balkan cities. After the fall of the Rumelia, almost all the Turks (along with many Albanian, Bosnian and Bulgarian-Macedonian Muslim) found refuge in western Anatolian provinces. Izmir, the westernmost metropole of Turkey which is known as the heartland of Turkish secular patriotism, was already home to a very urban Turkish population in the beginning of the 20th century, but Turks were constituting only %30-35 of the entire population, while another %30-35 was Greek, who were more influential and visible in the urban Izmir life. Today's 'Izmir' is not only Izmir of that local Turks, but also the Turks who fled from Crete, Macedonia and Aegean Islands and finally the ones who came with the population exchange between Turkey and Greece in 1923. These Rumelian Turks are the ancestors of the modern day secular Turks, and they are not less patriotic than the conservative ones when it comes to the territorial integrity, Turkish flag, Turkish military etc.
Sıradan Çinko Karbon Pil I agree with you . I read a great book called an Intelectual biography of Ataturk . Ataturk is largely seen in as a figure who broke with the past rather than as a product of his time . Ataturk simply continued the young turk reformist policies. Ataturk was a heir to the tanzimat reforms . Even without Ataturk the Ottoman we’re moving a less Islam based identity to a common ottoman identity . Ataturk was simply a scientific Turkic nationalist .
Fawad Malik I am more than happy to hear someone interested in Ataturk in a scientific and intellectual way. It is a common tendency to analyse modern Turkey and Ottoman Turkey in a continuity and change relation. I don't think "if" "would" sentences fit the historical contexts very well, but it is doubtful that the organic modernisation processes would lead to the modern day Turkey without a somewhat harsh intervention like Kemalists.
As a Greek (of Byzantine/Rum descent) who loves and has many times visited Turkey, I wish the policy of zero problems comes back. I wish my Turkish brothers quick return to democratic ideals, and I look forward to visiting again.
As a Kurd, it saddens me to see what Erdogan turned turkey into. We’re still being persecuted, the population is running out of money, and now the country is just a laughing stock, and the people are mostly seen as racist nationalists hellbent on blowing up all Greeks Kurds and Armenians.
İ am turk and i can say we cannot eat food too it is not persecution it is poverty turk racilized a lot because of economy and then when we manage our lifes some retards Just comes and say go back to mongolia biji apo shut the fuck up i have bigger problems and i cannot deal with your bullshit we Just want peace and you ideots not helping at all apo is a terrorist and magalo idea is fucked up
@@OfficialUKGov as a turk I havent seen any turk be racist to greeks or kurds. Although I hate Erdoğan and he is the over religious retard who is undoing whatever Mustafa Kemal Ataturk did. He is shaping the country for his own ideals
Your use of extrovert and introvert toward the end was very interesting. I've never heard those words used to describe entire groups of people, but it actually made a lot of sense here and helped me understand the regional differences within the country. Fantastic video as always.
First I thought to myself "this is the best video I've seen in youtube from a foreigner (for a Turk at least) about current situations in Turkey". But then I realised it's an Azerbaijani Channel that made it, so then I figured it would be easy to understand peoples from same or similar cultures. But great video. I would've hoped some American or European channels could show, not only Turkey, but the other cultures and regions of the world that they are not familiar with; with no propaganda or biased opinions involved.
I have been visiting Turkey for the last two decades to explore archaeological sites as a tourist. I found dramatic positive change. If you have gone through the Book " Next Hundred Years" you can get an idea why Turkey at present is vulnerable.
He says it best himself: “The fact that so many outside nations seeked to wipe out the nation unified it [Turkey]” Good video. The Turkish population, regardless of religious or ideological values, are still deeply in support of Atatürk and his teachings. Post-coup Erdogan, in order to legitimize himself, has re-embraced Atatürk’s values. Today’s “turkish islamists” are just the local Anatolian culture naturally reasserting itself within the nation. Its a lot like the democrat-republican cultural split in the USA. No side is truly bad, nor are they truly good.
but turkey has no good friends, even your other turk nations dont like your attitude, I think turkish people should stop oppressing minorities and start democracy
Sergiu Popovici wouldn't it be very easy for ottoman empire to wipe out every nation in balkans since they have ruled the lands nearly for 500 years? I am only asking because i see so many people saying the ottomans tried to demolish everything and had done nothing but evil things. Even after 500 years if the people there can still speak their language and practice their religion isn't it because the turkish ruling was just and right? If the ruling was that crucial wouldn't every balkan country speak Turkish today or every one of them would convert to islam? Dont you think it is different than what Britain or France did in India and Algeria ect.? I really am curious if this is the way people think in your country and i would like you to answer if you wouldn't mind since i wanna see it through your perspective also☺
Sergiu Popovici under ottomen islamic rule, every minority lived in peace and even got many socials benefits even as christians and jews. so stop lying and inviting fake stories you evil disgusting hate spreading propagandists shit . under islamic rule, christians and jews were even allowed to rule with their own law amongst themselfes. where else have minorites so much freedom? so stop lying you piece of trash
+ Gi zem Noone would be converted to islam no matter what turkey did. People were extremely religious back then that they would rather die tha follow islam. People today on the other hand are so open minded that the are able to choose what to follow from very early age. For example me, i decided at the age of 15 that i don't want to follow any religion based on the fact that all religion did Historically speaking was to bring agony and sadness to multiple places in the world. If my basic religion in greece was islam cus of turkey, i would have done the exactly same thing. Belief is about you and only you, not about some random empire 100+ years ago. The language thing, yea sure they kept their languages but there are still some random turkish words flying around ( most from old people 60+ years old) but that's enough. Greeks during the dark age, had to send their children into "hidden schools" during the night in order to keep the culture and language going, while at day they will do what the ottomans said just to stay alive. They always pretended that they are one with the ottomans then, but they never were, if they were there would be no greece today Trust me ottoman empire like every other empire was just about power and it brought only sadness... nothing good. British and france are not exceptions... ANYONE who violates boarders for the sake of power, money and more land is just evil. That's just a wrong thing to do. What greece and the allies did after ww1 was ALSO wrong.
akhs denlew thank you for your kind and honest answer. Some nations like Bosnians, Albanians and Macedonians did convert to islam because of the life they were living back then. Just like once we Turks converted from our own religion to Islam. If you ask me all religions are made up and i have decided to be a part of no religion when i was 15 just like you. I can understand why Greeks and Turks or any other Balkan nations acted the way they did. It's always important to stay as who you are as a nation to be alive as a nation. And we also have greek words in our language too. I love all of the cultural similarities we have even though we are very different from each other. I know we can't justify history from where we are today now but we have a future together that should be positive and peaceful for the people of both nations
As an American. I need social documentaries lie this to understand a world that is both outside and far different from my own. Globalization is great isn’t it folks. Thanks Shirvan. Always curious about Türkei
Nice video Bro! You explained Turkey's main problem since the beginning the republic very well. The fight between the two sides, it really breaks the backbone of the country.
Turkey is leading to one of its early glory. The increasing influence of turkey in all aspects including economy, geo politics, cultural and militry indicate turkey will regain it early position. True presention of rights for many community like rohangues, syrian refugees, kashmir on international forum really build the confidence toward turkey. Long Live Turkey
Indian Stars Not only that , but the concept of zero too which’s a word in English that its origin, rooted in the Arabic language but actually an Indian concept which Muslim mathematician borrowed & introduced to math and gave it a mathematical value. The fact that zero is written to the right side raises the value denomination of the number whereas zero on the left diminishing the number value to be lower than one (0.5) is done and set by Muslim mathematician
Indian Stars the Arabic numerals that we use today in our smartphone are inspired by Indian numerals fact no one can deny but the numerical system is founded by a Muslim Persian mathematician
@@trzy7265 you know they describe him many times in the Qur'an, right? He is a white man. Google "Prophet Muhammed 34th grandson" he is a White ginger man
While I am a Europhile, I firmly believe Turkey must remain independent, so as to act as mediator, buffer zone, and beneficiary of its very important geopolitical position. In essence it must become the Switzerland of the East. I admire Turkey and always had a soft spot for it.
I've noticed that since the adoption of Patreon based funding in your channel, the quality of your videos have improved quite dramatically. Maybe I consider becoming a patron my self.
Sorry but even I wouldn't think long live Ataturk could stop this incident. Turkey need great religious internal struggle for their history record. They wouldn't do it again after that. Look at the Lebanese.
Ataturk said himself that he want to add some parts of Thrace and Kerkuk-Mossul to Turkey. Actually we were going to place soldiers on Mossul at 1926 but a rebellion started by a kurd who wants sharia laws back stopped this.
@Kurdish Ball oof i think in your mapping videos kurdish people always get land lol. The offensive that is happening rn will be successful. And there will never be an pkk or ypg state.
Turkish citizen who prepared the video: D We look forward to seeing you in videos about Israeli persecution, US persecution and exploitation, as well as British and French exploitation. I am also a Turk. I do not expect you to understand us, I love my country, those who want trouble can come, those who want to be guests come here. I invite everyone to my country. :)
@NeoTurkism western politics Makes even non-westerners anti-Western Please don't listen to this kind of ideological propaganda We are not enemies of humanity, we can't make our voices heard, please
Caspian Report you should prepare a video about Khojaly massacre committed by armenians.Many people need to be informed more about this genocide because as the dead ones are muslims no one seems to care.But we need to get more specific information about this,thanks and keep up with your videos.Really doing good job.
As a proud Muslim Turk; I really wanted to thank you for the video. I'm really interested in policy and really wondering about how foreign people see us. As my survey till now, I've never seen a foreigner can understand the Turkish political backround like you did. Your video explains it so accurate with few mistakes I think. Because the tension between secular and Muslim people in our country is pretty high. And sadly it's even escalating day by day. In your video you mention about Erdogan's authoritarianism which might be right for secular opinion (which I don't support) but you didn't even mention about secular authoritarianism that ruled the country for at least 80 years. 99% of Turkish people are Muslims but Muslim women didn't even had right to cover their hair in army hospitals, universities etc. Can you imagine that a Muslim woman in a Muslim country can't get enough education because she is Muslim. This is what made Muslims poor and seculars wealthy in this country. This is inhuman. Turkish Muslims suffered a lot in this country. We don't love Erdogan for he made this country wealthy, he put us in G20 or anything else. We love him because he let Muslim people to live as equal as secular people. That's sad you didn't even mention about this secular authoritarianism problem. You should've mention secular coups and army intreventions occured every decade that drowned us for years... But at least you're the only foreigner that could understand Turkey's internal policy. Thanks for the video. From Istanbul with love. (:
Turkey is great country world firs industrial. Their president Erdogan is kindly helping Somalia ,Syria , Rohynia from Parma. We Somalian we thanks Allaha , Turkish people and Turkey presents Erdogan for helping us when it was darks days in our history. We will never forget .Jazakumulah Qayran. We pray Allah that Give success and protection to Turkey . We love you for the sake of Allah .
I don't agree with Erdogan at almost everything as an Atheist. But I agree with operation of Afrin. Terrorism radically dropped when we entered to Middle East. There is no actual ''Kurdish issue'' PKK and PYD don't represent Kurds at all. Only people who supports them are far left wingers and %5-10(at most) of Kurds.
No I hate his guts. I hated him when I was a religious person who prayed at least 2 times a day and I don't like him now either. He corrupted our country and put innocent people in jail. Me liking his stance about Syria is diffrent. Like I like how Hitler liked animals but I still hate Hitler.
And calling Atheists names doen't help. I love this country but I am starting to lose my faith about this country and its people. I am a Turk and my ancestors came here at 13th century. I don't like being alienized.
Princess Mahmoud Oh ok but he doesn't corrupted your country actually he fought corruption that's why turkey become better you cant denied that turkey situation it's the best since it founded in 1923 and about those people he throws in jail they deserve it and don't forget what ataturk did to Muslims when he becomes the dictator of turkey , may I ask what religion you use to follow
mustafa kamil bro I live in Turkey and have seen corruption myself. Someone in my family was thrown in jail because she was - she wasn't really- a gulenist for them and they had no proof but took her in for 7 months anyway. Bureaucracy is also corrupt.
mustafa kamil And Ataturk had to do radical stuff because he was changing and entire culture. He knew Muslim culture wasn't better then Western culture. So he westernized Turket but not entirely. He took good parts of West. He removed Khaliphate and that disturbed Britain most than anyone else.
@@kurdokurdistan5933 No I'm going to Batman and i always looking the Turkish flags why I'm not looking Kurdish flag ??? Because are u lier in European city , are u just fake supporter .
7:31 - 7:52 I shot those videos. And I'm a Syrian Turk. If you are clever, this may tell you how complicated is the situation in Turkey and the middle east in general.
I am a Turkish & grown up In Turkey living in US for 11 years. I born in Anatolia region and finish my college in Istanbul in Marmara region so it makes me qualified to evaluate the this video. First of, title! So called Turkish Mindset I listened all and really thought about it & concluded that main abstract about marmara region and Anatolia regions competing and having power struggle is irrelevant and never reflected my mindset or The Country s mindset as I know. Yes there are lots of contravercies, competing different groups, ideologies, religious sects, ethnicity and class but I have never heard marmara vs anatolia thing before! I can easily discredit this claim. For Ex Istanbul is biggest city in Marmara region. Istanbul has been receiving migration from all other parts of Turkey long before New Republic has founded. If you go to Istanbul and study on the demographics you will find that some cities in Anatolia has less residents living in them than same anatolian city descendants living istanbul. As a Anatolian city backround lived in Istanbul for seven years I can say that all the Anatolian region residents simply love and admire Istanbul. It is beloved crown jewel of Turkey. That's way producers always cast all Turkish series in Istanbul. So, the claim is no way Turkeys hurdle let alone to be so called Turkish Mindset. Second, If you start your narrative with these " Islamist rooted Erdogan" "He became a authoritarian sultan" "Turkey lost its way now fighting with everynation it has no friends" majority in Turkey especially these days even though some not agree with erdogan will automatically disqualify you as a critic. Im no fan of Erdogan and never voted for him once but that doesn't make me to ignore his success a politician. Politicians are politicians. Erdogan is also one of them but he has been successful every elections in Turkey for 15 years. Thats a fact that we cant ignore. As a Turkish I reccomend you that never try to judge anybody in Turkey with western narrative, it will not work and will simply backlash! Lastly, there many other ponits that I can write on but it so late over here and I have things to do morning. I hope you will study more on your next video about Turkey or Turkish Mindest or whatever that I can enjoy more. Still your fan.. keep up quality work.
niye öyle diyon la.erdoğanın ne bok olduğunu bilmiyomuş gibi yapma bırak desin.Sanki anadoludaki yobazlar yüzünden başa gelmemiş gibi konuşuyosun.Hep cahil kesim yüzünden oluyo bunlar.+dini de unutmamak lazım. bence bunlar iç savaş kışkırmaları gibi görünse de gerçekler,gerçektir.Batı daha sekülerken(anadoludan gelen yobazların oranı giderek artsa bile)anadolu hep yobaz kesimi temsil etmiştir türkiyede.Yazık ki erdoğanın bu otoriterliği bizi iç savaşa götürsün. Bir ateist olarak ülkem adına hep üzülüyorum.İnsanlarda karşıt görüşe saygı kalmadı.Bu ülke bu hallere düşmemeliydi.teeee adnan menderesten beri dini kullananlar hep en az %30-35 civarı oy almışlar.Atatürk ne kadar çabalasa da anca bu kadar olmuş.AH be atam az içeydin bi 20 yıl daha yaşasaydın da devrimlerini tamamlasaydın ahhhhhh ahhhh.
hocam şöyle anadolulu anca iğnenin ucu kendilerine değmeye başlayınca harekete geçiyorlar.O yüzden ekonomi batsa bile erdoğanın kesmine değmedikten sonra erdoğan hz.leri %50 ye yakın almaya devam edecektir.
The only country that helped the Syrian refugees was Erdogan's Turkey, Turkey even managed to create a peace zone in north of Syria. Don't let ideological differences affect your judgements.
Top quality as always mate. I know these videos are mostly just the amalgamation of research, but your Russian mindset video was the most satisfactory explanation of Russia's history, in the context of modern policy, that I have seen to date. Not really the focus of the channel, but if you feel like memeing it hard, you could always do an understanding the Scottish mindset vid.
@@Allinonetvz Silk Road has nothing to do with Himalayas. Only the pass that goes to India. Besides that, route between China and Europe is all goes through Eurasian steppes where Turkish nations lives.
You tell the things from your point of view. Those bullshit have no basis in reality. You can come and ask people and nobody will mention about Marmara Region or Marmara Faction bullshit when it comes to secularity or mindset. In every region of Turkey there are religious and secularist people. Erdogan has only 25% base support. Other part of his vote comes from nationalists which are not Islamist but close to Islam rather than Secularism.
because turkey both secular and islamic. here is 80 million people and i can say half is religious and half is secularist. ofc its not that simple but there is not any short way to explain it
Another amazing and informative video, Shirvan. I don't suppose at some point you could weigh in on understanding the British mindset to world politics? A breakdown of their social background, perspective, political objectives, rivals and challenges would be fantastic.
I think the current stage is a necessary period of Turkey's progress. Between Kemal's social progress, and Erdogan's economic progress, and as long as Turkey moves between these two with grace, it will have a great future.
GENOCIDE - TURKEY IS GUILTY OF 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE MASSARCRED, 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS, 750,000 ASSYRIANS AND OVER 950,000 GREEKS. THIS IS THE REAL TURKEY.
@@zooosfromterroristan1188 If u country is disliked by "everybody" maybe u should be ashamed. U came on a horse and u have not developed much since. Yay the turks (in Germany) put Kebab in a bread, that about all your "development".
The reformation movements began with 19th century Ottoman rulers, Atatürk is just the one who managed to make the reform properly. And secularist block is just West, most of the western provinces are secular minded compared to the east. Actually, the very city that is reckoned as the pleutonic ideal of Secular Turkey is İzmir, it isn't even around Marmara, it's Aegan Sea region.
I mean I’m not trying to put a stain on their history I would like to be Turkish but because of their massacres during the Ottoman rule I’m on the fence, although I wouldn’t mind being an Egyptian.
Quite accurate brief analysis of Turkish political and sociological history. Well done. Of course There lots of more details to point out considering socio-political variables of Turkey but again as a short explaining video ;thumbs up.
what if... erdogan was the way he was from the first years but he never changed good, good, good, he will always go on like that, why not like that? WHY?
Things are going bad for Erdogan. The Turkish president has at least eight reasons for concern: 1. The most important is the state of his health. More and more videos are appearing online of him looking disoriented, acting lethargic, having difficulty moving or mumbling out of place. Earlier, the 67-year-old Turkish president had suffered a serious illness, colon cancer. 2. The political opposition has maintained and strengthened its unity. The National Alliance coalition has the support of several opposition parties as well as the Kurdish opposition. Erdogan's opponents have influential and respected leaders who may well take over the posts of prime minister or president in 2023 - the leader of the Good Party Meral Akshener, the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu (Republican People's Party), the mayor of Ankara Mansur Yavas (Republican People's Party), etc. The main goal of the opposition is to return to the parliamentary form of government, which Erdoğan abolished. 3. The country's economy is stagnating. Erdogan has already replaced four heads of the central bank. The coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on all areas of economic activity. 4. In April, the rating of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fell below 30%, and the rating of the National Movement Party (a partner in the ruling coalition) fell below 6%. President Erdogan's own rating fell to 41% in early October. 54% of Turks are dissatisfied with his performance and 4% have not yet formed their attitude. 5. The flow of refugees from the Middle East, including Afghanistan, is causing growing resentment among the people. Xenophobic violence against refugees is on the rise. Erdogan's policy in this area is not popular. 5. As a result of the pandemic, the number of those infected continues to rise. Only half of Turkey's population has been vaccinated. Many accuse Erdogan of failing to improve the situation. 6. Within the AKP itself, the number of discontent with Erdogan is growing. At the end of 2019, some party leaders broke away from the AKP and created their own separate parties. These are the Party of the Future (leader - Ahmet Davutoglu) and the Party of Democracy and Progress (leader - Ali Babacan). 7. Ex-mafioso Sedat Peker's exposé videos posted on the Internet, which have received millions of views, undermine the prestige of the ruling party. They expose corruption in the upper echelons of the AKP. 8. Plans to build an alternative canal across the Bosphorus are met with increasing opposition from both environmentalists and politicians concerned about the financial and political consequences of construction. In April, 104 retired admirals openly opposed the possible repeal of the Montreux Convention (1936), which governs the legal status of the strait. Some of the signatories of the open letter have since been arrested and accused of attempting a coup. To somehow overcome all these negatives and unite Turkish society on a patriotic basis (especially before the 2023 elections) Erdogan may need some kind of foreign policy adventure, including a "small victorious" war. Should he prematurely vacate his post for health reasons or death, Article 106 of the country's constitution stipulates that the vice president of Turkey (currently, Fuat Oktay of the AKP) take over. Then, no later than 45 days after the vacancy, elections must be held. Should democratic institutions be sufficiently weakened by the time Erdogan leaves, one cannot rule out a successor from among Erdogan's trusted associates. In that case, there will be no election, or a fake "election" will be held. At present, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar is considered the most likely candidate under this scenario. Of course, such an option (rather unlikely one) would mean that a coup d'état has taken place in the country. One way or another, there will be interesting developments in Turkish political life in the next two or three years.
@@compassion333 sun and the moon is one of east asiatic nations ancient symbols. How did you relate it to the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire?
My contacts have referred to Erdoğan as Sultan ve Halife. They do not do so as praise but as Kemalist derision. I was teaching in Turkey during the rioting you mentioned, there were 3-way battles on my campus between Leftists, rightists and the police. I hope Turkey does not descend into civil strife again because that might undermine the great progress made since the 1980's. Thanks for another great, informative video.
Understanding the Danish mindset................not worth it at all. UNDERSTANDING THE CASPIANREPORT MINDSET, Now that would be epic.👍🏻👍🏻 CaspianReport please pin this comment if you want.🤗🤗
So far the best summary of turkish mindset. As a turk, it's sad to see the westerners are having a hard time understanding us due to the biased turkish and foreign media. Hope that the left and right wing unite for the benefit of its citizens and restore our prestige in the world. Also thanks for explaning 'what good erdogan did to stay in office for 15years'.
Markus Tanbeck You are right. Although i fully support my country in the latest happenings still i agree with you on the fact that Erdogan has done disservice to Turkey on cultural ways. Turkey was the center were many civilizations and cultures meet eachother, especially Istanbul. Now the whole world hates Turkey.
It makes me feel very sad to watch this video. I am from Kazakhstan and a devoted Turkic nationalist. I think the Ottoman Empire fell, because the sultans embraced too much conservatism and too much religion. They couldn't keep up with Europe, who embraced science, education and industrialization at that time. Ataturk put Turkey at the right track of science, education and industry. But now that the traditional islamist part of Turkey is taking over again, I am worried. Europe will always be a threat to Turkey, Europe will always want to control Bosphorus and Marmara, and Turkey must always be strong. It is dangerous and scary. Hopefully Turkey will never repeat the fate of the Osmanli Chalifate.
we are not European or Asian or Middle East country, we are basically Eurosia country which has diffirent mindset and multi-culture. So you cannot find your question's answer because we have every mindset.
I love your channel Shirvan ! I personnaly hope that the Islamist policies will create more cohesion between Turks and Kurds. Nationalism and forced assimilation was what created this dangerous alienation. Islam is not Nationalist, Islam is not Racist it might solve the issue. Turkey along with China might be the actual country to have to most elaborated and complex leadership vision today. That provides stability against foreign interference (ex: USA, UK, France ingerence into Kurds independantist affairs) and country wide cohesion. What is the next step ? Rename the country into a less nationalist brand ? Anatolia ? Rum ? Osmanlar ^^
Let me tell you what it is like coming from a Turkish family. Basically our ancestors were nosy, close-minded, self-centred and hypocritical villagers and the only thing we were good at was farming. Now somehow we’ve got our own government but the principles and way of thinking haven’t changed since our ancestors. Unsuccessful and small minded folk are educating the future generations. Just like our grandfathers do to our fathers and they now do to us. That’s why our economy is so good that we can barely afford milk. Yet somehow our elders whom we respect still follow our imbecilic government and principles. Thank god my grand parents migrated to the states where you are free to support politics if you’d like to or not and that it has no real effect or influence on your financial status and health. People in the states don’t live their lives 100% according to the principles of the government. Unfortunately in Turkey the government has influence in everything you do even from going to the toilet and that’s all thanks to our elders who passed that system of belief and respect onto us. In Turkey the political system and its people is basically how it was in Sacha Baron Cohen’s film ‘The Dictator’.
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you can automatically see the comments are biased. If you secular western type, then it will defiantly be biased with Erdoğan, even though his economy is much better then before.
CaspianReport made it much similar clear. Showing good and bad.
Erdogan did nothing significant about economy. Turkeys growth and unemployment is pretty much the same as always. Currency lost more than 50% value against USD.
Also he sold huge state owned companies to private sector (which were mostly foreign buyers) and built infrastructure. It's a matter of debate if this was good or not.
+Oekuez Global economy collapsing because money printing by central banks. Turkey is not exception if this.
Oekuez you're being very biased you could see the economy spiked when he was in office
+golden foxa So is for good or for bad?
HIS economies sure are doing well.
the son of a bitch built the biggest castle ever
In Somalia, Turkey single handedly dug us out of a grave. Erdoğan and his wife went to Mogadishu in 2009 while it was a no go war zone. I wouldn't have gone to Mogadishu if I was being paid even. He brought investments, roads, hospitals, universities, schools, ports, airports, military academies, scholarships. They made a lot of money but in the process made Mogadishu a regional powerhouse and the government a legitimate front. Recently all the nations reopened their embassies. Turkish companies run the port, airport, hospitals, universities and private companies. They make the government millions daily from the port and the airport.
Meanwhile America has been sending rice and Saudis giving 100 millions of dollars to corrupt politicians while all along investing in the country was the easy solution.
To stop anymore conflicts in Somalia people is the solution instead of giving aid which falls to corrupt politicians.
Emmmm no.
The solution might be investment but trust plays a big factor on any investment.
Why would the US invest any money on a nation they didn't invade and went through a civil war and has never embraced the free market?
If there is something the US hates is wasting money on nations that aren't thankful and don't play any important factor on the world
@@fearlesspotato3429 Fair is fair. You are right. The US isn't responsible for the world. We hope you seek that same advice next time you are deciding to forcibly and destructively exporting your "freedom and democracy". I preferred growing in poverty and war to living under direct American occupation. We would've fought to kick them out or die trying.
@@SerTempleton yeah definitely dying at the age of 16 as a jihadist trying to kill the children of your enemies is far better than abandoning your barbaric ways and embrace modern civilization.
@Talha Kaleem Yes,then when refugees will start to arrive to their homeland, they'll whine about the WhItE GeNoCiDe.
lol I just noticed Turkey has a city called "Batman" xD
Happy duck there is a city called samsun too. I like to spell it samsung.
nanananananana BATMAN!!
The mayor tried to sue dc comics some years ago. Failed obviously.
Geras Al-Aqras slightly wrong it was Christopher Nolan and wb over the Batman movies m.huffpost.com/us/entry/143297
variety.com/2008/biz/awards/mayor-of-batman-sues-wb-nolan-1117995653/amp/
Syria's got a town called manbitch lol...
We fight amongst ourselves, until a stranger joins the game. Then we unite and destroy the stranger. After we win, we celebrate for a week. Then we fight again amongst ourselves.
well said kardeşim ya well said
Me guzel soyledin be
Durum aynen böyle valla :D boşta kalınca kendi içimizde birbirimize sarıyoruz direk
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r2uuu I'd love to change the growing western culture in Turkey. The drinking, The clubbing, bad music, etc. This new generation is getting soft. Is this were our ancestors fought and died for? Just for us to become like the enemies we despaired back then? May Allah guide us all.
50% of the comments: " i live in turkey and still dont know whats happening.." other 50% of the comments: "Look Batman is in Turkey, see you Batman 👀"
It's called "Elih"
@@M414-q6o because its Elih in another language doesn't make it the city's official name 😂😂
@@turkishbaijan775 When basically everyone in that city speaks that language, it does.
And when the name has been used for the last 3000 years and the people in that city prefair the cities original name, it definatley does.
Muhammad nope its batman
@@gulfermendi6367 No you fool. it's f#cking superman!
I am turkish and i still dont know the mindset fam. Good luck
It should be neo-Ottoman suzerain
You are BatMan how dare you not know?!
Well they hate indians and hindus that's increasingly apparent
@Eric Hun really? They love Pakistanis though.
@@shrinilodedra3001 lol, why did you learn that.India and Turkey is historical ally but after india's current ruling party started to oppress the indian muslims, the relations are not the same. If you cant accept turkish media saying about oppression of Muslims in India, remember they also did a report on oppression of hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh
I was fortunate to spend five years of my childhood in Turkey, back in the early 1980s. I loved that experience, even as a spoiled brat American kid. The food was delicious, the culture was fascinating, the countryside was littered with ancient ruins, and the people were warm, friendly, and inviting everywhere we went. And we went just about everywhere--we lived in Ankara, but visited Istanbul, and Izmir, and Adana, and Sinop, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Van...I even managed a brief visit to the then-Soviet border with my dad, staring across a tiny river valley at the guard towers on the other side. As an added bonus, I can truthfully say that I lived through a military coup!
Perhaps it was the era I lived there in, perhaps it was the limited perception of my pre-teen world views, or perhaps we were just sheltered from some of the realities of the country, but I did not see the divisions you talked about in the Turkey of the 80s. I mean, yes--when we traveled outside of the major cities & tourist areas, especially out East, there were differences: the towns were smaller, the roads not always well paved, and a few cartons of American cigarettes were sometimes better than cash. But the people were just as welcoming (if not more so), the hotels just as comfortable, and the food just as delicious and just as plentiful. Oh, and the chai--everywhere, the chai! I suspect my early exposure to Turkish chai is why I've never managed to appreciate any other teas in my life.
It was impossible not to recognize just how predominantly Muslim the nation was (and is), but I always found it quite inspiring that freedom of religion was so ingrained into the national ethos and the separation between church and state so complete. Unlike many of my countrymen I am not so foolish as to think that I, or we, know what it best for a foreign nation and its peoples, but the Turkey that I read about today seems to have very little in common with the country I loved as a child. I do hope that the decisions being made there now will result in a strong and unified Turkey, where future children will be able to grow up as happily as I did.
Only 18 days left to elections.I hope it will be as you say.Greetings from Turkey
@@Ss97sand ................;(
@@redstream1237 ;(
Evet Türk çayının tadını bir kere ( damak tadı ) alırsanız.diğer çaylar sizin için hiç bir anlam ifade etmeyecektir.. 😊
Turkey is actually the Middle East's strongest economic and military power...you may not love Erdogan, but his country is not to be underestimated.
Rafael Arandas im turk fuck erdogan
Rafael Arandas turkey stood up becaude of erdogan
Israel is the strongest military power in the Middle East.
PegasusP SHUT UP LİER !
We are republicans so I dont like the phrase 'his country'. Turkish people own Turkey its not just his country
The comment section is like the Crusades
expect.....
*They are even lighter and weaker than pet toys of crusaders*
Toys like drones?
Pax Mongolia stfu
Orkun Çınar nukes are toys?
Crusades are an answer to jihad comments.
Every Turk I have met was friendly and welcoming. And when i told them that i were Greek, they greeted me as a friend. I hope the best for the people, and peace between us.
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@Taiwanlight Istanbul has a great role in Greek culture. Also our school books are not portraying turkey in the most positive light to be honest. Obviously 99% of the Greeks I know neither want Istanbul "back", nor do they have any animosity towards Turkish people. Hell most Greeks agree that apart from the religion, there isnt any real difference between us. But unfortunately, some few people never grow out of the childhood myths they have been fed. And the near constant political differences between our countries don't really help.
A Turk can never ever be a friend of a Greek.
@@nikmoras5285 I take it you are into politics
@@luxembourgishempire2826 he's not wrong
Let's start a petition to make Batman turkeys capital.
fun fact about Batmanç: it is knows with its oil refineries in Turkey
@@koseku3 Freedom intensifies
@@rafail2303 not that much oil :D
It's real name is "Elih" and it's a Kurdish city
@@M414-q6o no it is originaly a sumerian settlement not kurdish, kurds were living on mountains at that time
Turkish people are nice, friendly, humble and helpful.
Erdogan and Turkey is popular in Africa, some mid east, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.
Popular in Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia..
You call this a point???
Is he Popular in any First-world country?
Nah not really I'm from Malaysia and only the Muslim loves him just because of his stance on religion and nothing else. They would rather choose a Muslim who is corrupt and a tyrant than a so called kafir
Ukraine and Azerbaijan are the closest allies.
I love turks and have visited Turkey many times. Friendly and helpull people indeed. I often spoke with locals about Ataturk, Erdogan, EU and politics. However, things have changed for the worse. The locals aint so open about politics as they was only a few years ago. Some even seem scared to say what they think about this topics. A country who arrests their journalists is not on the right path. Erdogan is to blame for this. I think a nation have to be seculare for all inhabitants to thrive.
Νίκος Τζέλλος keep under estimating the country just when war or conflict pops out and triggers turkey just know it will be a bloody ending don’t mess with Turks, through out history they have done the unthinkable like beating a army of 300,000 Chinese against Turks 30,000 Turks coming victories with 15,000 deaths
Get loan from the bank
Gamble the loan
Repeat until jackpot
Relax liberals, this is called TURKISH MINDSET
Turkish mindset
And what do u know about Anatolia and the Turks, get the f..k out with your hypocrisy😂..
"European numerals" or as we call them in Europe: "Arabic Numerals"
And yet they are Indian numerals :D
To call them Arabic is ridiculous... it doesn't even matter what they look like, it's the groundbreaking positional system that matters. It was the Indians who invented it, not the Arabs.
It's all theory and claims, so best stick with convention - Arabic.
The Ural-Altai group is rejected by an overwhelming majority of linguists. There was a sprachbund between many of these languages but nothing more.
Or as they call them in the Islamic world "Indian Numerals"
I'm amazed, for a person who's not living in Turkey, you've summed up the situation pretty good.
He is Azerbaijani
Turkey has the yummiest cuisines. I know its irrelevant but i had to point that out
Facts
@Josip lol i am from Lahore, Pakistan.
True, New York and London is nothing compare to Turkey! Turkey is the ultimate place for dinning and take outs!
@Ivan butthurt detected
@Ivan i had a hard time understanding what the fk are you talking about
I loved Turkey so much I immigrated there in 1990 from the USA. Happy is the one who calls themselves Turk!
Nobody from USA could go to Turkey now
@@ruthaakamonica5602 Why not? Thousands of westerners live and work here. This is not the Saudi desert.
Seeing this comment made me be happy and get some hope glad you are enjoying it here Ne mutlu Türküm diyene
@@ruthaakamonica5602 You are a victim of propaganda. th-cam.com/video/-fYZGBFsnCY/w-d-xo.html
Wow 👍
I am always so hyped to see a new Caspian report on my feed
Guinness it's pretty hard to get information like this.
*Sips ayran*
This should be fun
As a Muslim revert from Europe. When I visited Istanbul for the first time and saw grown men drinking milk instead of alcohol at night, I wanted to burst out crying. :')
@@ryanvb3452 the fact that half the population of turkey drinks alcohol makes this statement extremely ironic
@@alanjacker1374 I never denied that there are Turks who drink. Beşiktaş is as secular as any other European city.
@@ryanvb3452 fair enough
@@ryanvb3452 That's LION'S MILK. Not your average milk :)) We call it Raki.
I've lived in Turley for the past nine months and I can say that this report was rather spot on. Good job! I'll have to side note that with, the country is very confusing and a paradox is an accurate description of what's going on here.
There is a silent war between secularists and islamofacists. Due to erdoğan who is islamofacist also our country looks like an arabic country. But there is nothing the worry about. Ataturk lit the light once. Younger generations getting more secular and freed.
@@kuax27 abi çok doğru söyledin
@@kuax27 One thing, are you a Secularist?
@@josephjoestar4633 hahshahshsh
@@josephjoestar4633 You guys have the most boring of politics. You think the biggest problems in the world is if women wear headscarves, whilst the rest of the world is entering a new, post colonial age of the 21st century.
Very poor coverage of Turkish mindset. Ataturk was a very crucial milestone in Turkish modernisation, but Ataturk himself was a consequence of the already-existent modernisation process. All the schools to which Ataturk attended, have been opened with the reformation movements which took place during the 19th century. For instance, many founding fathers of Turkey, including Ataturk, have studied in Manastir (Bitola), Selanik (Salonica), Üsküp (Skopje) or Istanbul. The reason why Western Turkey is more secular than the east is all the capital and human investment of Turkey has been made to Rumelian provinces instead of Anatolian provinces, since in Ottoman mindset Ottoman Turkey was a Rumelian country, not an Anatolian one. Almost all the urban population of Turkey was living in the Rumelian cities like Salonica, Skopje or other Balkan cities. After the fall of the Rumelia, almost all the Turks (along with many Albanian, Bosnian and Bulgarian-Macedonian Muslim) found refuge in western Anatolian provinces. Izmir, the westernmost metropole of Turkey which is known as the heartland of Turkish secular patriotism, was already home to a very urban Turkish population in the beginning of the 20th century, but Turks were constituting only %30-35 of the entire population, while another %30-35 was Greek, who were more influential and visible in the urban Izmir life. Today's 'Izmir' is not only Izmir of that local Turks, but also the Turks who fled from Crete, Macedonia and Aegean Islands and finally the ones who came with the population exchange between Turkey and Greece in 1923. These Rumelian Turks are the ancestors of the modern day secular Turks, and they are not less patriotic than the conservative ones when it comes to the territorial integrity, Turkish flag, Turkish military etc.
Kurdish Aryan Median Hurrian Hittite
what is wrong being a gay?
Sıradan Çinko Karbon Pil I agree with you . I read a great book called an Intelectual biography of Ataturk . Ataturk is largely seen in as a figure who broke with the past rather than as a product of his time . Ataturk simply continued the young turk reformist policies. Ataturk was a heir to the tanzimat reforms . Even without Ataturk the Ottoman we’re moving a less Islam based identity to a common ottoman identity . Ataturk was simply a scientific Turkic nationalist .
Geras Al-Aqras
fuck off bitch
Fawad Malik I am more than happy to hear someone interested in Ataturk in a scientific and intellectual way. It is a common tendency to analyse modern Turkey and Ottoman Turkey in a continuity and change relation. I don't think "if" "would" sentences fit the historical contexts very well, but it is doubtful that the organic modernisation processes would lead to the modern day Turkey without a somewhat harsh intervention like Kemalists.
Geras Al-Aqras Young Turks are not all black or white. The first minister of foreign affairs of Young Turks was Armenian.
As a Greek (of Byzantine/Rum descent) who loves and has many times visited Turkey, I wish the policy of zero problems comes back. I wish my Turkish brothers quick return to democratic ideals, and I look forward to visiting again.
As a Kurd, it saddens me to see what Erdogan turned turkey into. We’re still being persecuted, the population is running out of money, and now the country is just a laughing stock, and the people are mostly seen as racist nationalists hellbent on blowing up all Greeks Kurds and Armenians.
İ am turk and i can say we cannot eat food too it is not persecution it is poverty turk racilized a lot because of economy and then when we manage our lifes some retards Just comes and say go back to mongolia biji apo shut the fuck up i have bigger problems and i cannot deal with your bullshit we Just want peace and you ideots not helping at all apo is a terrorist and magalo idea is fucked up
@@OfficialUKGov as a turk I havent seen any turk be racist to greeks or kurds. Although I hate Erdoğan and he is the over religious retard who is undoing whatever Mustafa Kemal Ataturk did. He is shaping the country for his own ideals
@@OfficialUKGov nope its just the ones who are visible most people dont have any problems with other people except for refugees
@@OfficialUKGov Erdogan is supported by Grey Wolves. Do you want to betray people who have supported you?
Your use of extrovert and introvert toward the end was very interesting. I've never heard those words used to describe entire groups of people, but it actually made a lot of sense here and helped me understand the regional differences within the country. Fantastic video as always.
I too didn't see these words coming, but they were spot on if you think about it.
@@fahadkhankhattak8339 Japan is classic introvert. Except when they try to conquer Asia.
@@kingstarscream320 yeah, except gone are the days. We can talk about china in todays context tho
First I thought to myself "this is the best video I've seen in youtube from a foreigner (for a Turk at least) about current situations in Turkey". But then I realised it's an Azerbaijani Channel that made it, so then I figured it would be easy to understand peoples from same or similar cultures. But great video. I would've hoped some American or European channels could show, not only Turkey, but the other cultures and regions of the world that they are not familiar with; with no propaganda or biased opinions involved.
Turkey is not the enemy.
hans oberländer It reminded me of what an American general said in WW2 in Berlin when he saw all the Russian tanks: " we've defeated the wrong enemy!"
constantinople is a joke its name is istanbul
ScarletDespair where are you from i really need to where this stupid creature comes from
ScarletDespair Well yes but turkey isn't like arabia they have the muslim religion but imo they were always valueble allies to us germans.
ScarletDespair cons what ahahah so cute you are ❤
batman i see you.
Shirvan: here is a well researched video on a Turkish mindset
Everyone: Batman!
I have been visiting Turkey for the last two decades to explore archaeological sites as a tourist. I found dramatic positive change. If you have gone through the Book " Next Hundred Years" you can get an idea why Turkey at present is vulnerable.
An update to this document would be an excellent idea. The high quality of your analysis is always appreciated.
He says it best himself:
“The fact that so many outside nations seeked to wipe out the nation unified it [Turkey]”
Good video. The Turkish population, regardless of religious or ideological values, are still deeply in support of Atatürk and his teachings. Post-coup Erdogan, in order to legitimize himself, has re-embraced Atatürk’s values. Today’s “turkish islamists” are just the local Anatolian culture naturally reasserting itself within the nation.
Its a lot like the democrat-republican cultural split in the USA. No side is truly bad, nor are they truly good.
but turkey has no good friends, even your other turk nations dont like your attitude, I think turkish people should stop oppressing minorities and start democracy
Sergiu Popovici wouldn't it be very easy for ottoman empire to wipe out every nation in balkans since they have ruled the lands nearly for 500 years? I am only asking because i see so many people saying the ottomans tried to demolish everything and had done nothing but evil things. Even after 500 years if the people there can still speak their language and practice their religion isn't it because the turkish ruling was just and right? If the ruling was that crucial wouldn't every balkan country speak Turkish today or every one of them would convert to islam? Dont you think it is different than what Britain or France did in India and Algeria ect.? I really am curious if this is the way people think in your country and i would like you to answer if you wouldn't mind since i wanna see it through your perspective also☺
Sergiu Popovici under ottomen islamic rule, every minority lived in peace and even got many socials benefits even as christians and jews. so stop lying and inviting fake stories you evil disgusting hate spreading propagandists shit . under islamic rule, christians and jews were even allowed to rule with their own law amongst themselfes. where else have minorites so much freedom? so stop lying you piece of trash
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Gi zem
Noone would be converted to islam no matter what turkey did.
People were extremely religious back then that they would rather die tha follow islam.
People today on the other hand are so open minded that the are able to choose what to follow from very early age.
For example me, i decided at the age of 15 that i don't want to follow any religion based on the fact that all religion did Historically speaking was to bring agony and sadness to multiple places in the world.
If my basic religion in greece was islam cus of turkey, i would have done the exactly same thing.
Belief is about you and only you, not about some random empire 100+ years ago.
The language thing, yea sure they kept their languages but there are still some random turkish words flying around ( most from old people 60+ years old) but that's enough.
Greeks during the dark age, had to send their children into "hidden schools" during the night in order to keep the culture and language going, while at day they will do what the ottomans said just to stay alive.
They always pretended that they are one with the ottomans then, but they never were, if they were there would be no greece today
Trust me ottoman empire like every other empire was just about power and it brought only sadness... nothing good.
British and france are not exceptions... ANYONE who violates boarders for the sake of power, money and more land is just evil.
That's just a wrong thing to do.
What greece and the allies did after ww1 was ALSO wrong.
akhs denlew thank you for your kind and honest answer. Some nations like Bosnians, Albanians and Macedonians did convert to islam because of the life they were living back then. Just like once we Turks converted from our own religion to Islam. If you ask me all religions are made up and i have decided to be a part of no religion when i was 15 just like you. I can understand why Greeks and Turks or any other Balkan nations acted the way they did. It's always important to stay as who you are as a nation to be alive as a nation.
And we also have greek words in our language too. I love all of the cultural similarities we have even though we are very different from each other. I know we can't justify history from where we are today now but we have a future together that should be positive and peaceful for the people of both nations
As an American. I need social documentaries lie this to understand a world that is both outside and far different from my own. Globalization is great isn’t it folks. Thanks Shirvan. Always curious about Türkei
Ahh Yes the „American“
That writes Türkei like a german would.
Nice try Adolf :)
@@Jess-737 Gonna cry?
Well done Caspian Report, it is a really well-produced video with accuracy.
Nice video Bro! You explained Turkey's main problem since the beginning the republic very well. The fight between the two sides, it really breaks the backbone of the country.
Turkey is the best land that protect his land and culture i am so proud to be a turkish girl
Nimet tatlı
Asalamualaikum brother and sister
1:07 wow, I always thought Batman was in the US
@@ogunkovan you cant just call someone stupid
It real name is "Elih"
Its actualy not batman its batman but its difrent in turkish
turkish people are the most helpfull people in the world,I love Turkey and turkish people
Now i understand why your name is Clever Idiot .
@@βασιληςνταβραζος 😂😂
Great video but we need an update in the near future, economy has shit the bed.
It's been that way for years, friend
Your channel is pure gold. Thanks for the great content Shirvan!
Son of Kemet I've been told so before
Exactly not fake news.
+mike knight Eastern European
+mike knight China makes colonialism in EU.They baying Germans company .Move production lines to China and export own product to Germany
+mike knight China gone do they same with Turkey if let's them do this.
I acnnot believe someone who's not a Turk explained this situation brilliantly. Props man!
Turkey is leading to one of its early glory. The increasing influence of turkey in all aspects including economy, geo politics, cultural and militry indicate turkey will regain it early position.
True presention of rights for many community like rohangues, syrian refugees, kashmir on international forum really build the confidence toward turkey.
Long Live Turkey
@Josip They already have
God Bless Turkey and it’s people
4:21 he changed the Arabic alphabet to Latin alphabet but the European numerals he adopted are ACTUALLY derived from ARABIC numerical system
Indian Stars Not only that , but the concept of zero too which’s a word in English that its origin, rooted in the Arabic language but actually an Indian concept which Muslim mathematician borrowed & introduced to math and gave it a mathematical value. The fact that zero is written to the right side raises the value denomination of the number whereas zero on the left diminishing the number value to be lower than one (0.5) is done and set by Muslim mathematician
Indian Stars the Arabic numerals that we use today in our smartphone are inspired by Indian numerals fact no one can deny but the numerical system is founded by a Muslim Persian mathematician
You know prophet Muhammad was a white man, it makes sense when we look at middle Eastern history
@@kingofracism Bro xdddd no one knows if prophet mohammad is white brown or black, short or tall and no one should know.
@@trzy7265 you know they describe him many times in the Qur'an, right? He is a white man. Google "Prophet Muhammed 34th grandson" he is a White ginger man
While I am a Europhile, I firmly believe Turkey must remain independent, so as to act as mediator, buffer zone, and beneficiary of its very important geopolitical position. In essence it must become the Switzerland of the East. I admire Turkey and always had a soft spot for it.
We are pretty much neutral in everything but people call it two face lol
I've noticed that since the adoption of Patreon based funding in your channel, the quality of your videos have improved quite dramatically. Maybe I consider becoming a patron my self.
Serioulsy, i wish Atatürk lived much longer, imagine what Turkey would look like now.
Sorry but even I wouldn't think long live Ataturk could stop this incident. Turkey need great religious internal struggle for their history record. They wouldn't do it again after that. Look at the Lebanese.
Ataturk said himself that he want to add some parts of Thrace and Kerkuk-Mossul to Turkey. Actually we were going to place soldiers on Mossul at 1926 but a rebellion started by a kurd who wants sharia laws back stopped this.
And he was wanting Antakiya (Hatay) too and it's added to Turkey at 1939
Agreed
mrsammyg312 idiot
Her Biji Welate me Türkiye!
Long Live Homeland Türkiye!
Lange Leben Heimland Türkiye!
Leef Lang Thuisland Türkiye!
ÇOK YAŞA EY VATANIM TÜRKİYE!
@Kurdish Ball oof i think in your mapping videos kurdish people always get land lol. The offensive that is happening rn will be successful. And there will never be an pkk or ypg state.
@Kurdish Ball bruh you dont even have mapping videos.
@Kurdish Ball we arent doing a genocide. Get your facts right.
@Kurdish Ball bruh. So you sayin that they were terrorists before that. Thank you big brain.
@Kurdish Ball deep inside you know you are a liar
Level headed, fair analysis professionally presented. Thank you again.
I'm from Turkey and this report is accurate af
Turkish citizen who prepared the video: D
We look forward to seeing you in videos about Israeli persecution, US persecution and exploitation, as well as British and French exploitation.
I am also a Turk.
I do not expect you to understand us, I love my country, those who want trouble can come, those who want to be guests come here. I invite everyone to my country. :)
long live ERDOĞAN
long live Turkey
@NeoTurkism western politics
Makes even non-westerners anti-Western
Please don't listen to this kind of ideological propaganda
We are not enemies of humanity, we can't make our voices heard, please
@NeoTurkism haha yok arap ya da pakistan filan sandım :D
@NeoTurkism onşarda da bazı boyle isimler yapyor
@NeoTurkism ingilizcede konusunca :D
Thanks
Best wishes from Canada.
I do not have complain against Truedeau Regime and i count myself lucky to be a Canadian,
He will be out in 2019
Nothing new.
Insight Curiosity. Thanks
Wise Ekrem ,
You are most welcome.
Caspian Report you should prepare a video about Khojaly massacre committed by armenians.Many people need to be informed more about this genocide because as the dead ones are muslims no one seems to care.But we need to get more specific information about this,thanks and keep up with your videos.Really doing good job.
You couldn't have explained it better, much love from Turkey
As a proud Muslim Turk; I really wanted to thank you for the video. I'm really interested in policy and really wondering about how foreign people see us. As my survey till now, I've never seen a foreigner can understand the Turkish political backround like you did. Your video explains it so accurate with few mistakes I think. Because the tension between secular and Muslim people in our country is pretty high. And sadly it's even escalating day by day.
In your video you mention about Erdogan's authoritarianism which might be right for secular opinion (which I don't support) but you didn't even mention about secular authoritarianism that ruled the country for at least 80 years. 99% of Turkish people are Muslims but Muslim women didn't even had right to cover their hair in army hospitals, universities etc. Can you imagine that a Muslim woman in a Muslim country can't get enough education because she is Muslim. This is what made Muslims poor and seculars wealthy in this country. This is inhuman. Turkish Muslims suffered a lot in this country. We don't love Erdogan for he made this country wealthy, he put us in G20 or anything else. We love him because he let Muslim people to live as equal as secular people. That's sad you didn't even mention about this secular authoritarianism problem. You should've mention secular coups and army intreventions occured every decade that drowned us for years...
But at least you're the only foreigner that could understand Turkey's internal policy.
Thanks for the video.
From Istanbul with love. (:
Asalamualaikum brother
@@Alex-lw3yk aleykümselam canım
I like Turkey. I like Turks. I dislike Erdogan immensely.
and I dislike you.
Thx Fuzzy but Erdogan is not such a bad guy :)
Because you are fucking afraid of him
Another great one, and you're the best narrator
Turkey is great country world firs industrial. Their president Erdogan is kindly helping Somalia ,Syria , Rohynia from Parma. We Somalian we thanks Allaha , Turkish people and Turkey presents Erdogan for helping us when it was darks days in our history. We will never forget .Jazakumulah Qayran. We pray Allah that Give success and protection to Turkey . We love you for the sake of Allah .
But he destroyed turkey's economy with a 25% unemployment rate and inflating currency
I don't agree with Erdogan at almost everything as an Atheist. But I agree with operation of Afrin. Terrorism radically dropped when we entered to Middle East. There is no actual ''Kurdish issue'' PKK and PYD don't represent Kurds at all. Only people who supports them are far left wingers and %5-10(at most) of Kurds.
No I hate his guts. I hated him when I was a religious person who prayed at least 2 times a day and I don't like him now either. He corrupted our country and put innocent people in jail. Me liking his stance about Syria is diffrent. Like I like how Hitler liked animals but I still hate Hitler.
And calling Atheists names doen't help. I love this country but I am starting to lose my faith about this country and its people. I am a Turk and my ancestors came here at 13th century. I don't like being alienized.
Princess Mahmoud
Oh ok but he doesn't corrupted your country actually he fought corruption that's why turkey become better you cant denied that turkey situation it's the best since it founded in 1923 and about those people he throws in jail they deserve it and don't forget what ataturk did to Muslims when he becomes the dictator of turkey , may I ask what religion you use to follow
mustafa kamil bro I live in Turkey and have seen corruption myself. Someone in my family was thrown in jail because she was - she wasn't really- a gulenist for them and they had no proof but took her in for 7 months anyway. Bureaucracy is also corrupt.
mustafa kamil And Ataturk had to do radical stuff because he was changing and entire culture. He knew Muslim culture wasn't better then Western culture. So he westernized Turket but not entirely. He took good parts of West. He removed Khaliphate and that disturbed Britain most than anyone else.
Batman!
Erdogan has destroyed relations with Israel,big mistake Time for Israel to recognize Armenian Holacaust
Kurdish City. Not Turkish
@@kurdokurdistan5933 No I'm going to Batman and i always looking the Turkish flags why I'm not looking Kurdish flag ??? Because are u lier in European city , are u just fake supporter .
@@uunona-45
It's called "Elih" and it's a Kurdish majority city
@@kurdokurdistan5933 Hehe
7:31 - 7:52
I shot those videos. And I'm a Syrian Turk.
If you are clever, this may tell you how complicated is the situation in Turkey and the middle east in general.
most of turkish people hate erdogan in terms of lots of things which i cant count them up right now . we are secular and we'll be till the end
To be fair...I've also met plenty of turks who support him
I am a Turkish & grown up In Turkey living in US for 11 years.
I born in Anatolia region and finish my college in Istanbul in Marmara region so it makes me qualified to evaluate the this video.
First of, title! So called Turkish Mindset
I listened all and really thought about it & concluded that main abstract about marmara region and Anatolia regions competing and having power struggle is irrelevant and never reflected my mindset or The Country s mindset as I know. Yes there are lots of contravercies, competing different groups, ideologies, religious sects, ethnicity and class but I have never heard marmara vs anatolia thing before! I can easily discredit this claim. For Ex Istanbul is biggest city in Marmara region. Istanbul has been receiving migration from all other parts of Turkey long before New Republic has founded. If you go to Istanbul and study on the demographics you will find that some cities in Anatolia has less residents living in them than same anatolian city descendants living istanbul.
As a Anatolian city backround lived in Istanbul for seven years I can say that all the Anatolian region residents simply love and admire Istanbul. It is beloved crown jewel of Turkey. That's way producers always cast all Turkish series in Istanbul.
So, the claim is no way Turkeys hurdle let alone to be so called Turkish Mindset.
Second, If you start your narrative with these " Islamist rooted Erdogan" "He became a authoritarian sultan" "Turkey lost its way now fighting with everynation it has no friends"
majority in Turkey especially these days even though some not agree with erdogan will automatically disqualify you as a critic. Im no fan of Erdogan and never voted for him once but that doesn't make me to ignore his success a politician. Politicians are politicians. Erdogan is also one of them but he has been successful every elections in Turkey for 15 years. Thats a fact that we cant ignore. As a Turkish I reccomend you that never try to judge anybody in Turkey with western narrative, it will not work and will simply backlash!
Lastly, there many other ponits that I can write on but it so late over here and I have things to do morning.
I hope you will study more on your next video about Turkey or Turkish Mindest or whatever that I can enjoy more.
Still your fan.. keep up quality work.
niye öyle diyon la.erdoğanın ne bok olduğunu bilmiyomuş gibi yapma bırak desin.Sanki anadoludaki yobazlar yüzünden başa gelmemiş gibi konuşuyosun.Hep cahil kesim yüzünden oluyo bunlar.+dini de unutmamak lazım.
bence bunlar iç savaş kışkırmaları gibi görünse de gerçekler,gerçektir.Batı daha sekülerken(anadoludan gelen yobazların oranı giderek artsa bile)anadolu hep yobaz kesimi temsil etmiştir türkiyede.Yazık ki erdoğanın bu otoriterliği bizi iç savaşa götürsün.
Bir ateist olarak ülkem adına hep üzülüyorum.İnsanlarda karşıt görüşe saygı kalmadı.Bu ülke bu hallere düşmemeliydi.teeee adnan menderesten beri dini kullananlar hep en az %30-35 civarı oy almışlar.Atatürk ne kadar çabalasa da anca bu kadar olmuş.AH be atam az içeydin bi 20 yıl daha yaşasaydın da devrimlerini tamamlasaydın ahhhhhh ahhhh.
yazım biraz anlık olduğundan üzerinde pek bir bütünlük olmamış olabilir.ama sen ana fikri almışsındır :)
c. sinan sağıroğlu hocam bence Anadolu'yu fazla küçümsüyorusunuz
hocam şöyle anadolulu anca iğnenin ucu kendilerine değmeye başlayınca harekete geçiyorlar.O yüzden ekonomi batsa bile erdoğanın kesmine değmedikten sonra erdoğan hz.leri %50 ye yakın almaya devam edecektir.
c. sinan sağıroğlu ya atatürk ölmesi kötü ama natoya girmesek yine durumumuz iyiydi. Natoya girince islamistler güç kazandı.
Secular Turkey 🐱
Religious Turkey 🦁
The only country that helped the Syrian refugees was Erdogan's Turkey, Turkey even managed to create a peace zone in north of Syria.
Don't let ideological differences affect your judgements.
Top quality as always mate. I know these videos are mostly just the amalgamation of research, but your Russian mindset video was the most satisfactory explanation of Russia's history, in the context of modern policy, that I have seen to date. Not really the focus of the channel, but if you feel like memeing it hard, you could always do an understanding the Scottish mindset vid.
Very good analysis!
Could Turkey take advantage of its cultural ties in Central Asia to form an economic union that takes advantage of the New Chinese Silk road?
Yeah thats not happening buddy. The silk road which passes through himalayas is heavily militarised so forget about it.
There are attempts to do that indeed. Turkic Council comes to mind
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_Council
@@Allinonetvz Silk Road has nothing to do with Himalayas. Only the pass that goes to India. Besides that, route between China and Europe is all goes through Eurasian steppes where Turkish nations lives.
That's what we try to do but West sanction us and call it facism
You tell the things from your point of view. Those bullshit have no basis in reality. You can come and ask people and nobody will mention about Marmara Region or Marmara Faction bullshit when it comes to secularity or mindset. In every region of Turkey there are religious and secularist people. Erdogan has only 25% base support. Other part of his vote comes from nationalists which are not Islamist but close to Islam rather than Secularism.
I always been a fan of Ottoman and Tukey! Great culture and brave people!❤
Also aggressive and genocide-denying.
Keep up the good work man, the maps the analysis its all just great.
Excellent analysis as usual.
As a Turk, I found the video very successful to explain our situation. Congratulation for your objectivity and knowledge.
i think turkey will play with both secular and islamic values to thier advantage both in internal and external affairs
because turkey both secular and islamic. here is 80 million people and i can say half is religious and half is secularist. ofc its not that simple but there is not any short way to explain it
@@furkanday1329 and the kurdish problem
@@shastealyomeal actually kurdish "problem" is too complicated for an outsider. where are u from?
@@furkanday1329 ur mom house
indrid Cold are you 12 years old?
Another amazing and informative video, Shirvan.
I don't suppose at some point you could weigh in on understanding the British mindset to world politics? A breakdown of their social background, perspective, political objectives, rivals and challenges would be fantastic.
Me: in gonna go to sleep early
Also me at 3 am:
We the people of Pakistan are with You Türkey greetings from Pakistan 🇵🇰 ♥️ 🇹🇷
I think the current stage is a necessary period of Turkey's progress. Between Kemal's social progress, and Erdogan's economic progress, and as long as Turkey moves between these two with grace, it will have a great future.
There's no such thing as "european numeral" indo arabic is the right term.
this video is lacking a lot about contemporary Turkey
GENOCIDE - TURKEY IS GUILTY OF 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE MASSARCRED, 1.5 MILLION ARMENIANS, 750,000 ASSYRIANS AND OVER 950,000 GREEKS. THIS IS THE REAL TURKEY.
@@worldmusic4205 Ottoman empire had 16 milion people in total.Do you really belive they would kill 4 milion of them?
@@zooosfromterroristan1188 it its civilized then Turkey should be exclused lol
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Massacres_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
@@zooosfromterroristan1188 If u country is disliked by "everybody" maybe u should be ashamed. U came on a horse and u have not developed much since. Yay the turks (in Germany) put Kebab in a bread, that about all your "development".
@@worldmusic4205 You're not helping.
The Turks are a very proud nation. They are not the typical Arabs, but rather have ties to the Huns and the Uyghurs
Turks are not arabs. Never was.
The reformation movements began with 19th century Ottoman rulers, Atatürk is just the one who managed to make the reform properly.
And secularist block is just West, most of the western provinces are secular minded compared to the east.
Actually, the very city that is reckoned as the pleutonic ideal of Secular Turkey is İzmir, it isn't even around Marmara, it's Aegan Sea region.
I love turkey so much I sometimes wish I was a Turk
It's not that great believe me
@@Mertiy7 are you a sour writer by any chance?
I mean I’m not trying to put a stain on their history I would like to be Turkish but because of their massacres during the Ottoman rule I’m on the fence, although I wouldn’t mind being an Egyptian.
Mert Behram why?
if you feel yourself as a turk then you are turk
Quite accurate brief analysis of Turkish political and sociological history. Well done. Of course There lots of more details to point out considering socio-political variables of Turkey but again as a short explaining video ;thumbs up.
Understanding Turkish Mindset: Which direction do you rotate Döner? Right to left or left to right?
right ofcourse
You mean clockwise or counter clockwise right?
Like the Athenians and the Thessalonikians...
Kalamaki, or souvlaki?
1)get a loan 2)gamble it 3)repeat untin jackpot . This is the Turkish mindset
Asalamu aleykum turkish are good people all over the world i have learned in europe i like turkish love you😍😍😍🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴 ím from somalians
what if...
erdogan was the way he was from the first years
but he never changed
good, good, good, he will always go on like that,
why not like that?
WHY?
RELAX LIBERALS,…. It’s called the Albanian mindset
joker clapping
Things are going bad for Erdogan.
The Turkish president has at least eight reasons for concern:
1. The most important is the state of his health. More and more videos are appearing online of him looking disoriented, acting lethargic, having difficulty moving or mumbling out of place. Earlier, the 67-year-old Turkish president had suffered a serious illness, colon cancer.
2. The political opposition has maintained and strengthened its unity. The National Alliance coalition has the support of several opposition parties as well as the Kurdish opposition. Erdogan's opponents have influential and respected leaders who may well take over the posts of prime minister or president in 2023 - the leader of the Good Party Meral Akshener, the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu (Republican People's Party), the mayor of Ankara Mansur Yavas (Republican People's Party), etc. The main goal of the opposition is to return to the parliamentary form of government, which Erdoğan abolished.
3. The country's economy is stagnating. Erdogan has already replaced four heads of the central bank. The coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on all areas of economic activity.
4. In April, the rating of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fell below 30%, and the rating of the National Movement Party (a partner in the ruling coalition) fell below 6%. President Erdogan's own rating fell to 41% in early October. 54% of Turks are dissatisfied with his performance and 4% have not yet formed their attitude.
5. The flow of refugees from the Middle East, including Afghanistan, is causing growing resentment among the people. Xenophobic violence against refugees is on the rise. Erdogan's policy in this area is not popular.
5. As a result of the pandemic, the number of those infected continues to rise. Only half of Turkey's population has been vaccinated. Many accuse Erdogan of failing to improve the situation.
6. Within the AKP itself, the number of discontent with Erdogan is growing. At the end of 2019, some party leaders broke away from the AKP and created their own separate parties. These are the Party of the Future (leader - Ahmet Davutoglu) and the Party of Democracy and Progress (leader - Ali Babacan).
7. Ex-mafioso Sedat Peker's exposé videos posted on the Internet, which have received millions of views, undermine the prestige of the ruling party. They expose corruption in the upper echelons of the AKP.
8. Plans to build an alternative canal across the Bosphorus are met with increasing opposition from both environmentalists and politicians concerned about the financial and political consequences of construction. In April, 104 retired admirals openly opposed the possible repeal of the Montreux Convention (1936), which governs the legal status of the strait. Some of the signatories of the open letter have since been arrested and accused of attempting a coup.
To somehow overcome all these negatives and unite Turkish society on a patriotic basis (especially before the 2023 elections) Erdogan may need some kind of foreign policy adventure, including a "small victorious" war.
Should he prematurely vacate his post for health reasons or death, Article 106 of the country's constitution stipulates that the vice president of Turkey (currently, Fuat Oktay of the AKP) take over. Then, no later than 45 days after the vacancy, elections must be held.
Should democratic institutions be sufficiently weakened by the time Erdogan leaves, one cannot rule out a successor from among Erdogan's trusted associates. In that case, there will be no election, or a fake "election" will be held. At present, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar is considered the most likely candidate under this scenario. Of course, such an option (rather unlikely one) would mean that a coup d'état has taken place in the country.
One way or another, there will be interesting developments in Turkish political life in the next two or three years.
The Turkish flag is the most beautiful one on the planet!
It's the symbol of the byzantium
@@compassion333 its still beautiful
@@compassion333 sun and the moon is one of east asiatic nations ancient symbols. How did you relate it to the double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire?
The rise and fall of Turkish democracy and secularism...
My contacts have referred to Erdoğan as Sultan ve Halife. They do not do so as praise but as Kemalist derision. I was teaching in Turkey during the rioting you mentioned, there were 3-way battles on my campus between Leftists, rightists and the police. I hope Turkey does not descend into civil strife again because that might undermine the great progress made since the 1980's. Thanks for another great, informative video.
Understanding the Danish mindset................not worth it at all.
UNDERSTANDING THE CASPIANREPORT MINDSET, Now that would be epic.👍🏻👍🏻
CaspianReport please pin this comment if you want.🤗🤗
That would be an amazing April Fools upload.
LOST POVERTY ? WE LIVE IN POVERTY BECAUSE OF HIM, HE FIXED NOTHING...
@Chipmunk milletin çoguda zamlardan oturu sonradan sorgulamaya baslayinca biçok seyi anlıyorlar yavas yavas...
@@EthernalOynuyor Wait really?
So far the best summary of turkish mindset. As a turk, it's sad to see the westerners are having a hard time understanding us due to the biased turkish and foreign media. Hope that the left and right wing unite for the benefit of its citizens and restore our prestige in the world. Also thanks for explaning 'what good erdogan did to stay in office for 15years'.
Markus Tanbeck hey Markus, out of curiosity, what do you mean by Turkey’s cosmopolitan power?
Markus Tanbeck You are right. Although i fully support my country in the latest happenings still i agree with you on the fact that Erdogan has done disservice to Turkey on cultural ways. Turkey was the center were many civilizations and cultures meet eachother, especially Istanbul. Now the whole world hates Turkey.
It makes me feel very sad to watch this video. I am from Kazakhstan and a devoted Turkic nationalist. I think the Ottoman Empire fell, because the sultans embraced too much conservatism and too much religion. They couldn't keep up with Europe, who embraced science, education and industrialization at that time. Ataturk put Turkey at the right track of science, education and industry. But now that the traditional islamist part of Turkey is taking over again, I am worried. Europe will always be a threat to Turkey, Europe will always want to control Bosphorus and Marmara, and Turkey must always be strong. It is dangerous and scary. Hopefully Turkey will never repeat the fate of the Osmanli Chalifate.
we are not European or Asian or Middle East country, we are basically Eurosia country which has diffirent mindset and multi-culture. So you cannot find your question's answer because we have every mindset.
I love your channel Shirvan ! I personnaly hope that the Islamist policies will create more cohesion between Turks and Kurds. Nationalism and forced assimilation was what created this dangerous alienation. Islam is not Nationalist, Islam is not Racist it might solve the issue.
Turkey along with China might be the actual country to have to most elaborated and complex leadership vision today. That provides stability against foreign interference (ex: USA, UK, France ingerence into Kurds independantist affairs) and country wide cohesion.
What is the next step ? Rename the country into a less nationalist brand ? Anatolia ? Rum ? Osmanlar ^^
Let me tell you what it is like coming from a Turkish family. Basically our ancestors were nosy, close-minded, self-centred and hypocritical villagers and the only thing we were good at was farming. Now somehow we’ve got our own government but the principles and way of thinking haven’t changed since our ancestors. Unsuccessful and small minded folk are educating the future generations. Just like our grandfathers do to our fathers and they now do to us. That’s why our economy is so good that we can barely afford milk. Yet somehow our elders whom we respect still follow our imbecilic government and principles. Thank god my grand parents migrated to the states where you are free to support politics if you’d like to or not and that it has no real effect or influence on your financial status and health. People in the states don’t live their lives 100% according to the principles of the government. Unfortunately in Turkey the government has influence in everything you do even from going to the toilet and that’s all thanks to our elders who passed that system of belief and respect onto us. In Turkey the political system and its people is basically how it was in Sacha Baron Cohen’s film ‘The Dictator’.
Love Turkey from Turkey🇹🇷🌹🌹
The unequivocal issue of the Turkish mindset, is that no one is interested to that, except themselves , as long as their deeds talk by themselves!!
All except some noisy Greeks are interested.
Oh, you guys are not only "interested" but scaredgutless though. How come?