Best TURKEY Travel Advice - TOP 10 Dos and Don'ts
How to get along with Turks and blend into Turkish culture? Turkey is one of the most visited travel destinations in the world. Yet the local culture is exotic and foreign to many. This is why I share my best travel advice on visiting Türkiye in the form of the top 10 things you should and should not do in this beautiful country.
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I'm Joe, relatively new to KZread but really excited to be a part of this community. I live small and sustainably in my home on wheels (a lovely van called Freyja) and from time to time out of my backpack (I have not named the backpack yet). On this channel, I bring you along on my travel journeys off the beaten track where I try to show you the beauty of untouched nature and wander into places where most tourists don't dare to go.
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Türkiye'yi böyle güzel anlatan ve tavsiye eden yabancıları görünce çok mutlu oluyorum. Biz turistleri çok severiz ve onların Türkiyede rahat etmesi için elimizden geleni yaparız. Türkiyeyi bu derece benimseyip, sahiplendiğin ve diğer insanlara Türkiyeyi bu kadar güzel tanıttığın için teşekkür ederim. Yine bekleriz Türkiyeye. Not: Türkçe konuşan yabancı turistleri çok daha fazla sever, onları çok sempatik ve tatlı buluruz. 🤍🤍
I hope to visit Turkey one day. The country and the language are so beautiful. Salute from the U.S.🇺🇸
@tuluy8004
Жыл бұрын
Tabi ki her zaman
I think I'm falling in love with my country and my nation thanks to your charming videos and kind words. This one brought tears to my eyes.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for such a lovely comment! 🥰. I can't wait to be back in Turkey in the end of August 😁
@Polo-rn8ly
Жыл бұрын
@@WildVikingTravels ypu look like the german guy in radical life channel
Not only did you win the hearts of the Turkish locals, I think you won the heart of the world. You guys are so amazing with your positive outlook and the great energy you guys projecting out there. With so much respect and understanding. Teşekkür ederim❤️🙏🏼
As a Turk thank you for such a great informative video. We need more people like you to build the bridges between our Nations. Wish you all the best my friend...
Love your channel, I’m an Englishman and I have spent a lot of time in Turkey and I will continue to do so, I love the country, culture, people, I go every year and explore a new part of the country and based on my time there your video is spot on absolutely right. Thanks for the great video. Cheers and şerefe
Fantastic vid and my sentiments exactly. I couldn't have said it better! Turkey is wonderful! God bless, safe travels and enjoy every minute. Love from Scotland ❤️🙏🏴
I was in Turkey in October. It is a wonderful country and the Turks are wonderful people.
Lovely video ❤️ I love Turkey , I hope I can visit it soon again
You are so respectful to everyone, Mr. Viking. Your smile is probably more important than all local rules and languages. Thank you for this video ❤
Dude, you are such a good respectful person. I really Appreciate your honesty and love for my favorite place on earth. Thank you
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying this 🙏. Best wishes!
I laugth so hard by "pedestrian crossing" They are really more for decoration ^^
I am a turk living in germany but sometimes I deeply miss my country and the warm people.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Hey, onur! I completely understand... Germans compared to Turks and much colded and closed off. I hope you still get to visit Türkiye from time to time 😊🙏
I’m so happy I found this channel, I’ve been watching all your vids! I’m going to Turkey in September for a month, I can’t wait!! Thank you ♥️
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
I am so glad you enjoy the videos 😁👍. We will be in turkey this September as well. If you have any questions or are in the same area, then write us on Instagram 😀👌
@522sunpaz
Жыл бұрын
@@WildVikingTravels Thank you so much, this is great news! I hope to cross paths with you guys, love your energy💜 We are driving from Istanbul to Gobekli Tepe, North to Kackar Mtns then back to Istanbul, super excited! I’ll write to you on Instagram. Thanks again for all your amazing vids, my favorite travel channel 💯
Your videos and the way that telling your stories is just perfect. Greetings from Turkey 💕🇹🇷
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! Sending my best from Estonia! 😁👍
Salam bro, thank you for being so respectful and truthful about this country, as a turc I really enjoy your videos but what I appreciate the most is your beautiful heart. Sincerely I love you guys because I'm living in France and unfortunately more and more people disrespect muslims and their countries because of the ignorance and the false news in western medias so again thank you and inchallah you will always be welcomed in our country. Salam.
Thank you man, what a nice video to summarize our country and culture. It's always pleasing to see our guests take time to connect with us and see where we're coming from. I should say I personally don't really have a very traditional Turkish lifestyle or mindset, I'm mostly living a western lifestyle but I still love when our lovely visitors care about listening and learning about what's beneath the surface about our country, our people, our culture, our history, our art and especially the diversity of Turkey, instead of seeing a few famous historical places, enjoy the beaches, take some selfies and leave. I am sure everyone in the world can find at least one thing they've been looking for somewhere in Turkey. Whether it's a memory, a place, a souvenir, or a person; you need to just come and find it and enjoy the process :)
6:09 Oh wow.
LOL 🤣 pedestrian crossings more like a decoration ahahaha 😂 couldn't describe it more accurately and in a funny way even myself 👏
your so positive, I love it! Holay Garcin for this video!
@WildVikingTravels
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
Thank you for great tips we are going to Turkey in 3 weeks
@WildVikingTravels
3 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy it!
Ya Türkiye'yi çok güzel anlatmışsınız. Yaya geçidinden bahsettiğinizde çok güldüm, çok doğru.
Absolutely amazing and respect, spot on creative
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Thank you!
Thank you Sir for this good information 🌷
cats have a weird, special place in our culture. I don't know how others see them, but they're almost spiritual for me. It feels like I'm safe as long as there's a cat around.
Absolutely love Turkey!
Beautifully expressed, I felt moved watching it. Thank you.
Thnx for this great video Joe.
Love this,great info and Thank you.
Thanks Viking really enjoyed informative with good humour
You are such a great guy. Thank you for all the knowledge that you share. Keep safe
Love your videos! ❤
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
I am happy you are enjoying them 👍😁
Great video, very helpful tips and very clear. Thanks
I loved how you approach to topics!
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words 😀👌
Thank you it's really true.
Eline sağlık for this video. This video is perfect.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a lovely comment 🥰
beautiful video. well done
wish you visited Turkey few years ago. lots of things changed thanks to our suppprreme leader...
thanks for video bro
enjoyed your video. subscribed.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the channel 🙏😀.
Nice vlog guys. It should be an.... interesting trip. 😁
Thank you 🤗
Güzel kalpli insan.... Come again...
good points 👍
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Teşekkürler💕
my friend, just come to turkey, we will share our food and water
You are so sweet and you explain very well turkey thank u❤
Harika❤️
Teşekkürler
💯 Next go Nemrud dagi and Gobekli Tepe.
good job
Good video but i have to point out haggling is not really a thing in our culture outside of grand bazaars and even there most prices are fixed for Turks.
@margarettownsley9500
Жыл бұрын
All tourists shops are haggling
@Emulator833
Жыл бұрын
@@margarettownsley9500 Yeah that might be because they want to get as much from tourists as they can but its not a thing outside of historical bazaars for Turkish people.
O ışıklara ve yerdeki çizgilere yolda Istanbul'da dikkat etmiyor olabilirler ama Anadolu sehirlerinde biz eskiden beri dikkat ediyoruz.Örneğin bir Iç Anadolu şehrinde ben ilkokula giderken trafik ışığının üzerindeki tuşa basardık ve arabalar dururdu.Ama Istanbul'da çok fazla ve her şehirden insan var ve geleneksellikten biraz daha uzak ve kurallardan daha uzaklaşmış çünkü çok kalabalık ve çok fazla araba var belki de o yuzden.
Fab video joe thank you when are you going back to turkey
@ornitorenksever4983
Жыл бұрын
Evet ne zaman
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Heyhey!😁 We going to start the new journey on the 15th of August. So most likely we'll be in turkey end of August 🥰
Thanks for your lovely expression, we have a very warm and nice culture, but the mainstream media shows it bad. We have a really unique culture, they are not European cultured, but not Middle-Eastern cultured too. Greetings from a computer scientist and opera singer from Istanbul!
a very likeable person 👍🏻
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
😁Thank you 👍
Many people think that turkey is a kind of sharia-Arab country, but turkey is a completely secular country, women do not need to wear a headscarf to visit the country. Turkey is misrepresented in the media, thank you for the informative video
i want to say you something in Turkish. "ADAMSIN"
Kız arkadaşınızıda sevmiştik.Ayrılmanıza üzüldük.İyi bir ikiliydiniz.
Hey Jo, you're sharing pretty good videos about Turkey, congrats and thank you for the entertainment. What I wanted to say you is, that we have a lot of good music. The most common instrument in Turkey is "Bağlama". You can find it in every region in Turkey. In the second place we have "Kabak Kemane". In the third place and all around the Blacksea region we have "Kemençe". I will share you a list with the instruments and you can find them on the internet. And FYI, if you are interested in the Turkish culture, you could also listen and watch Mabel Matiz on KZread. He is super famous for his cultural music-videos about Turkey :) 1. Bağlama 2. Kabak Kemane 3. Kemençe 4. Zurna 5. Davul (very important in weddings :) ) 6. Def 7. Yaylı Tambur 8. Ud 9. Darbuka 10. Delbek 11. Kanun
We love you
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
🥰
Yeah. Finnish and Turkish belong to the same language family. They belong to the uralaltay language family.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
True. Even many of our letters are the same. Just the words now are quite different 😅
@skullsforerlikkhansthrone9306
Жыл бұрын
Not the same Language family per se. Uralic and Altaic(Nowadays, it is named as Transeurasian sprachbund BTW, since we discovered that they were not from the Altai region, but from south and central Siberia about 1500 kms east of Altai) are different families, and the latter one might not be a proper genetic family. However ancestor of what would become proto-Turkic had significant p. Uralic affiliation in its base (predating the introduction of horses) as well as Transeurasian. Still, with our current understanding of linguistics, we can't say those those languages are genetically related, and even if so they must have been seperated well over 5000 years ago.
Always use a review app or google reviews for the restaurants
Ok you mentioned Atatürk, I didn't know you had more videos about Turkey, did you visit Anıtkabir? It's a very nice place to visit...
Just a quick correction about the languages: Turkic and Uralic languages started off from approximately around the same broader Siberian taiga-steppe transition zone, however a genetic connection can't be established with our current understanding of linguistics. Artificial intelligence studies suggest that the ancestral base of their proto languages must have shared a partial common ancestor(or influencer) but it must have been well over 8 - 10 thousand years so it is pretty unconventional methodology. BTW your ancestors didn't go up "north". They moved to west, it was the ancestors of the Turks that moved to south. Anyway, nice video. Thanks. And sorry for that tad bit of an autistic-ish comment but I had to make that correction. Greetings from Turkey.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Thank for letting us know! And so glad to hear you enjoyed the video! Best wishes.🥰
I would like to say something about Markets/Bazaars. I've seen horrible experiences there, even groups of young men robbing an old Turkish local. They are not safe. Don't go if you're not with a big group and don't bring much money.
⚘🌿🇹🇷💖Hello Viking Brother, you and your girlfriend are wonderful people 💖Allah⚘ shall protect you and all good people on this earth🌍. I wish you every success and all the best. Very good Video well explained and nice shots. VeSelam AleviCan 🍀 👍 Greetings from Germany🌿🇩🇪
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Hello! I am so glad you enjoyed the video! And thank you for the kind wishes! All the best from rainy northern Türkiye 🙏😁
@starsurfer9138
Жыл бұрын
@@WildVikingTravels Sagolasın Kardeşim🍀 😉👍
6) Zebra crossing.... you're damn right. Zebra crossings in Turkey are for decoration. And drivers are one of the worst in Europe if not in the world. 5) Where to eat in Turkey - not to eat city centre; that's the short answer. I would say rule No1: never eat just outside of Grand Bazaar ( I am not here to bash other people but the facts) The owners are mainly just arrived refugees or some mafia from other countrys' who want to make a quick buck and also dangerous for the customers. You don't want to mess with them. Tip: if you are really hungry and don't want to go far away to new part of Istanbul CBD, then record everything when ordering the food and prices. And don't argue with them but go to Police and show all the evidence. Restaurant and cafes in Grand Bazaar is trusted, 100 years old family-run businesses by Turks and Armenians. On the other hand, Turks and Armenians left most of the gift shops to Arabs or Kurds. Most of the new owners of gift shops aren't Armenians or Turks but Arabs and Kurds. 4) Hmmm! I love Arabs, and have nothing against them but if you're making a video on Turkey why not use Turkish music instead of Arabis music (or as we say in Turkey ' Arabesk' Turkic music yes, but not Arabic music if it's about Turkey, please. Use Arabic music when making videos about Saudi Arabia etc. 1 ) Cats and dogs have the rights before humans in Turkey. Of course, Cats can sit and enjoy the restaurant but you can go. If you want to stay in the restaurant, the cat or the dog has to stay, too. If you had thrown the dog or cat, I would have been upset as a customer.
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9:50 If you are wondred that similarty, you should search about Rune and Göktürk's alphabets & languages.
you are so kınd. thanks.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
👍😁 I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is the father of Türkiye. He is our leader forever. He is one of the biggest common value of Türkiye and he keeps us together. Please visit Anıtkabir in Ankara.
Sizi ben gezdirmek istiyorummmm
👍🙏💖💖💖💖💞
Izmire gelin
I know you probably didn't mean it but Ataturk didn't modernise Turkiye he westernised it, Islamic dress is conservative not backwards, it follows the code of all Abrahamic faiths. Keep up the good content, also you 10km Turkiye video is better promotion for Turkiye than any company has attempted 😎
@samtech9622
Жыл бұрын
Ataturk modernise Turkey not westernized it. Ottoman culture influenced Europe since Turks colonised Balkan Europe. Christians were backward people in 14/15th century and so Ottomans could colonise large part of Europe. Christians also had to modernize themselves and get away from backwardness like saying earth is flat, doing crusade and believing that answer to everything is in Bible.
09:51 😂😂 yeah why North?
Türklerin dili finceye benzemesi nin sebebi daha daha kuzey doğuda olması daha sonra Anadolu'ya gelmesi
Biz Türkleri ve Türkiyeyi çok güzel analiz etmişsin sana teşekkür ederim kardeşim. Fakat bir konuyu düzeltmek isterim. İslam dini hoşgörülü olmayı emreder. Bizler hem Müslüman olarak hemde Türk olarak hoşgörülü ve misafirperveriz. Kılık kıyafet olarak da bu hoşgörülü davranışımız Atatürk'ten sonra oluşan bir durum değil taaaa peygamber efendimiz Hz. Muhammed (sa) den beninsediğimiz bir durum. Herkes özgürce dilediği gibi inanıp giyinebilir. Tekrar bekleriz sevgiyle kalın 🤗🇹🇷
If you are in West germany an you have any Kind of trouble, where i can help...let me know! I can also give you my phoneNumber I just dont know how to thank you. Almanyadan herkeze selamlar
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that!
TÜRKLER ARAP DEĞİLDİR.! EVET EVET EVET TEŞEKKÜR EDERİM VİKİNG ARKADAŞIM
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
Rica ederim 😀👌
Don't you also think there is a very good potential in Turkey as in workforce and youth and yet it is being totally wasted by the stupid politics?
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
I am sure there is, but my main purpose while traveling is to look past the politics and focus on the nature, people and culture no matter the political views of the country. Best wishes!
God knows that the world is getting worse; we still have good people but every community have few bad people as him. Lisa dear, when you see such a bad guy just kick their a... do not worry laws and all good Turkish will be your side.
Yorumlara cevap Verde adam sansınlar seni yoksa çok net hit icabi yapiyosun diyeceğim ;)
@craftart99
Жыл бұрын
onun yerine ben cevap vereyim gerçekten Türkiyeyi ve Türkleri sevdiğini düşünüyorum o yüzden ikincikez geliyorlar. evet genelde yorumlara cevap veriyor en azından benim yazdığım her yoruma cevap geldi facebooktanda buradanda :)
@anlamdas9619
Жыл бұрын
Adam gibi sorana niye cevap vermesin
@djaks69
Жыл бұрын
@@anlamdas9619 kanka bu da bir çok insan tavsiye yazdı gezilecek yerleri geri cevabı bırak kalp bile atmadı okudum babında bilmiyorum bana biraz samimi gelmedi tarzı ama umarım ben yanilirim
@A.L.P.D.
Жыл бұрын
@@djaks69 Joe'yu uzun zamandır takip ediyorum. Yanılıyorsun. Çok cana yakın bir arkadaş. Sen de öteki videolarını izleyecek olursan görürsün. ;)
@djaks69
Жыл бұрын
2 ay sonra kalp atmış :D
Turkish people are very kind, but not in tourist areas. Sellers and shoeshine People are ALL assholes who wants you money. Since years its forbidden to bother Tourists but when there is no policeman, they keep bother you.
@WildVikingTravels
Жыл бұрын
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