@@muammertopbas5806 what's Ur view on the uk and turkeys potential future. We have free trade and well you kinda beat us 2 famously so Brits respect Turkish people not the governments.
I worked in Turkey some years ago in a factory,the village next to it was called Kalkim if i am not mistaken.(it was in 2016) I was warned to be carefull as a Greek but i never ever had a problem with Turkish people,it was quite a pleasure to live with Turkish people and all were so kind and friendly,it's so sad that our goverments cannot find a solution and keep this "enemy" mindset between us.After all we have so much in common,its just made me sad. But i am so glad i lived in Turkey and i would love to visit again in the near future!
Dude It is election time! Welcome to the circus! 2 Nato powers can not fight with each other but It is always nice to find new customers If you are a weapon dealer..
The reason governments vilify their rivals is so that it is socially acceptable to declare war on one another during times of instability and crisis... This does not have to have anything to do with the social situation in real life, of course, so the fact you tell me relations between greece and turkey aren't that strained brings me hope, because from a foreigners perspective, they really should have one of the most bitter rivalries in the whole world. Few nations collective ego have been wounded more than greece's, and turkey seems to generally view themselves as the more up-to-date version of the empire's that preceded it, so both have a strongly embedded, vested interest to wage war in the name of meaningless nationalism, and visions of fallen grace viewed through the rose-tinted glasses of weaponized nostalgia... but you don't need me telling you this, i'm just some random dude on the internet with a fondness for geopolitics and history. I just needed to rant a bit. Peace.
@@enya284 for sure. Poland ball is a simplified characterization of geopolitics/ world history. Real life is much more nuanced. But it's doing so in an entertaining way, or more humanizing/ relatable way, which is fine imo As long as it's understood that Poland ball is not that realistic and hyperbolic, and is meant to be more entertainment than educational, then it's fine.
@@derekwong1356 I suppose, this channel just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially on how quickly they make declarative statements. Especially the last video on civil war. It's taking away peoples agency and giving them to nations, races, religions, etc.
As a Turk, I must say: You depicted recent Turkey as a nation with strategy. Sadly, all strategy is governed by 1 man and the rapid, sharp changes are his decisions, not the Turkey's institutions or experts. It may seem democratic but Turkey is unfortunately became a dictatorship. Nobody knows what the future of Turkey holds, until the moody dictator is history...
Wow a Turk with some sense.Not being sarcastic I mean it.You should run for Government but that would be dangerous for you at the moment you probably end up in jail for criticising government. Pity because with your mindset your country would prosper and become a pillar of stability in the region.I suspect instead of expansionist moves you would probably cooperate with neighbours even with Greece and Cyprus.You don't have to have the territory in your control to benefit you could get rights to drill for example.The money you would save on all the military (as you would buy only self defence equipment) especially the cost of all the overflights (f16 ia about $23k per hour) imaging $23k to a school for each overflight each time.Then $23k as cheap business loan for startup business's the list is endless. But instead you have the 4th largest army in the world it could be 4 times smaller and have a better defensive capability.I suspect you would have dialogue with the Kurds and come to some agreement all could live with instead of attacking all your neighbours. As for Cyprus I reckon you would have a deal years ago which all could live with.The Turkish Cypriots would be happy instead they demonstrate that the want Turkey out of Cyprus. Imagine if a deal was struck 30 years ago then today Cyprus would be drilling for gas along with the Turkish Cypriots who would by now be living a happy life and cooperating with Turkey I'm sure. Anyway lets stop dreaming time to wake up.
@@johnchrys5716 Appreciate your comment, I wish it was a possibility. But I emigrated to Canada, I don't wanna be a slave of a system where my hard earned earned taxes support the dictatorship of Erdoğan. Cyprus is a big burden on Turkey, economically and politically. It is only an expense and a point of tension with literally zero benefits. There has to be a solution but Greek demands has no reasoning and Erdoğan lacks the diplomatic skills to solve it. I think Cyprus will continue to be hump behind our back for the foreseeable future. I completely agree, rationalism is the only way to lead a country. Making long lasting peace with neighbours is vital to prosperity, being a soft, diplomatic power house compared to brute army force has way more benefits as you mentioned. But the sad fact is, in Turkey, politicians feed off from this brute approach. Erdoğan is widely worshipped because he is stern and he threatens other leaders... That's what people want, they see this approach as a demonstration of power. My theory is they will come to senses as there is no chance the of economy recovering. Once they realize they cannot feed their families with inevitable inflation and increasing tax burden, they will be looking for a new savior, someone opposite of Erdoğan. Turks are not ready yet, most still has some hope of Erdoğan.
@@semihylmaz9982 katılmıyorum, çok genellemissin. bir ülke 5 senede tam demokrasiye geçemez. 1. Meşrutiyetten beri bu mücadele sürüyor. Arada 2 dünya savaşı, ihtilaller, rejim değişimleri var ve iktidar defalarca seçimlerle barışçıl olarak devredildi. Tam demokrasi olmasa da bir ilerleme vardı. Erdoğan ise rejimi tamamen değiştirip bütün kontrol mekanizmalarını, medyayı kendine bağladı. Tek kişinin ağzindan çıkar 1 günde kanun oluyorsa, hiçbir kontrol mekanizması yoksa i rejim diktatorluktur.
Its not poor leadership, its poor opposite who is against everything 24/7. There is also a small percentage of people who rather see Turks die than to do good stuff. Türkiye must show some guts and ‘remove’ all those who have nothing to give to Türkiye while trying to destabilize Türkiye. For instance you have HDP in Türkiye. Their HQ is for over 4 years semi blockaded by mothers whom children are kidnapped by the PKK via HDP. In the name of democracy Türkiye lets them live. If i had even 1% power to make a deed i would shut down HDP and put them ALL into jail! But then again Turks are generous people and some say they have the right to live too eventho they are willing to kill you.
Turkey is not gonna drift towards Russia. Despite sharing a rivalry with the West, Turkey has WAY more geopolitical conflicts with Russia than they do with NATO/EU/US.
Wrong Turkey has way more beef with Greece and the EU then they do with Russia, push comes to shove Turkey will embrace the china russia alliance and stab NATO in the back. Turkey will never be a western ally and will never side with the west again.
@@richardbug3094 turkey has more beef with Greece historically, but nowadays there isnt much geopolitical conflict outside of the agean sea, which is much less interesting for turkey than the black sea where they have a conflict with russia. The small parts of the agean turkey can claim through conflict are worth way less than the parts of the black sea filled with gas it can claim. Turkey is mainly just trying to make itself less reliant on the west/EU, mainly so it can negotiate with russia without having to give up things to eu members like romania and bulgaria, since if turkey negotiates its sea borders with the russians while being close to the EU, the EU will probably demand parts to be given to their member states, which obviously would be against turkish interests
@@scottfranco1962 well ukraine and russia were never really friends and turkey can probably even take advantage of their conflict by siding with whoever is gonna give them easier access to the gas in the black sea. If they side with russia it probably means non-intervention which would be shitty in the long run, and if it sides with the ukraine it'd gain less in the black sea but drastically improve their political power. Erdogan hasnt really made any moves towards leaving nato yet and it could gain a lot of influence in the caucasus and in central asia if russia is weakened so Erdogan will probably side against Russia incase Conflict breaks out but is probably trying to improve their relationship with russia so that when Nato/the EU ask for their help they will offer more favorable conditions to Turkey, since the Turks could argue that they wouldnt want to betray a "friend" without sufficient compensation.
I was briefly in Turkiye in 2014, it was part of a deployment with the Canadian navy right after the little green men "liberated" Crimea. Almost everyone I met was very friendly. In one instance I was trying to use something coin operated but didn't have the right coin. Someone walking by saw my problem and just put the right coin in for me, then kept walking. That sort of thing was my impression of Turkiye. After a day I did want to get out of Istanbul though, as there were many pushy merchants who constantly tried to sell me things. That's any tourist town though, I'm not going to hold it against the country. Thr Turkish countryside is beautiful, I heartily recommend a visit to any who can.
*It's such a shame corruption is so widespread in Turkey because it's an absolutely amazing country to visit. The people are friendly, the climate is nice, and there's so much beauty & history scattered around the country that it's one of the most visited countries in the world*
As a Turk I have to say something. There are so many historical places or historical artifacts lying around in more rural areas. We've been to Enez once, a small place near Greek border. There was an quite old stone castle-like building and an old canon near its entrance. Update : not surprised with comments section turning into a war zone.
It's really dark but I think if turkey recognised the Armenian genocide the abandoned village would be really impactful memorial sites. Tourist ofc would visit.
In 1992 I was in Turkey to work on a steel mill in Eregli. At that time it exchange rate was 6700 lira to the dollar. I still have a 10,000 lira note. It seems Turkey has a problem with its money holding value. At that time I could exchange dollars for lira at jewelry stores which seemed to be common. Some Turks bought gold jewelry as a hedge against inflation. That was 30 years ago. I remember thinking Turkey needed a rail road that ran along the Black Sea from Eregli to Istanbul to transfer the large coils of steel. At that time they transported the steel coils on overloaded trucks that did lots of damage to the road. There were many pot holes.
thing about gold and dollar still exist , not much changed sinced i guess
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It's funny everything is still the same... They should have invested a lot in railway infrastructure but I guess they don't do that because most of the politicians doesn't really care about future plans except 5 years or something
Ayy nice to see my city Ereğli mentioned here, There was a railroad from Ereğli-Zonguldak which later got dismantled, and Zonguldak was (and still is) connected to Ankara by railroad but iirc there are proposals for a railroad here from İstanbul (i am not sure though). Most of the coal required by Erdemir (the steel mill mentioned) is transported by boat (yeah, ridiculous that boat is shipped from Africa and South America while there is a coal mine right there in Zonguldak, but apparently it has something to do with the type of coal) so i assume the steel can be done in a similar way. Gold is still a major investment in Turkey. You can still exchange foreign currency (mostly usd and eur) here in jewelry stores btw.... And yes, unfortunately inflation has always been a thing here in Turkey, hope this nightmare of inflation ends.... For reference: the minimum wage in may 1992 (when it was 6700 trl to 1 usd) was 801000 try so around 120 usd, adjusted for inflation it is 239 usd in 2022. (however back then Turkey was more self-sufficient so dollar fluctuations were less influential then it is now) By the way, how was Ereğli for a foreigner working at Erdemir in 1992? Asking out of curiosity
we removed 3 zeros from our currency at 2000's so your 10,000 lira banknote is is 10 liras now. We didn't have the cent before 2000's so that exchange rate was something like 6.7 lira. The exchange rate wasn't good as in 2012 but not worse than now. The exchange rate is worse than 1992 now.
As a romanian i see that many other romanians really hate turkish people for historical reasons but theyre so damn nice i went to turkey on vacation at one point and people are so nice there and its gorgeous especially around the coast. Turkish people are probably some of the best people out there.
Bro I did my Erasmus in Romania, Cluj. I didnt see or met anyone that I felt hatred. Only thing I dislike was, my stupid faculty didnt give me a student card (which allows me to get the discounts from the trains) because I am coming from a non European country.
Romanians are friendly, nice, kind and helpful. They will stop for u if u need a help and they will help you. Turkish people are exactly like this too.
@,-_- puahauhau vallaha dedem köyde gezinirken beni bulamayınca uluyun ben gelirim diyor aq dedem de bizi bulamayınca uluyor…Benim kuzenin sunnetinde mehterle Osmanlı bayragı yuruyusu yaptılar.Annem babam dedemin tesiri altında isim secemediler tum kuzenlerin isimlerini dedem koydu aq benim kardeşin adı uğur olacaktı mehmet yaptırdılar bu adım eylül olacaktı Ece yaptırdılar bu tarz sacma bir ortamda büyüdukten sonra ülkücülerle dalga gecmemek mumkun degil
These videos are super entertaining! My day at work gets so much better when I see that you uploaded a new vid. I love eating my lunch as I learn foreign politics outside of my shallow U.S. bubble. The subtle memes you draw up are always a beautiful touch as well.
This is a very good video but I think it misses just how bad things have gotten in recent days and weeks. A power outage shutting down industries that can’t afford to be shut down due to technical difficulties on the Iranian gas pipeline, for starters. The government has been propping up the currency using it’s own foreign currency reserves (which it desperately needs to buy gas to make electricity and are now dangerously low) and seizing foreign currency from business and bank customers. It is now implementing a plan for citizens to turn in their jewelry to be melted down for gold. Nations don’t do that when things are under control. A journalist was recently arrested because she “insulted” Erdogan and a couple of his ministers. She is facing around 10 years in prison. I’m not saying Turkey can’t recover but it is not looking good right now.
In my opinion, Turkey will collapse and fall into extremists hands, there will be interference from Russia and the CIA, Iran and Israel and Saudi. Its going to be a battleground for the west and east. Maybe neither side will accept the guerilla war and in the end Turkey might be split between east and west
that man is a fucking dictator at this point. Why arent other european nations saying anything? When the hungarian prime minister didnt allow illegal immigrants into his country. They were first to jump down his throat.
@@levranz1054 Because Erdoğan is being paid by EU to keep the refugees from going to Europe. It might not seem obvious but Erdoğan is secretly backed by the west.
You have succeeded very well in describing the situation in Turkey, with its good and bad sides, objectively. I think that Turkey has to choose between east or west. As a Turk, I myself favor the West, but Turkey's future is seriously complex and difficult to predict. Time seems to show us everything... Warning! !don't look at the replies look like I started a war, there are very toxic comments be careful!
I think Turkey should choose Turkey. Why not try to be friends with every country? I think if any country can do that it’s Turkey. Maybe India or Brazil too, but I think Turkey is in the best position of those countries. That’s how Turkey can become a more powerful country along with working on building defense and economy. By the way, I think its going about humanity in the next era at this point tho not so much about country so what’s going on for all people of the world is the most important thing, but I think Turkey can be a leader to take humanity to a brighter future if it works with other countries in positive ways. Tough tho… Lot of negativity out there these days.
@@powasjington4262 There is no such think as "being friends with everybody" unless you are an isolated country which nobody really cares about but yeah i also think we should build up better relations with other countries.
Erdogan did massive damage to Turkey’s future with the west. Turks were doing well before him and his Muslim brotherhood agendas. The young generation of Turks needs to rise and make huge changes, but this will be difficult.
As someone who lives in Alanya/Antalya, Turkey, Turkey is not just dealing with the economic crisis. We are also struggling with the migrant crisis, which is still an ongoing and critical problem. Currently, there are no Turks in many of our provinces in eastern Turkey. It is likely that there will be internal turmoil very soon due to the Arabs coming mostly from Syrian, Afghan, Pakistani and other Arab countries. We have doubts about the coming of sharia in 2023 and we are not safe here.
Thank you! I am from turkey and i was waiting a video from you about our country as our goverment is a son of a turkish delight. Didnt watch yet but im sure it'll be god! Even if not,health to your hands and i am more than sure that your channel will reach a great place in the future! take care :) Edit: fixed a word and thanks for the likes i appericiate it! :D
Thanks for respecting the recent name change of my country. As far as I am aware, it is Turquía in Portuguese anyway. Glad to see you left the way of anglophones.
@@abdalluhalhabsi6286 yup. Its a double edged sword. Rise interest rates to curb inflation and pay the price of lower economic growth, its the best option. Erdogan doesn't believe in double edged swords. He believes in a fairytale of infinite growth without any consequence
I am just sick of hearing the argument "People of Anatolia have been replaced many times, but people of have been living there for 1000s of years." All I can say is look at the genetic evidence. People of Turkey are a mixture all that was there and all that came afterwards. Nobody got "replaced," the Hittites, the Greeks, the Persians, the Romans didn't go anywhere. They are all still part of the Turkish population. You could say that the culture shifted, but to claim that the people are all gone?!? Come on! (Also, isn't it interesting that you never consider --again as an example-- ancient Greeks being "replaced" by the current population? If it was so easy to replace people when new a power arrives, then the current Greeks would also have nothing to do with their ancient counterparts. That obviously did not happen, since human populations are not reset, they just meander.)* Regarding this argument, you hear this very often from Westerners, and it indicates that the Turkish people do not own their massive cultural heritage. Most of Europe was introduced to civilization at a grand scale with the Roman Empire, with a rich culture borrowing from the great accomplishments of ancient Greeks. To think that this cultural heritage could belong to the people currently living there, the Turkish people, would be unthinkable for Western identity. So what would you do, other than pointing to the people and say "these people had nothing to do with all that!" How convenient... * I guess you could call the decimation of the American peoples by the Europeans and their diseases a reset as 90% of the native population perished in a very short time. Even then, though, native Americans (and part of their pre-conquest culture) are still here.
I mean, see how of a "great" leader was Alexander the Great, while Genghis Khan was a "barbarian." Both leaders massacred everyone else on their path, but it's always Genghis who gets the blame for it, being called a "barbarian" in Western literature, while Alexander the Great, equally a murderer, is always the praised one. Westerners always pamper their cultural heritage and people while belittleing the history of Easterners. Tell me about something new.
@Shimmy Shai The next election might do the trick if things continue to spiral...Erdogan's popularity is dropping quickly and the younger generations of Western Turkey are for more liberal and oriented towards the West...we can only hope
@ItzThe Poyratz In practice, Turkish opposition parties are criticizing Erdogan for being a "puppet" of the junior party MHP and its leader Bahceli. You may like or not like Erdogan. But calling a dictatorship technically wrong. Either learn the definition or admit you're just using the term "dictator" as a synonym for politicians you really don't like.
“Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.” ― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Just one thing you got wrong during the history part of Turkey, the Mongols didn’t destroy the Seljuks the Seljuk empire fell apart due to infighting however the mongols did make vassals of the Seljuk successor which was the sultanate of Rum.
@@TheMuslimBatman خیر داداش روم از قومی یونانی ها بودند زیرا حکومت شما ۳۰۰ سال و بین پرشیا(ایران کبیر)و رومیان(یونان)بوده است و هیچ تاریخی مال شما نیست!
You did not talk nearly enough about how the politics of Turkey is currently make it backslide into an Islamic authoritarian regime, which is have some negative effects on its future such as the whole interest rate debacle. That's why Turkey's future is uncertain, because it's politics makes it hard to say if it will be able to thrive.
@@scrotocles5208 The Ottoman empire was the most secular nation in the world at the time of it's height, with exceptions for Christians and Jews that guaranteed their ability to practice their religion in a time where pogroms and inquisitions were common in Christian states. Diversity and acceptance of others is a strength, as it lets you more utilize all the peoples in your nation. Attaturk realized this and it's why he secularized Turkey to begin with. Now Turkey is forsaking him. Becoming another Iran is not going to help Turkey today.
Well, as a Turk I have to say somethings I think. Turkey is in the deep political crisis so Turkish strategy is now unknown so if leader party will change, entire Turkish outlook will change but nobody on Earth don't know what will go on even Turkish people so we waiting the election only. What we do for this moment? :)
Well as long as you dont vote for the chp, its probably gonna be alright. Erdogan isnt a great leader, but stability is a massive bonus and the alternatives are all as shitty as he is or even shittier. More stability will allow politicians who may be less corrupt to come around someday (obviously everybody will be corrupt to some degree but some people are worse than others), and the only other somewhat stable government would be led by the chp, which you would enjoy if you enjoy things like islamophobia, millitary dictatorship or opressing the non turkish groups and treating them like second class citizens
@@balporsugu2.0 rn most parties (except for the hdp) are either extensions of the chp/akp or largely made up of former members of the chp/akp. Also a drastic regime change isnt what turkey needs right now since most of the millitary is in the hands of the akp and some of it still controlled by the chp. Regime Change -->Civil War/Coup d'etat, similar to the several coups during the chp era. There isnt really anything like the "new" chp since all of their members either stayed the same or are close friends/relatives of the older members. Nobody should really "like" any party, you should just be able to determine what party would be worse for your nation. Smaller parties--> Instability, Chp--> Islamophobic Millitary Dictatorship, Akp--> More Religious Freedom, stability but less freedom in general probably in the long run (still more than with the chp) and probably also dictatorship within like 10 years (which wont last long since turkey will be wealthier by then and political climate will change and also since erdogan will probably be too old and doesnt really have any relatives that have enough political influence to replace him)
@@kaan4040 It is pretty stupid to believe CHP has the same mindset as before. I don't think CHP is supportive of Islamophopic military dictatorship, that is some AKP propagando you are doing man, I'm sorry.
Turks are absolutely related to the ancient people of anatolia, people dont generally replaced populations they intermix with them. Modern Turks are like 10-15 % central asian by haplogroup admixture. You make it seem like the people of turkey can't draw connection to their, hittite, lycian, hellenic, roman, and ottoman heritage. they absolutely can.
Turks still have a significant Medieval Turkic genetic component, making them distinguishable from ancient Anatolian and surrounding peoples. Although it varies from region to region, approximately 25-45%.
Modern Turks are not Turkic, that is for sure. But no need to make it more complicated than that. (The reason being that the Turks in Turkey have been a horde for forever, causing the Turks to slowly merge with every culture it comes across: China, Mongolia, Iran, Arabia, and The Greek/Romans)
@@Sadoyasturadoglu Iste türkiyede lazlar, cerkezler, gürcüler kendini türk olarak göremiyorlar onun icin kendini eski anadolu halk olarak tanitmak istiyorlar cünkü biliyorki türk degiler. Sucumuz bizde yani anadolu türkmenlerde. Biz bu türk olmayan pislikleri anadoluya getirdik. Ülkeden bütün cerkezleri, arnavutlari, kürtleri atsaydik ve orta asya türkleri (uygurlari) yerlessek.
Economic crisis. Refugee problem. The stray dog problem. Terrorism problem. The fall of the country's security. Bad education system. Increasing unemployment in the country. Increasing injustice. All the people are angry. Educated people go west. Investors do not trust Turkey. Increase in deviance in Turkey. Erdogan....
Stray dog problem? Free roaming cats and dogs have been in Turkish cities for centuries. They're the native species at this point. The only issue related to that is the humanoidites who want to massacre the poor things.
i recommend you do a video about the future of lebanon since alot of things are currently happening like inflation, another civil war(probably not but there is a chance) gas crisis and alot a bunch more things i would like it alot
As a spanish person, who lives in Greece, I always had a super good relationship with turks and I have a lot of turkish friends and share a lot of similarities. I hope they will join EU and we strengh our relationships
@@shanefitzpatrick8377 Greek born, American for now. If you’re Irish, we Greeks love you! Ireland is the Greece of the north. Oppressed in history, but fighters till the end.
At no time in history have Turks lived more than 100 years under the control of another state. They somehow overthrew the dominant ones and always took over the administration. The main reason for the economic problem in Turkey is the corrupt ruling party. This will change! Only 30 days later, the power will change. If there are those who do not accept the change of power despite the elections, we Turks will clean them all and get our country back on its feet if necessary. Turks are not afraid to die when it comes to their country. They never hesitate to kill. Suppose, despite all the corruption and mismanagement, Turkey still produces 900 billion dollars of gross national product. When all these mismanagement and losses are eliminated, it will reach a revenue of at least 2 trillion dollars. In short, Türkiye is the most unique country in the world. That's why only those who live in Turkey and have full knowledge of what's going on should talk about Turkey.
@@LordS20000 Thanks. I hope that the USA will also one day prevent its own corruption and thrive again. And also stops torturing and punishing people without a trail like in Guantanomo Bay.
@@ferka6447 no problem, and hey us ohioans have been fighting an uphill battle against corruption since our founding our state beliefs are not the same as our nation's beliefs, we like to see ourselves following a older version of the American dream, that version is giving everyone a chance no matter who they are, we destroyed slavery in the Union, on our birthday it was instantly banned, we always have been a safe spot for any beliefs, we see everyone as one and the same at heart. For if you are a good person, you will fit in Here, for family is thicker then blood and faith. We have always challenged the corruption in America and we always will, we have made our fair share of mistakes but when we fall we get back up. We even abolished gerrymandering in our constitution, which is a very corruption political tactic
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As a Turk; we do not have a strategy going on for any kind of economic growth or future plan. The whole ordeal is one madman's Ottoman fantasia. Btw the dollar is currently 27 Turkish Liras. And recently our one man and Savior Lord Erdogan claimed Hamas not being a terrorist organization, Turkish stock market lost %5 value in a day. The best strategy would be for Turkey to use the program that I used for my grandfather. He was making weird posts on Facebook and I changed his settings so no one was seeing his posts. Remove our Lord from the media and stick to the rules book. Only that can save the nation
As a historical channel, I think it would be VERY appreciated if you put your links and sources in your descriptions. It's hard to track down the origins of the information you have.
turkey is not a middle eastern country. turkey is a huge country if you say middle eastern just because of the southeast part of turkey, you have to say turkey is a caucasian because of eastern part, turkey is a balkan country because of the western part... the big picture tells the fact that is turkey is an asian country in anatolia region.
Our country is in almost every field. you're right. It's silly for them to categorize us and put us under one name. Also, our name and culture don't even come from the Middle East. smh
@@another_random my name is arabic because it was in the quran and my family was muslim 😀 that doesnt mean anything, also its senseless, stop 💀 i have an other turkish name as well. congratulations for stupid comment and have a good day lol
@@kedimissee "Also, our name ...... don't even come from the Middle East. smh" I think my comment wasnt stupid and senseless because it pointed out something that was important. You dont like these arabs then dont use your arab name but your other turkish name.
It's the Liberation war that started when Atatürk stepped foot on Samsun, it has nothing to do with a Turkish teen embarassing himself for views on social media :)
visiting turkey it feels like a western nation with a taste of the east. Its food feels middle eastern but its people in western turkey are very western.
You're totally right about economic issue but consider that we started investing CRAZY amounts of money into our armed industry we even sold some weapons to ukraine and poland
askeri yatırımlar iyi güzel hoş evet kesinlikle katılıyorum AMA günün sonunda sonunda halkın çoğu yatağa aç girdikten sonra, sokakta insanlarımız rahat yürüyemedikten sonra, çocuklar din adı altında taciz edildikten sonra, gençler gelecek kaygısı yaşadıktan sonra o askeri yatırımlar tek başına yeterli olmuyor maalesef :/
I am Turkish. And this video made me happy. thank you so much. I love my country very much and I am satisfied. Still a great country, even if the economy is down a bit! 🇹🇷❤️
@@فهميكتاني well you are not right. A lot of people here hate him and people joke and say stuff like "Whenever he says Allah dolars price goes higher." Etc etc
My family is turkish and I just gotta say that the currency is pretty much ass at the moment. People can't even afford baby food because the prices keep rising and the salaries aren't. And Turkey only further develops cities like Istanbul and Ankara, leaving everything else in the dirt. In the city my parents come from, random goats and chickens are just walking around and the internet is not something universal. Imo, the government should try giving every city a good standing point.
The problem is generally farmers. the government doesn't aid farmers and they dont protect their farms, instead they destroy farms which causes lack of food and we have to import. and since theres less food its harder to keep up with sales so they increase the prices and the government increases salaries instead of helping farmers. and the president calls himself a "Economist" 🤦♂️
Raising interest rates does not lead to economic growth. Turkey doesn't have inflation because of interest rates it has inflation because of deficit spending and lower production.
In my opinion it's quite sad, because we literally named the bird after turkey, and it's like the most important bird to American history and native Americans.
Well done, the video is perfect. Türkiye is not trusting western or eastern countries. This situation has great historical reasons actually. However, past is past, people should work together to build a future. It is not depended on one nation/country, the others should do that too. Türkiye and Türkish people feels like ghosted in international relationships. As a Türkish history student, i can agree predicting Türkiye's future was really hard and still it is hard.
Nah dont I was really Into that guys videos too but I later found out the guy is a fascist Literally calling for a genocide on muslims And actively holds strong relationships with actual Nazi's
Better to watch Whatifalthist He's a little politically driven but he's bipartial Likes to talk about more than just western civilisation th-cam.com/video/J3g_ZAx6o64/w-d-xo.html
Can we have a Tokyo vs the future next The population is aging and immigrantion isn't an option Spending more money to pay for retirement and receiving less from taxes is gonna be a big problem for the government
Immigration is always an option, the Japanese are just really xenophobic because of their homogeneity but when you don't have enough children you have to get over it.
Just predicting it now, Japan will have the mother of all Demographic Collapses by the turn of the century and the country by and large will fizzle out on the international stage.
@@songcramp66 Yea.... Them being a really depressing population and pathetic social standarts and also cold shoulder towards outsiders is also not helping them... Well... both tokyo and japan is stil holding somehow )))
@@zarlev9083 I mean, having one of the largest economic booms in the history of civilization up to the 80s and a fairly large and well educated labour force and stellar infrastructure certainly will help them last longer than they would have otherwise.
Japan really has 3 options. Either force its citizens to have more children, relax its restrictions on immigrants or invest billions into advanced robots. Or perhaps a bit of all 3. Either that or allow the demographic collapse to unfold and significantly harm its economy.
Honestly I have no idea why Erdoğan is trying to antagonize Egypt. People here have no problem with Egypt and there is no benefit to it. Even we don't understand why Erdoğan is trying to pick a fight with you. Hopefully we can have better relations in future.
@@simulacrumpilot2777 Its because of sisi who is seen as a puppet of France and he overthrew the democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, which Turkey condemned. Before sisi's coup, Turkey and Egypt were great friends. However despite the animosity between the two since the coup and the backing of different sides in Libya, the two are considering normalisation.
@@simulacrumpilot2777 No I'm from Australia, but I have been to Egypt before the sisi coup. To my knowledge it seems the majority dislike sisi whilst the rest don't care.
@@simulacrumpilot2777 What does it matter if he has public support or not. It's a dictator. In the elections you had the option between Sisi and Sisi fanboy Moussa. If he has no public support, he crushes them. Nevertheless, Sisi is beloved with certain Egyptians, because he gets money from fellow dictatorship Gulf countries.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ün yolundan giden bir Türk vatandaşı olarak yazıyorum. Birinci vazfiem Türk milletinin istikabalini garanti altına almak, yurtta ve dünyada barışı korumaktır. Milletimin menfaatine zarar verecek tüm istek ve beklentileri red ederim. Türkçe yazdım merak eden çevirip okur.
Except for Anatolia, the most Turks are in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. With the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, many of the Turks in the Balkans immigrated to Turkey. There are Crimean Tatars and Gagauz Turks in Eastern Europe. Gagauz are orthodox Christians living in Moldova and have their own autonomous lands. In general, the peoples that Muslim Turks felt close to them were Balkan Muslims and Caucasian Muslims. On the other hand, since Greeks and Turks lived together in Anatolia and the Balkans, there were cultural interactions. There was a lot of interaction with the Arabs because of religion, but the Turks did not live together with the Arabs in general.
@@another_random To who ? to turkey ? they deserve it and plus turks are semitic oriental.. they don't have roots anymore.. they stole people roots.. when you call arabs.. its not make sense couse arabs have pagan roots but the turkey turks are not.. they doesn't have any roots..
Great video, I really enjoyed the visual effects and you summarized the situation well. But something I wanted to comment on is the Kurdish topic: The threat of Kurdish separatism is honestly quite low. Kurds are slowly but surely being assimilated, to the point that most younger generations of Kurds only speak Turkish. The prevalence of Kurdish-Turkish intermarriage supports this point. And migration from the Southeastern to Western Turkey only accelerates this assimilation. One demographic development, which I think is far more worrying are the close to 8 million Syrian and Afghan refugees who have come to Turkey just in the last decade (the 4 million number, you also used, is from 2017 and very outdated as Syrians have INSANE birth rates, around 5 children per woman, so their population must have increased considerably + just in the last year close to a million Afghans have entered the country). 900k Syrians have already received citizenship and this imo is the REAL demographic bomb ready to explode in the next decades, not the Kurds. I hope we're both wrong though and neither of these demographic issues turn out to create great difficulties
Not sure where you're getting your numbers from Syria fertility rate is 2.8. Fertility has been dropping globally, 5 per woman would put a nation in the top 10 for highest fertility.
Your wrong, as a Kurd the conflict is escalating and escalating infact Turkey is bombing syrian refugee camps that are in SDF territory to this day and point in time. I just want to remind you that assimilating Kurds wont stop us neither will we ever give up on preserving Kurdish culture. To me the idea of Kurdish independence seems inevitable at this point sooner or later it will happen theres no argument to back this up although if your really that ignorant on Turkish sources I guess you can believe what you want but im stating facts here. Kurds have inhabited these regions in Turkey for a millenia although a shift of multiethnic cultures like Armenians and such the Greater Kurdistan map clearly shows the provinces that we have a prodominent majority in. This is Kurdish land according to history and will always remain as Kurdish land no matter what the demographics are in the future, infact it's only a matter of time until something happens in this region that will cause turmoil in Turkish politics that's all im going to say although theres one last thing I wanna say "If my language has the capability of shaking the foundation of your nation that means you have my homes in your country."
@@cactus7633 thank you couldn’t have said it better myself, tbh tho you’re just arguing with a walk since most Turks are literally brainwashed from their own government, I don’t say this to speak down on Turks but they honestly think they are immortal or something
Honestly turkey position geopoliticaly ensures that it will always have military backing from one side or another, they just need a decent military that can defend turkey, and switch side when it suits them or just remain neutral, and while other countries are burning, turkey can just chill growing stronger over time, it's really a blessing for them to have such a strategic location 😅😅😅
@@Aaron-pe7xk Nah refugee crisis and Kurdish demoghraphics also serious problems for the country. Because there is more refugees in Turkey than all EU.So day by day Nationalism increase and even people semphatize fascism.
@@muharremtgt1588 If I hadn't seen some of these comments just now, I would have never believed you on that last part... that is pretty fair to say then!
This video is wrong on many levels. Firstly , the demographical problem isn't with Kurds. It's with Syrians. Afghans. Pakistanis. They are violent , constantly commit crimes , do not fit into Turkish society at all and weigh the Turkish economy. Turkish people have become a minority at some regions of Turkey and this is causing immense amounts of problems. Border security is next to none and this uncontrolled migration is continuing. Not to mention , Turkish people DO NOT want ANY Syrian , Afghan , Pakistani etc. in Turkey. Turkey's allies are never the same. We ally with whoever benefits us at that specific time. And it's not Russia. Certainly not with the Ukraine war now. Turkish culture in Anatolia predates the Seljuks. They only brought in the largest amount of it. Also , Oghuz Turkic culture is much , much older than just a thousand years old.
Turkish people are basically the same as in prehistory and antiquity(they are their descendants). It is just their identity that changed with additional a little bit admixture with asian people.
I am in turkey at the Moment. It is a beautiful and very diverse country. There is a extreme east/west devide. It is hard for the turks to make a living. The lira is weak against the euro. Therfore i feel like i am a rich men in the first time of my life.
Dostum, batıdaki lgbt saçmalıklarının geldiği son noktada insanlara saçmasapan zamirlerle hitap etmelerin zorlanmasına benzeyen bize Turkey değil Türkiye diyeceksiniz gibi zorlamalar gerçekten yersiz. Kimse kimseye nasıl hitap edileceğini zorlayamaz. İnsan hakaret etmek istiyorsa yine de eder. Zamanla Türkiye kendiliğinden oturacak yerine zaten ama sen böyle yorumlara yazarsan insanlar gıcık kapar ve seninle daha da tersleşir. Haberin ola@@youtubekullanc3553
Every info information about the country that threatens us with war is always useful. In case of war, what kind of propaganda posters we are going to have you think?
Greek media obsessed with turkey. They are always talk about Turkey. And do propaganda abiut turkey all time. And greek people watch them and they wondering turkey.
@@thesoundinyourhead1782 hahaha I watched them and nearly all of them are lie. They want to scare you with stupitly war scenarios. Guys. they always say unreal things. For example They say Turkish politicians say that bla bla bla but in reallity Turkish politicians say totally different things.
I love watching your channel. One of the best countryball channels 👌. You and Kraut are my 2 favourite. You've surpassed brains4breakfast now, may he R.I.P.
One thing I want to clarify is that though still 60% have Kurdish majority, there is still a lot of Turks, and also Levantine people living in the south. Half of the 20 million Kurdish people live around Istanbul, Izmir and Regan costal area. I come from a well of family that lives in sub-urban area of Izmir I had a lot of Kurdish neighbors and for example our communities (Site “sub-urban house complex of multiple house) guards, and housekeepers we local Kurds. Some of the most dedicated people to their job. The person who took me to school and around was also Kurdish. Though I moved to Spain for studies I still visit him in the village every summer. They keep this countries culture of hospitality and kindness alive. Love to my Kurdish brothers ❤
Your last comment was spot on. Sadly AKP government is not gonna do that ever. There are plenty of parties that are willing to do that. Let's hope next election will change Turkeys future path to good one.
Well intervention in these war gave allies to turkey in northern syria the rebels are now loyal to turkey and in libya the tripoli government is allied with turkey and they have secured an ally in qatar after the gulf crisis and now they seem intrested in breaking the economic manipulation of their land by outlawing intrest soon hopefully. Regarding the government I think it's bit okay but it needs to be more conservative and to abolish elections as democracy doesn't truly benefit a state growth and eventually they need to function more similarly to how Ottomans were or how the laws in the emarate in afghanistan are now. Basically redo the constitution of abolish it and remove secularism completely.
@@ulassenel1147 well yeah it should fix it's and yeah I agree a bit about isolation but also it should not ignore opportunities that may rise up, if they got a chance to win one of the wars around them they shouldn't hesitate to join and finish the job or prevent their enemy from victory. Example if the regime wins in syria turkey would be squeezed by russian allies from almost all derictions except for nato.
@@balporsugu2.0 how amazing thought we're done with saudi and egyptian electronic flies now comes turkish electronic flies. I could swear you people have obsession with the Ikhwan. That reminds me of how a christian in egypt was jailed for being labelled Ikhwan.
I am planning this year to go on vacation to Istanbul and try Turkish food. Many of my friends have gone to Turkey and they all say that Turkey is very beautiful.💖🇮🇶 🇹🇷and 🇬🇷
@@kostas0352 inferiority of Greeks... Turkey is better than greece . Greece is only better being homosexual since you know ancient greece is home of homosexuality
Their are 2 scenarios: -Cheap lira will make Turkish industry and export flourish and more competitive. Downside: the people need to endure poverty for some years. -Different political power decide to make Lira more valuable. Leading to more import, less Turkish industry and a even larger current account deficit. Downside: people will enjoy rich times, but will suffer economic crisis every 10 years or so.
@@ferka6447 This seems to be the same thing in lebanon, which chose option 2 after its civil war, the average house owned a car (I would say around 0.7 cars per family from what I saw before the inflation, mercs and bmws were not a rare sight as well, although newer models are rarer) enjoyed luxuries on a mere 2,000,000 lbp (or roughly 700$) a month, including -getting robbed by- paying for the generator guy because services and infrastucture provided by the government continues to be mismanaged and stolen by the government. Nowadays you don't drive your car unless you earn in USD or you absolutely have to (think emergencies, trips with numerous stops, etc...), pray that the 2,000,000 you still earn are enough to just cover generator costs and even then it is not guaranteed to come 24/7 because quite frankly you can't find diesel as easily as you could, and if you could it is priced in USD which means good luck paying for it, and if you were to skip the generator you can consider your fridge more of a closet as government electricity is coming only one hour out of an 8 hour period. Nowadays we are at this crossroad again, between overpriced local goods (this is why you don't make electricity with diesel) and questionable quality imports.
@@farahrezko718 Bro mountains belong to nature not people. So Armenians stole it from Urartu civilization. It's an endless cycle. Do you have a title deed for those mountains? Apparently you dont have it.
Easterners think Turkey is too Western,
Westerners think Turkey is too Eastern.
And this is the most accurate summary of my country's position.
@@muammertopbas5806 Evet
@@emin166
Kullanıcı ismi...
Neyse.
@@muammertopbas5806 what's Ur view on the uk and turkeys potential future. We have free trade and well you kinda beat us 2 famously so Brits respect Turkish people not the governments.
Exactly! Arabs think we are people who forgot islam and westerners think we live in a fuckin desert and ride camels.
I worked in Turkey some years ago in a factory,the village next to it was called Kalkim if i am not mistaken.(it was in 2016)
I was warned to be carefull as a Greek but i never ever had a problem with Turkish people,it was quite a pleasure to live with Turkish people and all were so kind and friendly,it's so sad that our goverments cannot find a solution and keep this "enemy" mindset between us.After all we have so much in common,its just made me sad.
But i am so glad i lived in Turkey and i would love to visit again in the near future!
It's a shame our politicans and media keep portraying us as enemies, while I were welcomed the most in my life during my visit to Greece.
Dude It is election time! Welcome to the circus! 2 Nato powers can not fight with each other but It is always nice to find new customers If you are a weapon dealer..
its just the governments, we are both secretly friends at heart.
The reason governments vilify their rivals is so that it is socially acceptable to declare war on one another during times of instability and crisis...
This does not have to have anything to do with the social situation in real life, of course, so the fact you tell me relations between greece and turkey aren't that strained brings me hope, because from a foreigners perspective, they really should have one of the most bitter rivalries in the whole world. Few nations collective ego have been wounded more than greece's, and turkey seems to generally view themselves as the more up-to-date version of the empire's that preceded it, so both have a strongly embedded, vested interest to wage war in the name of meaningless nationalism, and visions of fallen grace viewed through the rose-tinted glasses of weaponized nostalgia... but you don't need me telling you this, i'm just some random dude on the internet with a fondness for geopolitics and history. I just needed to rant a bit. Peace.
@@erenbariskaragoz6661 Well i was next to Yenice a bigger city,if i am not mistaken it was called like that :)
I love how you characterize the nations in your videos, they feel like people you can identify with more than abstract concepts of power
That’s Polandball for ya.
yes but its not really realistic and overly hyperbolic and deterministic
@@enya284 for sure. Poland ball is a simplified characterization of geopolitics/ world history. Real life is much more nuanced. But it's doing so in an entertaining way, or more humanizing/ relatable way, which is fine imo
As long as it's understood that Poland ball is not that realistic and hyperbolic, and is meant to be more entertainment than educational, then it's fine.
@@derekwong1356 I suppose, this channel just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially on how quickly they make declarative statements. Especially the last video on civil war. It's taking away peoples agency and giving them to nations, races, religions, etc.
You like the country balls don't yah?
As a Turk, I must say: You depicted recent Turkey as a nation with strategy. Sadly, all strategy is governed by 1 man and the rapid, sharp changes are his decisions, not the Turkey's institutions or experts. It may seem democratic but Turkey is unfortunately became a dictatorship. Nobody knows what the future of Turkey holds, until the moody dictator is history...
Wow a Turk with some sense.Not being sarcastic I mean it.You should run for Government but that would be dangerous for you at the moment you probably end up in jail for criticising government. Pity because with your mindset your country would prosper and become a pillar of stability in the region.I suspect instead of expansionist moves you would probably cooperate with neighbours even with Greece and Cyprus.You don't have to have the territory in your control to benefit you could get rights to drill for example.The money you would save on all the military (as you would buy only self defence equipment) especially the cost of all the overflights (f16 ia about $23k per hour) imaging $23k to a school for each overflight each time.Then $23k as cheap business loan for startup business's the list is endless. But instead you have the 4th largest army in the world it could be 4 times smaller and have a better defensive capability.I suspect you would have dialogue with the Kurds and come to some agreement all could live with instead of attacking all your neighbours. As for Cyprus I reckon you would have a deal years ago which all could live with.The Turkish Cypriots would be happy instead they demonstrate that the want Turkey out of Cyprus.
Imagine if a deal was struck 30 years ago then today Cyprus would be drilling for gas along with the Turkish Cypriots who would by now be living a happy life and cooperating with Turkey I'm sure. Anyway lets stop dreaming time to wake up.
@@johnchrys5716 Appreciate your comment, I wish it was a possibility. But I emigrated to Canada, I don't wanna be a slave of a system where my hard earned earned taxes support the dictatorship of Erdoğan.
Cyprus is a big burden on Turkey, economically and politically. It is only an expense and a point of tension with literally zero benefits. There has to be a solution but Greek demands has no reasoning and Erdoğan lacks the diplomatic skills to solve it. I think Cyprus will continue to be hump behind our back for the foreseeable future.
I completely agree, rationalism is the only way to lead a country. Making long lasting peace with neighbours is vital to prosperity, being a soft, diplomatic power house compared to brute army force has way more benefits as you mentioned.
But the sad fact is, in Turkey, politicians feed off from this brute approach. Erdoğan is widely worshipped because he is stern and he threatens other leaders... That's what people want, they see this approach as a demonstration of power.
My theory is they will come to senses as there is no chance the of economy recovering. Once they realize they cannot feed their families with inevitable inflation and increasing tax burden, they will be looking for a new savior, someone opposite of Erdoğan. Turks are not ready yet, most still has some hope of Erdoğan.
Türküler 19.yüz yılın yarısından sonra genellikle ya dikta törlerle yada diktatöre benzemeyen diktatörlere yönetilmiştir
@@semihylmaz9982 katılmıyorum, çok genellemissin. bir ülke 5 senede tam demokrasiye geçemez. 1. Meşrutiyetten beri bu mücadele sürüyor. Arada 2 dünya savaşı, ihtilaller, rejim değişimleri var ve iktidar defalarca seçimlerle barışçıl olarak devredildi. Tam demokrasi olmasa da bir ilerleme vardı. Erdoğan ise rejimi tamamen değiştirip bütün kontrol mekanizmalarını, medyayı kendine bağladı. Tek kişinin ağzindan çıkar 1 günde kanun oluyorsa, hiçbir kontrol mekanizması yoksa i rejim diktatorluktur.
@@lestat8656 evet
turkey has all the tools for success. just a shame it's been ruined by poor leadership
Its not poor leadership, its poor opposite who is against everything 24/7. There is also a small percentage of people who rather see Turks die than to do good stuff. Türkiye must show some guts and ‘remove’ all those who have nothing to give to Türkiye while trying to destabilize Türkiye. For instance you have HDP in Türkiye. Their HQ is for over 4 years semi blockaded by mothers whom children are kidnapped by the PKK via HDP. In the name of democracy Türkiye lets them live. If i had even 1% power to make a deed i would shut down HDP and put them ALL into jail! But then again Turks are generous people and some say they have the right to live too eventho they are willing to kill you.
Blame ataturk, sure Turkey would never have existed without him but still
@@LiterallyallofArabia but still what ?
@@lucyadam9128 why would i?
@@lucyadam9128 ataturk was the reason turkey was at its peak stages in industry, economy and culture in the 50s
Turkey is not gonna drift towards Russia. Despite sharing a rivalry with the West, Turkey has WAY more geopolitical conflicts with Russia than they do with NATO/EU/US.
Wrong Turkey has way more beef with Greece and the EU then they do with Russia, push comes to shove Turkey will embrace the china russia alliance and stab NATO in the back. Turkey will never be a western ally and will never side with the west again.
way more i don't know, not more than Greece but Russia wants Constantinople since forever
@@richardbug3094 turkey has more beef with Greece historically, but nowadays there isnt much geopolitical conflict outside of the agean sea, which is much less interesting for turkey than the black sea where they have a conflict with russia. The small parts of the agean turkey can claim through conflict are worth way less than the parts of the black sea filled with gas it can claim. Turkey is mainly just trying to make itself less reliant on the west/EU, mainly so it can negotiate with russia without having to give up things to eu members like romania and bulgaria, since if turkey negotiates its sea borders with the russians while being close to the EU, the EU will probably demand parts to be given to their member states, which obviously would be against turkish interests
Maybe what is going on now can remind Turkey/Erdogan that Russia consumes its "friends" in the long run.
@@scottfranco1962 well ukraine and russia were never really friends and turkey can probably even take advantage of their conflict by siding with whoever is gonna give them easier access to the gas in the black sea. If they side with russia it probably means non-intervention which would be shitty in the long run, and if it sides with the ukraine it'd gain less in the black sea but drastically improve their political power. Erdogan hasnt really made any moves towards leaving nato yet and it could gain a lot of influence in the caucasus and in central asia if russia is weakened so Erdogan will probably side against Russia incase Conflict breaks out but is probably trying to improve their relationship with russia so that when Nato/the EU ask for their help they will offer more favorable conditions to Turkey, since the Turks could argue that they wouldnt want to betray a "friend" without sufficient compensation.
I was briefly in Turkiye in 2014, it was part of a deployment with the Canadian navy right after the little green men "liberated" Crimea. Almost everyone I met was very friendly. In one instance I was trying to use something coin operated but didn't have the right coin. Someone walking by saw my problem and just put the right coin in for me, then kept walking. That sort of thing was my impression of Turkiye. After a day I did want to get out of Istanbul though, as there were many pushy merchants who constantly tried to sell me things. That's any tourist town though, I'm not going to hold it against the country. Thr Turkish countryside is beautiful, I heartily recommend a visit to any who can.
@Muvahhid kes lan orangutan karadeniz insanlarının coğu şempanzelerden farklı değildi
turkey
Thanks
@DeeZ Almonds they breed like wild rabbits lol, unlike us turks. that's mostly why, i hope erdogan will lose in the 2nd stage of elections
@Muvahhid you talk like only turkish people are friendly to foreigners
*It's such a shame corruption is so widespread in Turkey because it's an absolutely amazing country to visit. The people are friendly, the climate is nice, and there's so much beauty & history scattered around the country that it's one of the most visited countries in the world*
As a Turk I have to say something. There are so many historical places or historical artifacts lying around in more rural areas. We've been to Enez once, a small place near Greek border. There was an quite old stone castle-like building and an old canon near its entrance.
Update : not surprised with comments section turning into a war zone.
Enez is Andrianouple?
Make Islam the official religion
@@athanasioskosmas3915 No, its greek name was Αίνος (Aenus). Adrianople is now called Edirne.
@@jimmyj1969 I didnt know this city. Its actually in the Evros river litterally w minutes from Greece. Its so close. Thanks for the information :)
It's really dark but I think if turkey recognised the Armenian genocide the abandoned village would be really impactful memorial sites. Tourist ofc would visit.
In 1992 I was in Turkey to work on a steel mill in Eregli. At that time it exchange rate was 6700 lira to the dollar. I still have a 10,000 lira note. It seems Turkey has a problem with its money holding value. At that time I could exchange dollars for lira at jewelry stores which seemed to be common. Some Turks bought gold jewelry as a hedge against inflation. That was 30 years ago.
I remember thinking Turkey needed a rail road that ran along the Black Sea from Eregli to Istanbul to transfer the large coils of steel. At that time they transported the steel coils on overloaded trucks that did lots of damage to the road. There were many pot holes.
thing about gold and dollar still exist , not much changed sinced i guess
It's funny everything is still the same... They should have invested a lot in railway infrastructure but I guess they don't do that because most of the politicians doesn't really care about future plans except 5 years or something
Ayy nice to see my city Ereğli mentioned here, There was a railroad from Ereğli-Zonguldak which later got dismantled, and Zonguldak was (and still is) connected to Ankara by railroad but iirc there are proposals for a railroad here from İstanbul (i am not sure though). Most of the coal required by Erdemir (the steel mill mentioned) is transported by boat (yeah, ridiculous that boat is shipped from Africa and South America while there is a coal mine right there in Zonguldak, but apparently it has something to do with the type of coal) so i assume the steel can be done in a similar way. Gold is still a major investment in Turkey. You can still exchange foreign currency (mostly usd and eur) here in jewelry stores btw....
And yes, unfortunately inflation has always been a thing here in Turkey, hope this nightmare of inflation ends....
For reference: the minimum wage in may 1992 (when it was 6700 trl to 1 usd) was 801000 try so around 120 usd, adjusted for inflation it is 239 usd in 2022. (however back then Turkey was more self-sufficient so dollar fluctuations were less influential then it is now)
By the way, how was Ereğli for a foreigner working at Erdemir in 1992? Asking out of curiosity
@ That's pretty much the same everywhere.
we removed 3 zeros from our currency at 2000's so your 10,000 lira banknote is is 10 liras now. We didn't have the cent before 2000's so that exchange rate was something like 6.7 lira. The exchange rate wasn't good as in 2012 but not worse than now. The exchange rate is worse than 1992 now.
Turkey's biggest problem is politics IMO, corruption, incompetence, bad education system are the biggest issues we have.
the biggest problem among them is the refugee problem which you didn't even include
@@imfedup259 sorry i forgot that
yup.being turk must be a shame
@@Ilkedolay no
@@Ilkedolay but the same thing that starting a video game on expert level
Turkey:
A country with amazing culture beautiful scenery great people and a bad government that has made bad decisions in the past
Accurate.
They still doing and we just made a vote and last president win unfortunetly
@@skeptikmavi6743he won it illegally which makes it even worse.
@@mistyfaderia kk koltuktan kalksa kazanamazdi onun aday olduğu gün olay cikarmamak bizim sucumuz
@@mistyfaderia52% percent of Turkey voted Erdogan and he won "illegal" !?
As a romanian i see that many other romanians really hate turkish people for historical reasons but theyre so damn nice i went to turkey on vacation at one point and people are so nice there and its gorgeous especially around the coast. Turkish people are probably some of the best people out there.
we are the opposite we love the romanians we really dont hate any people not even greeks
Bro I did my Erasmus in Romania, Cluj. I didnt see or met anyone that I felt hatred. Only thing I dislike was, my stupid faculty didnt give me a student card (which allows me to get the discounts from the trains) because I am coming from a non European country.
Romanians are friendly, nice, kind and helpful. They will stop for u if u need a help and they will help you. Turkish people are exactly like this too.
We just don't care
@@tolgakarahan is snickers without s
I can't get over the fact that he actually opened with that video lmao
What is the source of that video? Or what is the context of it?
Id like to know too
@@dillguy9 Apparently his name is Kaan Ozdil
@@dillguy9 Kaan ozdil
@@connormurphy683 Karen Özdil
That beginning is a perfect example of why I love memes about Turkey 🤣
Lol
dude, this meme is nothing, you come to our village and we pretend to be wolves to communicate there
Average American Patriot vs. Average Turkish
@@kzgnbirburakozcivit7248 hrrrr woofff woff (pasif ulkucu kurt aranir)
@,-_- puahauhau vallaha dedem köyde gezinirken beni bulamayınca uluyun ben gelirim diyor aq dedem de bizi bulamayınca uluyor…Benim kuzenin sunnetinde mehterle Osmanlı bayragı yuruyusu yaptılar.Annem babam dedemin tesiri altında isim secemediler tum kuzenlerin isimlerini dedem koydu aq benim kardeşin adı uğur olacaktı mehmet yaptırdılar bu adım eylül olacaktı Ece yaptırdılar bu tarz sacma bir ortamda büyüdukten sonra ülkücülerle dalga gecmemek mumkun degil
I hope to visit Turkey one day, along with Greece. Both are bedrocks of civilization and must be full of many mysteries.
Gel hocam, ülkeye döviz lazım.
Slm
These videos are super entertaining! My day at work gets so much better when I see that you uploaded a new vid. I love eating my lunch as I learn foreign politics outside of my shallow U.S. bubble. The subtle memes you draw up are always a beautiful touch as well.
Amerikalı mı bu video yu hazırlayan?sürpriz olmadı(!)🤡
This is a very good video but I think it misses just how bad things have gotten in recent days and weeks. A power outage shutting down industries that can’t afford to be shut down due to technical difficulties on the Iranian gas pipeline, for starters. The government has been propping up the currency using it’s own foreign currency reserves (which it desperately needs to buy gas to make electricity and are now dangerously low) and seizing foreign currency from business and bank customers. It is now implementing a plan for citizens to turn in their jewelry to be melted down for gold. Nations don’t do that when things are under control. A journalist was recently arrested because she “insulted” Erdogan and a couple of his ministers. She is facing around 10 years in prison. I’m not saying Turkey can’t recover but it is not looking good right now.
In my opinion, Turkey will collapse and fall into extremists hands, there will be interference from Russia and the CIA, Iran and Israel and Saudi. Its going to be a battleground for the west and east. Maybe neither side will accept the guerilla war and in the end Turkey might be split between east and west
that man is a fucking dictator at this point. Why arent other european nations saying anything? When the hungarian prime minister didnt allow illegal immigrants into his country. They were first to jump down his throat.
@@levranz1054 thats done and gone lets move on. they won't criticise again.
@@levranz1054 Because Erdoğan is being paid by EU to keep the refugees from going to Europe. It might not seem obvious but Erdoğan is secretly backed by the west.
@@kampfpanzerleopard346 No.
You have succeeded very well in describing the situation in Turkey, with its good and bad sides, objectively. I think that Turkey has to choose between east or west. As a Turk, I myself favor the West, but Turkey's future is seriously complex and difficult to predict. Time seems to show us everything...
Warning! !don't look at the replies look like I started a war, there are very toxic comments be careful!
Çok korkuyorum bu gelecek için , nişanlım var Avustralya dan ona gidiyom ama ,bu ülkenin hali ne olacak bilmiyorum valla 😢
I think Turkey should choose Turkey. Why not try to be friends with every country? I think if any country can do that it’s Turkey. Maybe India or Brazil too, but I think Turkey is in the best position of those countries. That’s how Turkey can become a more powerful country along with working on building defense and economy. By the way, I think its going about humanity in the next era at this point tho not so much about country so what’s going on for all people of the world is the most important thing, but I think Turkey can be a leader to take humanity to a brighter future if it works with other countries in positive ways. Tough tho… Lot of negativity out there these days.
@@powasjington4262 Problem is turkey right now is having problems with all sides, in Syria with Russia and in the Aegean with Greece (NATO)
@@powasjington4262 There is no such think as "being friends with everybody" unless you are an isolated country which nobody really cares about but yeah i also think we should build up better relations with other countries.
Erdogan did massive damage to Turkey’s future with the west. Turks were doing well before him and his Muslim brotherhood agendas. The young generation of Turks needs to rise and make huge changes, but this will be difficult.
As someone who lives in Alanya/Antalya, Turkey, Turkey is not just dealing with the economic crisis. We are also struggling with the migrant crisis, which is still an ongoing and critical problem. Currently, there are no Turks in many of our provinces in eastern Turkey. It is likely that there will be internal turmoil very soon due to the Arabs coming mostly from Syrian, Afghan, Pakistani and other Arab countries. We have doubts about the coming of sharia in 2023 and we are not safe here.
where can we read about the sharia?
Congratulations Turkey.
when are the upcoming elections in turkey?
@@quitestiger2818 2023, im not sure which month but probably between march and june.
Pakistan and Afghanistan and Syria are not arab country and they don’t located in arabia
Thank you! I am from turkey and i was waiting a video from you about our country as our goverment is a son of a turkish delight. Didnt watch yet but im sure it'll be god! Even if not,health to your hands and i am more than sure that your channel will reach a great place in the future! take care :)
Edit: fixed a word and thanks for the likes i appericiate it! :D
@Leo the Anglo-Filipino ?
Health to your hands. Gonna use that from now on.
me too
@Leo the Anglo-Filipino Greeks love erdogan more than erdogan supporters in Turkey, u guys would be rich in Turkey
@@glaubenskraft31 ahmet kaya
Love Turkiye from Brazil 🇧🇷♡🇹🇷
Thank you.
Brazil has always been my favorite South American country.
@@muammertopbas5806 Thanks my turkish friend, i've always wanted to try turkish kebab 🇧🇷♡🇹🇷
Thanks for respecting the recent name change of my country. As far as I am aware, it is Turquía in Portuguese anyway. Glad to see you left the way of anglophones.
Finally!a one not say "turkey"
i love brazil espeically your rock bands, they are amazing.
The GDP growth going from 7 to 1% doesn't say shit when you have 20% yearly inflation
and growing
@@abdalluhalhabsi6286 yup. Its a double edged sword. Rise interest rates to curb inflation and pay the price of lower economic growth, its the best option.
Erdogan doesn't believe in double edged swords. He believes in a fairytale of infinite growth without any consequence
The only thing growing is inflation
@@abdalluhalhabsi6286 about whar
inflation is more like %65+ yearly but i get your point
I am just sick of hearing the argument "People of Anatolia have been replaced many times, but people of have been living there for 1000s of years."
All I can say is look at the genetic evidence. People of Turkey are a mixture all that was there and all that came afterwards. Nobody got "replaced," the Hittites, the Greeks, the Persians, the Romans didn't go anywhere. They are all still part of the Turkish population. You could say that the culture shifted, but to claim that the people are all gone?!? Come on!
(Also, isn't it interesting that you never consider --again as an example-- ancient Greeks being "replaced" by the current population? If it was so easy to replace people when new a power arrives, then the current Greeks would also have nothing to do with their ancient counterparts. That obviously did not happen, since human populations are not reset, they just meander.)*
Regarding this argument, you hear this very often from Westerners, and it indicates that the Turkish people do not own their massive cultural heritage. Most of Europe was introduced to civilization at a grand scale with the Roman Empire, with a rich culture borrowing from the great accomplishments of ancient Greeks. To think that this cultural heritage could belong to the people currently living there, the Turkish people, would be unthinkable for Western identity. So what would you do, other than pointing to the people and say "these people had nothing to do with all that!" How convenient...
* I guess you could call the decimation of the American peoples by the Europeans and their diseases a reset as 90% of the native population perished in a very short time. Even then, though, native Americans (and part of their pre-conquest culture) are still here.
I mean, see how of a "great" leader was Alexander the Great, while Genghis Khan was a "barbarian." Both leaders massacred everyone else on their path, but it's always Genghis who gets the blame for it, being called a "barbarian" in Western literature, while Alexander the Great, equally a murderer, is always the praised one. Westerners always pamper their cultural heritage and people while belittleing the history of Easterners. Tell me about something new.
I literally just started watching your videos today, and lucky for me there's a new one! Great stuff
Excellent viewpoint on a country that deserves better for it's citizens than what they been given of late from it's current governmental leadership.
@Shimmy Shai The next election might do the trick if things continue to spiral...Erdogan's popularity is dropping quickly and the younger generations of Western Turkey are for more liberal and oriented towards the West...we can only hope
He glossed over the dictatorship though. That is the key factor in recent Turkish decline. So that makes the analysis quite poor.
@@melanieenmats How is Turkey a dictatorship when the so called 'dictator' is currently sharing power with a junior party in government?
@ItzThe Poyratz In practice, Turkish opposition parties are criticizing Erdogan for being a "puppet" of the junior party MHP and its leader Bahceli.
You may like or not like Erdogan. But calling a dictatorship technically wrong. Either learn the definition or admit you're just using the term "dictator" as a synonym for politicians you really don't like.
@ItzThe Poyratz Its waaaay reducing a complex situation. Most major cities (including Istanbul) are in opposition hands for example
I was expecting you to talk more about the secular-religious divide in the country and about Erdogan's presidency
That would be too political
@@adriatical9016 I mean erdrogan might be political, but the secular-religious divide is very important part of modern turkey
@@lucjanl1262 A 200 year old problem of Turks.
@@lucjanl1262 Ain't wrong. Started with the young turks.
@@Islamitisch I know that goes back to Atatürk and the founding of modern Turkey, but if it's older, that would be an interesting story.
As a Turkish this made me sub to you and click the bell button gladly. Its that good.
“Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Average pakistan
@@theones1848 true lmao
bruh your everywhere
@@the3zoooz1 i just enjoy commenting man
ataturk wanted to destroy islam.
Thoughts and prayers go out to Whatifalthist, who probably had an aneurism whilst watching this video.
true lmao
"NOOOOOOOO WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE WILL NOT GET REVIED OTTOMOON UMPIRE😭😭😭"
Him probably.
Whatifalthist explanations and analysis are good, his predictions about the future? Not much.
Whatifalthist doesn't even know what makes a country western. I'm sorry but Ethiopia and Turkey aren't gonna be major powers it's that simple
He is optimistic about the hopeless
Just one thing you got wrong during the history part of Turkey, the Mongols didn’t destroy the Seljuks the Seljuk empire fell apart due to infighting however the mongols did make vassals of the Seljuk successor which was the sultanate of Rum.
Sultanate of rum lmao
@@helast3916 caliphate of america
@@helast3916 ‘Rum’ was Turkish for ‘Rome’ as Anatolia was a large part of Roman lands at the time ‘Sultanate of Rum’
@@TheMuslimBatman خیر داداش روم از قومی یونانی ها بودند زیرا حکومت شما ۳۰۰ سال و بین پرشیا(ایران کبیر)و رومیان(یونان)بوده است و هیچ تاریخی مال شما نیست!
@@erfaankooldaadii4469 I don’t know Persian bro 😢
I'm Turkish, and this video is great. Explaining everything and not doing in a boring way 👏
You did not talk nearly enough about how the politics of Turkey is currently make it backslide into an Islamic authoritarian regime, which is have some negative effects on its future such as the whole interest rate debacle. That's why Turkey's future is uncertain, because it's politics makes it hard to say if it will be able to thrive.
No hardline Islamic state succeeds outside of Saudi (only because of the US too)
As if Turkey during aggressive secularism was its golden age LOL
Erdogan is just using Islam & he's not going to make turkey Islamic State at any cost
@@scrotocles5208 The Ottoman empire was the most secular nation in the world at the time of it's height, with exceptions for Christians and Jews that guaranteed their ability to practice their religion in a time where pogroms and inquisitions were common in Christian states. Diversity and acceptance of others is a strength, as it lets you more utilize all the peoples in your nation. Attaturk realized this and it's why he secularized Turkey to begin with. Now Turkey is forsaking him. Becoming another Iran is not going to help Turkey today.
@@scrotocles5208 it did better than the rest of the Islamic countries
Religion isn't going to fix economy
Love the channel man. Killing it !
5:56 True, but the Byzantines did survive until around the 1450s, but their empire was now a city state, Constantinople.
True but so what?
He was talking about the history of Anatolia, in which the Byzantine history in the region ended in about the 1100s
@@Noctem_pasa 1300s
@@Noctem_pasa Okay.
1453 🙃
As a Turk i must say this is one of the best videos i've seen about Turkey. Great job
Well, as a Turk I have to say somethings I think. Turkey is in the deep political crisis so Turkish strategy is now unknown so if leader party will change, entire Turkish outlook will change but nobody on Earth don't know what will go on even Turkish people so we waiting the election only. What we do for this moment? :)
Well as long as you dont vote for the chp, its probably gonna be alright. Erdogan isnt a great leader, but stability is a massive bonus and the alternatives are all as shitty as he is or even shittier. More stability will allow politicians who may be less corrupt to come around someday (obviously everybody will be corrupt to some degree but some people are worse than others), and the only other somewhat stable government would be led by the chp, which you would enjoy if you enjoy things like islamophobia, millitary dictatorship or opressing the non turkish groups and treating them like second class citizens
@@kaan4040 we won't vote PKK supporters or religious scums.
@@balporsugu2.0 rn most parties (except for the hdp) are either extensions of the chp/akp or largely made up of former members of the chp/akp. Also a drastic regime change isnt what turkey needs right now since most of the millitary is in the hands of the akp and some of it still controlled by the chp. Regime Change -->Civil War/Coup d'etat, similar to the several coups during the chp era. There isnt really anything like the "new" chp since all of their members either stayed the same or are close friends/relatives of the older members. Nobody should really "like" any party, you should just be able to determine what party would be worse for your nation. Smaller parties--> Instability, Chp--> Islamophobic Millitary Dictatorship, Akp--> More Religious Freedom, stability but less freedom in general probably in the long run (still more than with the chp) and probably also dictatorship within like 10 years (which wont last long since turkey will be wealthier by then and political climate will change and also since erdogan will probably be too old and doesnt really have any relatives that have enough political influence to replace him)
@@kebabseverim3364 nereye oy vercen yani?
@@kaan4040 It is pretty stupid to believe CHP has the same mindset as before. I don't think CHP is supportive of Islamophopic military dictatorship, that is some AKP propagando you are doing man, I'm sorry.
Turks are absolutely related to the ancient people of anatolia, people dont generally replaced populations they intermix with them. Modern Turks are like 10-15 % central asian by haplogroup admixture. You make it seem like the people of turkey can't draw connection to their, hittite, lycian, hellenic, roman, and ottoman heritage. they absolutely can.
Turks still have a significant Medieval Turkic genetic component, making them distinguishable from ancient Anatolian and surrounding peoples.
Although it varies from region to region, approximately 25-45%.
Modern Turks are not Turkic, that is for sure. But no need to make it more complicated than that. (The reason being that the Turks in Turkey have been a horde for forever, causing the Turks to slowly merge with every culture it comes across: China, Mongolia, Iran, Arabia, and The Greek/Romans)
@@romeoalpasthor5187 "Modern Turks are not Turkic" Lol, on what basis are you saying this?
@@Sadoyasturadoglu Iste türkiyede lazlar, cerkezler, gürcüler kendini türk olarak göremiyorlar onun icin kendini eski anadolu halk olarak tanitmak istiyorlar cünkü biliyorki türk degiler. Sucumuz bizde yani anadolu türkmenlerde. Biz bu türk olmayan pislikleri anadoluya getirdik. Ülkeden bütün cerkezleri, arnavutlari, kürtleri atsaydik ve orta asya türkleri (uygurlari) yerlessek.
@@romeoalpasthor5187 turkish people are turkic. You call them anatolian turks.
You put it very nicely. Great video.
Economic crisis.
Refugee problem.
The stray dog problem.
Terrorism problem.
The fall of the country's security.
Bad education system.
Increasing unemployment in the country.
Increasing injustice.
All the people are angry.
Educated people go west.
Investors do not trust Turkey.
Increase in deviance in Turkey.
Erdogan....
Güzelce özetlemişsin tüm sorunları...
Oh god, the Erdogan.
🤣
Stray dog problem? Free roaming cats and dogs have been in Turkish cities for centuries. They're the native species at this point. The only issue related to that is the humanoidites who want to massacre the poor things.
@@HOPEfullBoi01 It may seem like that but the death of children who just want to go to school is a bigger problem
Crazy how civilizations come and go, but the land always stays the same
Tectonic plates would like to disagree
@@user-iu3ym7ri9hඞ well thats a mind boggingly long time scale. True though, not even mountains are permanent
@@Xeno_Channel im joking tho
i recommend you do a video about the future of lebanon since alot of things are currently happening like inflation, another civil war(probably not but there is a chance) gas crisis and alot a bunch more things i would like it alot
As a spanish person, who lives in Greece, I always had a super good relationship with turks and I have a lot of turkish friends and share a lot of similarities. I hope they will join EU and we strengh our relationships
No thanks to Turks in the EU. They are not European.
Won't be happening anytime soon sadly due to them backsliding on democracy...
Greek-turkish crisis is just politicians being dumb,i personally like greeks
@@obabas80 Americano? It doesn't seem like you're European either
@@shanefitzpatrick8377 Greek born, American for now. If you’re Irish, we Greeks love you! Ireland is the Greece of the north. Oppressed in history, but fighters till the end.
To Europe, Turkey is basically the Hisoka of the groupe. It can immediately switch to either being an ally or a potential enemy anytime it wishes. 😂
Well said. It'll be interesting to watch Turkiye over the next few decades.
Ne alaka
At no time in history have Turks lived more than 100 years under the control of another state. They somehow overthrew the dominant ones and always took over the administration. The main reason for the economic problem in Turkey is the corrupt ruling party. This will change! Only 30 days later, the power will change. If there are those who do not accept the change of power despite the elections, we Turks will clean them all and get our country back on its feet if necessary. Turks are not afraid to die when it comes to their country. They never hesitate to kill. Suppose, despite all the corruption and mismanagement, Turkey still produces 900 billion dollars of gross national product. When all these mismanagement and losses are eliminated, it will reach a revenue of at least 2 trillion dollars. In short, Türkiye is the most unique country in the world. That's why only those who live in Turkey and have full knowledge of what's going on should talk about Turkey.
Imagine living in it. We are also suprised everyday.
I hope Turkey stabilizes, cuz stable Turkey = stable Balkans. Greeting from Croatia
Thanks, we should get rid of Erdogan first for that to happen.
@@invalidnoun4746 just 1 year left. Patience..
Thanks bro
The ottomans were the reason the Balkans turned to be so poor
Thanks for the good wishes brate
I'm living in Turkey and thank you for make this video you explained Turkish history very clear
I wish you well and I hope you and your people can prevent corruption and once again thrive, love from the state of Ohio, stay strong, stay free.
@@LordS20000 Thanks. I hope that the USA will also one day prevent its own corruption and thrive again. And also stops torturing and punishing people without a trail like in Guantanomo Bay.
@@LordS20000 Thanks man
@@k.e.8414 no problem!😊
@@ferka6447 no problem, and hey us ohioans have been fighting an uphill battle against corruption since our founding our state beliefs are not the same as our nation's beliefs, we like to see ourselves following a older version of the American dream, that version is giving everyone a chance no matter who they are, we destroyed slavery in the Union, on our birthday it was instantly banned, we always have been a safe spot for any beliefs, we see everyone as one and the same at heart. For if you are a good person, you will fit in Here, for family is thicker then blood and faith. We have always challenged the corruption in America and we always will, we have made our fair share of mistakes but when we fall we get back up. We even abolished gerrymandering in our constitution, which is a very corruption political tactic
As a Turk; we do not have a strategy going on for any kind of economic growth or future plan. The whole ordeal is one madman's Ottoman fantasia. Btw the dollar is currently 27 Turkish Liras. And recently our one man and Savior Lord Erdogan claimed Hamas not being a terrorist organization, Turkish stock market lost %5 value in a day. The best strategy would be for Turkey to use the program that I used for my grandfather. He was making weird posts on Facebook and I changed his settings so no one was seeing his posts. Remove our Lord from the media and stick to the rules book. Only that can save the nation
As a historical channel, I think it would be VERY appreciated if you put your links and sources in your descriptions. It's hard to track down the origins of the information you have.
“My source is that I made it the fuck up”
@@Emerty1 Honestly he probably did lol
i am a turkish student going to highschool right now and we study what he says in the video so in my opinion its not made up
Bro just google it oml
İts not made up lol id you're fonna claim its made up then dl your own research to prove its made up
turkey is not a middle eastern country. turkey is a huge country if you say middle eastern just because of the southeast part of turkey, you have to say turkey is a caucasian because of eastern part, turkey is a balkan country because of the western part... the big picture tells the fact that is turkey is an asian country in anatolia region.
Yes asia minor to be precice
Our country is in almost every field. you're right. It's silly for them to categorize us and put us under one name. Also, our name and culture don't even come from the Middle East. smh
@@kedimissee your name is arabic lol
@@another_random my name is arabic because it was in the quran and my family was muslim 😀 that doesnt mean anything, also its senseless, stop 💀 i have an other turkish name as well. congratulations for stupid comment and have a good day lol
@@kedimissee "Also, our name ...... don't even come from the Middle East. smh"
I think my comment wasnt stupid and senseless because it pointed out something that was important. You dont like these arabs then dont use your arab name but your other turkish name.
I have an online friend from Turkey and I know nothing bout their country, I guess now I have to learn about it.. geography lesson it is
Tell him that you love baklava trust me your relationship ship will grow so much
0:01 when you ask a Turk what happened in 1919
It's the Liberation war that started when Atatürk stepped foot on Samsun, it has nothing to do with a Turkish teen embarassing himself for views on social media :)
visiting turkey it feels like a western nation with a taste of the east. Its food feels middle eastern but its people in western turkey are very western.
Thank you :) hope so all western visitor can be honest as you are !
Foods are wesern and medid too then the middle eatern foods, you can find every type of food curisine
because foods from mostly kurds ad arabs doner kebab çiğköfte.. from east turkey food
@@123vr6 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
You're totally right about economic issue but consider that we started investing CRAZY amounts of money into our armed industry we even sold some weapons to ukraine and poland
Yet their guys despise u, but going to ur beaches and getting F”””ed by locals.
Sorun askeri yatırımlarda değil zaten yolsuzluk ve kötü niyetli ekonomi yatırımlarında
silah satmakla zengin olunca rusya olurdu. ki rustanın bize satığı s400 bizim şuana kadar sattığımız dronelardan daha pahalı.
askeri yatırımlar iyi güzel hoş evet kesinlikle katılıyorum AMA günün sonunda sonunda halkın çoğu yatağa aç girdikten sonra, sokakta insanlarımız rahat yürüyemedikten sonra, çocuklar din adı altında taciz edildikten sonra, gençler gelecek kaygısı yaşadıktan sonra o askeri yatırımlar tek başına yeterli olmuyor maalesef :/
@@yigithandilber5511 Dediklerin cok genel problemler degil ki. Ben ve benim tanidigim insanlarin hicbiri bunlardan herhangi birini yasamiyor
Got into your channel just a bit ago and have binged all of your videos. Keep up the good work :)
I am Turkish. And this video made me happy. thank you so much. I love my country very much and I am satisfied. Still a great country, even if the economy is down a bit! 🇹🇷❤️
a bit?
Isn't Turkey's currency dropping and that it's going to experience an economic collapse?
Turkey is in so much debt, so prolly yeah. All of us turks are waiting so we can kick him out after the elections in 2023.
@@alphenex8974 Speak for yourself. The anti-Erdogan clique will loose elections again.
Also Turkish government debt (%GDP) is lowest in Europe.
@@ferka6447 uhhh we aren't Europeans alos thank you for that he might just even be the worst president ever :(
@@alphenex8974 most turks I have seen like erdogan cause he is Muslim unlike previous coup introduced presidents who are actually atheist
@@فهميكتاني well you are not right. A lot of people here hate him and people joke and say stuff like "Whenever he says Allah dolars price goes higher." Etc etc
such a great video. I greet you with our national smile "Ü"
Ü
ü
I am a simple man, I see Turkey I click.
Since their rebellion against Ottomans and siding with foreign forces, Saudi Arabia has never been a friend of Turkiye.
As a Greek I laughed so hard in the beginning 😂LOL
Your average turk
@@TheRodrigo4299
Turks are Greeks, not the opposite.
@@paulmayson3129 bro i am greek but turks are mixed mongols with arabs so thats a cap u say for turkey
@@Tsekouros Aren’t they mixed with Greeks that lived in Anatolia before
@@Tsekouros we arent mongol bro we are turkic people mixed with greeks. Look at the turkmens and uzbeks they are who we originated from.
I love your videos! Love from Turkey🇹🇷!
You chose the music very well. It shows the soul of Anatolia
My family is turkish and I just gotta say that the currency is pretty much ass at the moment. People can't even afford baby food because the prices keep rising and the salaries aren't.
And Turkey only further develops cities like Istanbul and Ankara, leaving everything else in the dirt. In the city my parents come from, random goats and chickens are just walking around and the internet is not something universal. Imo, the government should try giving every city a good standing point.
The problem is generally farmers.
the government doesn't aid farmers and they dont protect their farms, instead they destroy farms which causes lack of food and we have to import. and since theres less food its harder to keep up with sales so they increase the prices and the government increases salaries instead of helping farmers.
and the president calls himself a "Economist" 🤦♂️
with the current president.
Turkey isnt getting better economy
Raising interest rates does not lead to economic growth. Turkey doesn't have inflation because of interest rates it has inflation because of deficit spending and lower production.
Why did you used the Yunus Emre theme music in this video ?
Fun fact: Turkey has recently changed its name to Türkiye!
Yeah people would still call it turkey lol
In my opinion it's quite sad, because we literally named the bird after turkey, and it's like the most important bird to American history and native Americans.
well... nothing has really changed since people still call it Turkey
Ppl call it Turkey because it's easier in English to Say Turkey instead of Türkiye
As a tuekish ,i still use turkey on englis LoL
0:06 Really agreed on the sentiment there
love your videos men, keep it up!
Well done, the video is perfect. Türkiye is not trusting western or eastern countries. This situation has great historical reasons actually. However, past is past, people should work together to build a future. It is not depended on one nation/country, the others should do that too. Türkiye and Türkish people feels like ghosted in international relationships. As a Türkish history student, i can agree predicting Türkiye's future was really hard and still it is hard.
If anyone is looking for a more in-depth look at Turkey (3 hours worth), I can highly recommend Kraut's videos.
he needs to make a sequel to the sequel of the sequel of the original video
Ah yes, the wisest bird of TH-cam geopolitics
Nah dont
I was really Into that guys videos too but I later found out the guy is a fascist
Literally calling for a genocide on muslims
And actively holds strong relationships with actual Nazi's
Better to watch Whatifalthist
He's a little politically driven but he's bipartial
Likes to talk about more than just western civilisation
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@@maddogbasil Slander.
Can we have a Tokyo vs the future next
The population is aging and immigrantion isn't an option
Spending more money to pay for retirement and receiving less from taxes is gonna be a big problem for the government
Immigration is always an option, the Japanese are just really xenophobic because of their homogeneity but when you don't have enough children you have to get over it.
Just predicting it now, Japan will have the mother of all Demographic Collapses by the turn of the century and the country by and large will fizzle out on the international stage.
@@songcramp66 Yea.... Them being a really depressing population and pathetic social standarts and also cold shoulder towards outsiders is also not helping them... Well... both tokyo and japan is stil holding somehow )))
@@zarlev9083 I mean, having one of the largest economic booms in the history of civilization up to the 80s and a fairly large and well educated labour force and stellar infrastructure certainly will help them last longer than they would have otherwise.
Japan really has 3 options. Either force its citizens to have more children, relax its restrictions on immigrants or invest billions into advanced robots. Or perhaps a bit of all 3. Either that or allow the demographic collapse to unfold and significantly harm its economy.
Love and respect from egypt hope one day our governments becomes friends again like our people are 🇪🇬❤️🇹🇷
Honestly I have no idea why Erdoğan is trying to antagonize Egypt. People here have no problem with Egypt and there is no benefit to it. Even we don't understand why Erdoğan is trying to pick a fight with you. Hopefully we can have better relations in future.
@@simulacrumpilot2777 Its because of sisi who is seen as a puppet of France and he overthrew the democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, which Turkey condemned. Before sisi's coup, Turkey and Egypt were great friends. However despite the animosity between the two since the coup and the backing of different sides in Libya, the two are considering normalisation.
@@hellothere1656 Are you Egyptian? If so what is the general opinion about the Coup and Sisi in Egypt? Does he have public support?
@@simulacrumpilot2777 No I'm from Australia, but I have been to Egypt before the sisi coup. To my knowledge it seems the majority dislike sisi whilst the rest don't care.
@@simulacrumpilot2777 What does it matter if he has public support or not. It's a dictator. In the elections you had the option between Sisi and Sisi fanboy Moussa.
If he has no public support, he crushes them. Nevertheless, Sisi is beloved with certain Egyptians, because he gets money from fellow dictatorship Gulf countries.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ün yolundan giden bir Türk vatandaşı olarak yazıyorum.
Birinci vazfiem Türk milletinin istikabalini garanti altına almak, yurtta ve dünyada barışı korumaktır.
Milletimin menfaatine zarar verecek tüm istek ve beklentileri red ederim.
Türkçe yazdım merak eden çevirip okur.
Except for Anatolia, the most Turks are in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. With the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, many of the Turks in the Balkans immigrated to Turkey. There are Crimean Tatars and Gagauz Turks in Eastern Europe. Gagauz are orthodox Christians living in Moldova and have their own autonomous lands. In general, the peoples that Muslim Turks felt close to them were Balkan Muslims and Caucasian Muslims. On the other hand, since Greeks and Turks lived together in Anatolia and the Balkans, there were cultural interactions. There was a lot of interaction with the Arabs because of religion, but the Turks did not live together with the Arabs in general.
Araps are scary im scared of them
@@another_random why
@@midnightblue3285 they might pull a knife out for no reason
@@another_random To who ? to turkey ? they deserve it and plus turks are semitic oriental.. they don't have roots anymore.. they stole people roots.. when you call arabs.. its not make sense couse arabs have pagan roots but the turkey turks are not.. they doesn't have any roots..
Great video, I really enjoyed the visual effects and you summarized the situation well. But something I wanted to comment on is the Kurdish topic: The threat of Kurdish separatism is honestly quite low. Kurds are slowly but surely being assimilated, to the point that most younger generations of Kurds only speak Turkish. The prevalence of Kurdish-Turkish intermarriage supports this point. And migration from the Southeastern to Western Turkey only accelerates this assimilation.
One demographic development, which I think is far more worrying are the close to 8 million Syrian and Afghan refugees who have come to Turkey just in the last decade (the 4 million number, you also used, is from 2017 and very outdated as Syrians have INSANE birth rates, around 5 children per woman, so their population must have increased considerably + just in the last year close to a million Afghans have entered the country). 900k Syrians have already received citizenship and this imo is the REAL demographic bomb ready to explode in the next decades, not the Kurds.
I hope we're both wrong though and neither of these demographic issues turn out to create great difficulties
Not sure where you're getting your numbers from Syria fertility rate is 2.8. Fertility has been dropping globally, 5 per woman would put a nation in the top 10 for highest fertility.
@@monutoon35 I think he's talking about syrian refugees in turkey. not syrians in syria
They give citizenship to only 190k. FUKİNG liar.. Future goverment Will definitely cancel their citizenahip and Will kick them out.
Your wrong, as a Kurd the conflict is escalating and escalating infact Turkey is bombing syrian refugee camps that are in SDF territory to this day and point in time. I just want to remind you that assimilating Kurds wont stop us neither will we ever give up on preserving Kurdish culture. To me the idea of Kurdish independence seems inevitable at this point sooner or later it will happen theres no argument to back this up although if your really that ignorant on Turkish sources I guess you can believe what you want but im stating facts here. Kurds have inhabited these regions in Turkey for a millenia although a shift of multiethnic cultures like Armenians and such the Greater Kurdistan map clearly shows the provinces that we have a prodominent majority in. This is Kurdish land according to history and will always remain as Kurdish land no matter what the demographics are in the future, infact it's only a matter of time until something happens in this region that will cause turmoil in Turkish politics that's all im going to say although theres one last thing I wanna say "If my language has the capability of shaking the foundation of your nation that means you have my homes in your country."
@@cactus7633 thank you couldn’t have said it better myself, tbh tho you’re just arguing with a walk since most Turks are literally brainwashed from their own government, I don’t say this to speak down on Turks but they honestly think they are immortal or something
Turkey will always overcome its problems. A great country and people.
I hope, because this time problem is not coming from the outside. Problem is at the center
Yeah great %40 brainless people who still vote for Erdoğan and make us suffer.
Honestly turkey position geopoliticaly ensures that it will always have military backing from one side or another, they just need a decent military that can defend turkey, and switch side when it suits them or just remain neutral, and while other countries are burning, turkey can just chill growing stronger over time, it's really a blessing for them to have such a strategic location 😅😅😅
Actually what happened in ww2
accualy nightmare...
I suggest you do another Turkey video after the upcoming election. I believe it will be a huge gamechanger.
I doubt it any opposition is jailed
I think turkey has amazing culture and food, they just have many problems like immigrants
immigration is the least of their problems, mainly their economic crisis and corruption are the top two.
@@Aaron-pe7xk Nah refugee crisis and Kurdish demoghraphics also serious problems for the country. Because there is more refugees in Turkey than all EU.So day by day Nationalism increase and even people semphatize fascism.
Understandably
@@muharremtgt1588 If I hadn't seen some of these comments just now, I would have never believed you on that last part... that is pretty fair to say then!
@@Aaron-pe7xk culture and demographics are just as important as economy is for a country.
This video is wrong on many levels.
Firstly , the demographical problem isn't with Kurds. It's with Syrians. Afghans. Pakistanis. They are violent , constantly commit crimes , do not fit into Turkish society at all and weigh the Turkish economy. Turkish people have become a minority at some regions of Turkey and this is causing immense amounts of problems. Border security is next to none and this uncontrolled migration is continuing. Not to mention , Turkish people DO NOT want ANY Syrian , Afghan , Pakistani etc. in Turkey.
Turkey's allies are never the same. We ally with whoever benefits us at that specific time. And it's not Russia. Certainly not with the Ukraine war now.
Turkish culture in Anatolia predates the Seljuks. They only brought in the largest amount of it. Also , Oghuz Turkic culture is much , much older than just a thousand years old.
i feel sorry for many people, they do not know that Turks have a mythological history of 10.000 years and that Turks actually have slanted eyes
the beginning was so good.
And then it went south fast.
Turkish people are basically the same as in prehistory and antiquity(they are their descendants). It is just their identity that changed with additional a little bit admixture with asian people.
I am in turkey at the Moment. It is a beautiful and very diverse country. There is a extreme east/west devide. It is hard for the turks to make a living. The lira is weak against the euro. Therfore i feel like i am a rich men in the first time of my life.
That's not Turkey, its changed to Turkiye
Dostum, batıdaki lgbt saçmalıklarının geldiği son noktada insanlara saçmasapan zamirlerle hitap etmelerin zorlanmasına benzeyen bize Turkey değil Türkiye diyeceksiniz gibi zorlamalar gerçekten yersiz. Kimse kimseye nasıl hitap edileceğini zorlayamaz. İnsan hakaret etmek istiyorsa yine de eder. Zamanla Türkiye kendiliğinden oturacak yerine zaten ama sen böyle yorumlara yazarsan insanlar gıcık kapar ve seninle daha da tersleşir. Haberin ola@@youtubekullanc3553
@youtubekullanc3553 Who are you, the name police? Go drink your juicepack.
This was such a video
Respect
Why are Greeks so interested in Turkey?
I see some of them in every Turkey related video and I'm not surprised to see them anymore
Every info information about the country that threatens us with war is always useful. In case of war, what kind of propaganda posters we are going to have you think?
Greek media obsessed with turkey. They are always talk about Turkey. And do propaganda abiut turkey all time. And greek people watch them and they wondering turkey.
@@user-cg4uz5sp7d there is not propaganda against turkey on Greek media. All the informations are valid.
@@thesoundinyourhead1782 hahaha I watched them and nearly all of them are lie. They want to scare you with stupitly war scenarios. Guys. they always say unreal things. For example They say Turkish politicians say that bla bla bla but in reallity Turkish politicians say totally different things.
Youth unemployment in Greece is 40%.
They have a lot of free time, except smart Greeks that move to job-rich EU countries.
I love watching your channel. One of the best countryball channels 👌. You and Kraut are my 2 favourite. You've surpassed brains4breakfast now, may he R.I.P.
I started watching a show called Kardeşlerim. It is focused on poverty. I was wondering how true the financial crisis was. But this was so detailed.
it's worse than that show and it only keeps getting worse
One thing I want to clarify is that though still 60% have Kurdish majority, there is still a lot of Turks, and also Levantine people living in the south. Half of the 20 million Kurdish people live around Istanbul, Izmir and Regan costal area. I come from a well of family that lives in sub-urban area of Izmir I had a lot of Kurdish neighbors and for example our communities (Site “sub-urban house complex of multiple house) guards, and housekeepers we local Kurds. Some of the most dedicated people to their job. The person who took me to school and around was also Kurdish. Though I moved to Spain for studies I still visit him in the village every summer. They keep this countries culture of hospitality and kindness alive. Love to my Kurdish brothers ❤
Your last comment was spot on. Sadly AKP government is not gonna do that ever. There are plenty of parties that are willing to do that. Let's hope next election will change Turkeys future path to good one.
Sence diger partilerde erdogandan nemalanmasalardi erdogan hala cumhurbaskani olabilir miydi ? Koklerine kadar curumus bir sistem var ne yazikki
@@ayhan4472 tabii ki 9 ay önceki fikrimi değiştirdim. 6'lı masa da 2002 AKP'si farkları yok. İKisi de zararlı yapı.
Artık Zafer Partili'yim.
God I hope so.
I think Turkey needs a new government and doesn’t need to intervene in wars in the last 10 years
Well intervention in these war gave allies to turkey in northern syria the rebels are now loyal to turkey and in libya the tripoli government is allied with turkey and they have secured an ally in qatar after the gulf crisis and now they seem intrested in breaking the economic manipulation of their land by outlawing intrest soon hopefully.
Regarding the government I think it's bit okay but it needs to be more conservative and to abolish elections as democracy doesn't truly benefit a state growth and eventually they need to function more similarly to how Ottomans were or how the laws in the emarate in afghanistan are now.
Basically redo the constitution of abolish it and remove secularism completely.
@@فهميكتاني i ment that turkey should isolate in these 10 years and fix it’s economy
@@ulassenel1147 well yeah it should fix it's and yeah I agree a bit about isolation but also it should not ignore opportunities that may rise up, if they got a chance to win one of the wars around them they shouldn't hesitate to join and finish the job or prevent their enemy from victory.
Example if the regime wins in syria turkey would be squeezed by russian allies from almost all derictions except for nato.
@@فهميكتاني yeah you’re right
@@balporsugu2.0 how amazing thought we're done with saudi and egyptian electronic flies now comes turkish electronic flies.
I could swear you people have obsession with the Ikhwan.
That reminds me of how a christian in egypt was jailed for being labelled Ikhwan.
You could say having a strong plan for the future is Tur-*key* for a nation’s development
this aged like milk
Wine*
@@lessgo8738 Haram
@@lessgo8738 sadece üzüm ye, üzüm Helal,şarap Haram.
I am planning this year to go on vacation to Istanbul and try Turkish food. Many of my friends have gone to Turkey and they all say that Turkey is very beautiful.💖🇮🇶
🇹🇷and 🇬🇷
@@kostas0352 And I see the homeland of Kratos It will be the best thing in my life🌚
@@kostas0352 That moment when Gyros is based on Döner
@@kostas0352 inferiority of Greeks... Turkey is better than greece . Greece is only better being homosexual since you know ancient greece is home of homosexuality
@@adidoki they love stealing Turkish food
@@kostas0352 Turkey is better than greece . Greece is only better being homosexual since you know ancient greece is home of homosexuality
Great video. Things have gotten far far worse in Turkey recently. Our future seems far from bright if Erdogan wins again in 2023.
Not sure if Erdogan has the pull to win an election legitimately, but I'm not sure if he will rig it and get away with it.
He is the one of biggest reason for turkey and it's currency downfall
@@davidbilla8063 yep
why would anyone vote for Erdogan at this point?
@@shittymcrvids3119 i really don't know how he is still has power in turkey.
The decrease of the turkish gdp stoped but the inflation got higher and the currency went lover
I don’t really know what will happen after a few years
Their are 2 scenarios:
-Cheap lira will make Turkish industry and export flourish and more competitive. Downside: the people need to endure poverty for some years.
-Different political power decide to make Lira more valuable. Leading to more import, less Turkish industry and a even larger current account deficit. Downside: people will enjoy rich times, but will suffer economic crisis every 10 years or so.
@@ferka6447 This seems to be the same thing in lebanon, which chose option 2 after its civil war, the average house owned a car (I would say around 0.7 cars per family from what I saw before the inflation, mercs and bmws were not a rare sight as well, although newer models are rarer) enjoyed luxuries on a mere 2,000,000 lbp (or roughly 700$) a month, including -getting robbed by- paying for the generator guy because services and infrastucture provided by the government continues to be mismanaged and stolen by the government. Nowadays you don't drive your car unless you earn in USD or you absolutely have to (think emergencies, trips with numerous stops, etc...), pray that the 2,000,000 you still earn are enough to just cover generator costs and even then it is not guaranteed to come 24/7 because quite frankly you can't find diesel as easily as you could, and if you could it is priced in USD which means good luck paying for it, and if you were to skip the generator you can consider your fridge more of a closet as government electricity is coming only one hour out of an 8 hour period. Nowadays we are at this crossroad again, between overpriced local goods (this is why you don't make electricity with diesel) and questionable quality imports.
@@ferka6447 cheap lira wouldve been great if there were industry.
2:00 armenian highlands ? pontic mountains ? where is that place ?
The pontic mountains are north of turkey
Yes there r pontic mountains but calling armenian highlands in the geographical map in Turkiye is funny a f
@@fertilemula4671yeah it’s cause it was originally Armenian before Turkey stole it
@@farahrezko718 Bro mountains belong to nature not people.
So Armenians stole it from Urartu civilization. It's an endless cycle. Do you have a title deed for those mountains? Apparently you dont have it.
amazing content!!