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0:00 Intro
0:34 Trying Turkish coffee
2:25 Ordering simit in Turkish
3:53 Feeding birds in Istanbul
4:37 Angry merchant douses me in juice
6:14 I fail the Turkish ice cream trick
7:19 Buying flowers for my wife
8:02 Checking out a Turkish bookstore
9:40 Ordering chestnuts off the street
10:53 Fan buys me juice
13:02 Vendor gives me free food
15:06 Buying fresh bread from a bakery
17:06 Fan treats me to dinner
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You are awesome!
Yes the man did it ;) GO NATO😁
Hey Xiaoma! Last week I was wondering when you would make videos in Turkey and now, I am so happy that you visited here man !!! Also I am sure that your Turkish content will get a LOT of views if you spend more time in the streets & try out some food. We as Turkish people are really enthusiastic when it comes to seeing foreigners explore the country, which is just like having your friend watch your favorite movie and seeing their reaction! 😁I'd love to show you around in Istanbul!!
Hey you should try goin to the hoods down south andnspesk the lingo there
Shoutout to the brother who bought Xioma the juice. Bro is such a nice person. All the goodness in the world to him.
If a random brother or sister wanted a drink and didn’t have enough, I wouldn’t hesitate to help ❤
Bro is like the Turkish Reynor that's a trip lmao.
There’s a lot of hospitable ppl in Turkey but there’s also a lot of finessers. u can tell who’s genuine and who’s not
that dude seemed star struck. put a smile on my face watching it
Aha bless him, dude was proper hyperventilating for a sec 😂
As a Turkish person I think this is one of the cultural differences we have with the west. In Turkiye, if you try to speak Turkish no matter how poor your Turkish is, people will find it sympathetic and will try to help you. But for instance in France, if your french is poor, people dont like to hear it and they are like they want you to stop trying and continue in english.
belkide bizimkiler ingilizce bilmiyo diye olabilir ahahahaha😂😂😂
@@escho1Almanyada bizzat kendim deneyimledim küçük şehirlerde ingilizce bilme oranı %10 falan. Avrupayı çok gözünüzde büyütmeyin.
@@SitzPinkler gözümde çok büyütmüyorum ama almanyada ingilizce bilmeyen genç göremezsin,türkiyede çok az,avrupayı gözümde büyütmüyorum ama türkiyeden çok ingilizce bildikleri aşikar
@@escho1 Bizden çok ingilizce konuştukları doğru ama bunun bir nedeni var. O da İngilizce ile Almancanın birbirine çok yakın diller olması. Aynı dil ailesine mensuplar. İskelet olarak dillerinin temel grameri birbirine çok yakın. Bizim cümle yapısı ingilizce ile birebir birbirine ters iken Almancayla gayet paralel. Bizim için Kazakça/Özbekçe neyse Almanlar için İngilizce o. Dolayısıyla onların bizden daha kolay ingilizce öğreniyor olması gayet eşyanın tabiatı gereği. Bu önyargılarınızı, kendinizi aşağı ezik millet görmeyi bırakın.
@@SitzPinkler ben ezik falan görmüyorum kendimi,sen haddini bil bana milliyetçilik taslama,banane onların dilinin ingilizceyle benzer olmasından,ben sebeplere değil sonuçlara bakıyorum,eziklik piskolojisine girip olayı çarpıtan sensin.Evet onlar ingilizce bildiği için ingilizce konuş diyebiliyor fakata biz bilmediğimiz için diyemiyoruz,onların avantajlı olup olmaması farketmiyor sonuç bu
Turkish is an amazing language. My father is the US Ambassador to Türkiye. Such incredible people. Istanbul and Ankara are never what most expect.
Are you Jeff Flake’s son. 😅🤙🏻 Thanks for your kind words buddy
I think it is him 🙄😅👍, you are well informed 💯
As Turks, we would like to say the same thing about U.S. but your government is run by the Jewish and Armenian lobby. Not only don't give us the F-35s, but also impose sanctions. Fortunately, we owe you a lot as Turkey. If it were not for your sanctions, we would never have been able to fly our 5th generation fighter jet KAAN, which successfully completed its test flight last month. Thank you for the motivation.
Are there any French influences in the language? I think I hear French sometimes.
@@jujutrini8412 the best two explanations are boring enough. French arrives to nearly all languages where global diplomacy has been focused upon over the last dozen centuries. Also, French is an incredibly common second language in just about all of Europe.
I worked a lot with Turks. They were always so friendly and vibrant with me. Real dad energy. Never had that growing up but very fond of Turkish people because of it, twenty years later. Lol
They will take the clothes of your back given the chance
All cultures have pro's and con's. That same warm and outgoing attitude can also be very exhausting when you just wanna mind your own business and go about your day. It's like you're expected to engage with every single person you pass on the street. On those days, i would rather be in a country like sweden, or germany, where everyone is in their own little bubble XD
@@RespectLoveUnityPeacethat American head of yours just doesn't fit in 🇹🇷
@@sandercohen5543your just isolated keep to yourself better for you😏
@@RespectLoveUnityPeace Ex-girlfriend?
As children in the 1980's my mum would not let us utter a single word of english in our turkish household. We used to envy how our cousins and our friends could freely speak English at home to their parents. Decades later they are unable to string two words of turkish together because they never learned and now they envy my mum for not allowing us speak english at home. Mum knew that we would learn at school and the importance of knowing your mother tongue.
Blame that on CHP, thanks to Recep Tayyip Erdogan the Kurds can speak there language as well
@@Hakankirbas How low you are to shout funny political slogans under the touristic video to reply for the comment which points at family memories.
@@darkprofile 😭🤣😂
@@Hakankirbasbut erdogan can't even speak english hahahahahahaah sonradan görme erdogan
@@dasuniversum5875 everyone's learning Turkish these days haha, you want us to teach you as well? 🤓
Wow, dude. I'm from Serbia. I knew that Serbian language has a lot of Turkish loanwords, since Serbia was once a part of the Ottoman Empire, but hearing Turkish people speak made me realize just how many of them we have.
cheers from istanbul bro. We have a lot of loanwords from serbian too.
@@SitzPinklermesela?
@@OsmanOsmanHan kral ve kralice kelimeleri ilk aklima gelenler. Digerlerini googleda arayabilirsin sevgili dostum.
Most of eastern Europe is more culturally similar to turkey than they are westerners. Where I live, I see lots of eastern Europeans shopping in Turkish stores. This is in England lol
@@OsmanOsmanHan The ones I remember off the top of my head from the video are: šećer (şeker), taze, bajat (bayat), kesten, nar, čaj (çay).
The guy at the corn stall, knows dangerous people that help those that are foreign. He was being very kind offering you if you have issues with anyone that he would help you. Very kind to see that kind of love and respect abroad.
Just speculating here, if the corn guy knows dangerous people, he might tie you with bad people. People in gangs always want something in return
He seemed so nice and concerned that Xiaoma would be taken advantage of. They took group photos, that guy wasn't in a gang.
I loved the guys at the end and the Turkish brother that noticed you first! If I ever saw xiaoma in person. I’d ask to hug him lol. 😂 Many happy tears and INSPIRATION has happened because of this man. #LongLiveLaoshuuuuuu!!!
Yea after he saw Xiaoma has more than 6 Mio subs then he's offering that to him. Know a lot of people who did that too because they might think they get a chance to pick the right one to grow bigger income. It's like girls hearing that one guy in the room has the best income that act differently...
Utter nonsense
Americanlıyım. Bazı Türkçe bilmiyorum ama hala öğreniyorum. Çok güzel, videodaki hemen hemen her şeyi anlıyorum. Lütfen daha çok Türk video çek 🙏
you are even using comma man, there are a lot of Turkish people who can't use punctuations properly. Good work
Yeni başlayan birisi için çok güzel türkçe seni kutlarım 🎉
Amerikalıyım* would be better. but overall your Turkish is very good.
I am the same way! My English is now better than my Turkish despite having learned Turkish first but when I go back to Türkiye it improves ❤
And that’s why I learned Turkish, because everyone is brilliant and very hospitable. Since learning Turkish and being able to connect further, I’m always itching to go back and experience more of this beautiful and welcoming nation, and the freebies once they realise you’re developing a love for their culture.
we gotta be friends
Vayyy kardeş, it's fun but like puzzle at the same time, sometimes u cannot find the word to finish the last word
Because the love passes through the stomach :)) Thats why Turkish woman constantly feed their husbands:D
I love turkey as an Irishman been to instanbul a few times and can’t wait to go back. Turkish people are friendly and funny, great lads 👍🏼
Conas atá tú? I like turkey too, and I'm from England
We love you too irishmen!
You are always wellcome to Turkiye brother.
Cheers brother
Our Irish brothers and sisters are always welcome ❤
İstanbul is my favorite city! Turkish language is beautiful. Love from Norway
Hei til Norge fra Tyrkia, jeg elsker Norge og nå jeg lærer Norsk ♥️ 🇳🇴
you can learn basic Turkish in a month by listening 1 lesson from my first list. each lesson is 30 minutes.
It's crazy that you met Ali Usta. He's got really famous in germany because he speaks it well
does he speak german🤔
Ja aha
Polite people, rich history, nice food, beautiful girls and amazing architecture… Turkey must be the most beautiful country in the world, greetings from Mexico!
the angry guy selling the wraps reminds me of the episode on Seinfeld. “NO SOUP FOR YOU!” 😅
He became famous for his stupid attitudes. so it's all show
He could have stained the guy skin with that Lime. It was sunny, lime burns the skin
@@canerkayahexYup,it's probably 10% his natural disposition and 90% hamming it up in public.
It makes me also think of a place called Dick's, where all the waiter are rude as hell as a point of entertainment. They basically shit talk you, give you food, then move on to the next table. So you get to eat while watching others get shit talked. It's really funny if you take someone older who doesn't know the joke.
This 😂😂
I love how the angry seller was peeking over to see how you reacted to his food lmao
As a turkish born american, your turkish sounded pretty damn good dude lol. Cheers from Virginia
Selam, bende Virginiadayim.
@@G-KHANX Selam! Virginia Turks represent lol
Brazilian here, Turkish coffee is amazing (tried in Australia in Turkish places), every time I got to turkish shops, I always get the coffee and baklava with pistachio.
My Turkish friend taught me only to have Turkish coffee in the morning served with a glass of water. She then tipped the cup and when cool, she read my fal (fortune) from the grains. Turks also eat the grains to cure an upset tummy
High praise from a Brazilian! I have heard well of your magnificent Arabica beans.
Turkish cuisine is so rich and delicious.
that is the most turkish thing you can do ever. I like it to eating sweet things with turkish coffee
As an Australian I visited Turkey 2021 - amazing country. Very jealous of your ability to pick up the language so fast!
Go Melbourne 🤓
@@Hakankirbas Go Demons!
Man, turkish people are super hospitable! I'm learning turkish as well after meeting some people on OmeTV lol Turks and Chinese are the friendliest and most educated people I've met.
that's true except for the angry fella who threw lemon juice in his face 😂
I mean, he's playing a character.@@THEFinestification
Que haces aquí rusito ✌️😎
@@THEFinestification thats why he is famous here. people wants him to do that.
true, id just be kinda pissed if i got some lemon juice in my eye that shit hurts lol@@sanatkar2502
Your ability to speak Chinese fluently, along with other languages, impressed me, so I subscribed to your channel. Later, I wondered if you also know Turkish, so I searched for "Turkish" on your channel and was pleasantly surprised to see a new video related to Turkey. Turkish is indeed a difficult language, and you have done an excellent job. I'm glad you got to experience Turkish hospitality. Her zaman bekleriz :)
5:44 No cig kofte for you. Come back in one year! NEXT!!!
Exactly what I was thinking. Put this guy in a sitcom.
LOL, The guy is the real life version of the "Soup Nazi" character in the TV series Seinfeld; "No soup for you!!".
Ari needs to find his recipes to humble him.
Great minds think alike!
@@pdrey100 I wonder if he is selling an armoire?
Turks are the nicest people they’ll give you free food and let you sleep at their house just for saying hello
I have a Turkish friend at work and he's great to work with. The fan that met you looked so happy, made his week for sure.
These just make me smile. The reaction from the people just spreads back through the channel. Thank you for doing it and I will keep watching.
The more I learn about Turkish culture the more I realize a lot of Mexican stuff is similar or came from there. The bread are bolillos that I grew up eating with coffee. Great to see you traveling the world!
yeah, because we share the same mediterranean culture even though mexicans are living in america. latinos/greeks/turks are so similar in general.
Yeah it's due to the Spanish bringing their own culture to Mexico. c:
I did a thirty day crash study of Turkish to commincate with a co worker. I practice it here and there and I felt as though I could have gotten through the scenerios you were in in Turkey. Made me feel good.
Ari living the dream. Turkish food is the best. Ramadan Mubarak, Ramadan Kareem.
Took the family to Turkey for a holiday. Best local fish ive ever had to eat.
bro turks are so friendly. this video makes me really happy, as my gf is turkish. id love to see more turkiye content♥
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE ! I've been waiting for some Turkish content...gonna really enjoy watching!
I spent 4 weeks in Turkey many years ago. They were so warm, welcoming & kind to me as a solo American traveler. Beautiful country & people.
You definitely need to do more of these Turkish speaking videos Xiaoma, the interactions in this were so good!!
My Turkish heritage going strong on this one ❤ Thank you Xiaoma for making our language known ❤
I love Turkish idk but they sound so lyrical to me. Props for the visit and consider visiting Greece next!!
Aww so many friendly and welcoming people in this video, I was hoping you'd do Istanbul in one of your videos ❤ also, happy Ramadan to everyone celebrating ❤
Merhaba arkadaş nasılsın Biraz Türkçe biliyorum 🇹🇷✌🏻😂 I'm from Cluj-Napoca Romania 🇷🇴 but made a lot of Turkish friends here and I am learning the language now Hope this year to go meet with a friend of mine in Eskişehir
I had a Romanian friend from Cluj-Napoca. He was erasmus student in Türkiye. In that time I fell in love with a black (actually dark brown) eyed girl. So he taught me it in Romanian language: fata cu ochi negri😂
@@marvinTrader fain :))
I lived in Turkey for 2 years and loved it so much, I wish I could afford to go back and visit again.
turkish living in los angeles. same here, wish i could afford to go back to visit.
@@semprefidelis76I lived in Izmir but got to travel around a bit, so much to see
@@eurofritz4617 where in İzmir? I live in İzmir :)
Feel like a Turkish Bakery would do amazing in the US actually as much as we like a novelty but also quality I think it would sell just on artistry alone. Especially a place like Los Angeles or Seattle.
Istanbul is my favorite city I've ever visited. It was so beautiful last time I went
Thanks for taking me home, to Istanbul...I enjoyed this! Çok güzel Türkçe konuşuyorsun! Mutlu Yollar!
I really like the Turks and the Turkish language. It's great you had an opportunity to visit Turkey.
I wanted to see you learn turkish for a hot minute. Very good job as always, Ari!
Been watching for years, thanks for introducing me to yourteacher, this has made things easier for me as a mom with ADHD trying to learn a language( Spanish) I should have learned 15 years ago growing up in LA. Also the guy who got you juice was super adorable!
Well done brother! Loved it! Turkish can go next level. Keep it up.
I am on my first visit to Istanbul RIGHT NOW and Xiaoma is inspiring me to try some new things I hadn’t thought of. So cool. Thanks for the great video!
Love the smiles you bring! You can tell they were happy u were there and happy u knew their language! 🍺
omg I watch your videos all the time and I never thought you would come to Turkey and speak Turkish. I couldnt get enough out of this video, I need moreee!!!
Absolutly cool that your finally in turkey, please do more turkish content
Ari, thanks for the content and treating your fans so nicely. It was great seeing you interact with the Turkish people. With recent conflicts has brought bad publicity to different countries and it’s a nice refresher to see that they are good people just like us.
so lovely to see your interaction with fans ;D all heart and love
The best thing about this trip is all of the fans being so generous and happy to meet you. Too bad you weren't able to try Mr. Munur Onkan. His massages look so amazing.🤗
I'm Turkish, born in Belgium (flemish part) speaking Turkish, Dutch (flemish), English, French and German. Well done Xiaoma.
I speak English, Australian and American
Ah, polyglot!
@@Tholius i personally know British, Canadian, and new zealandian
I speak German, Austrian, Swiss-German @@Tholius
I would love to go to Turkey. Lots of amazing Biblical sites there! Also, Istanbul reminds me of Tehran when I lived there as a kid. Tehran was very Westernized before the Revolution. The people are so friendly there also.
i was just watching your nail salon video and this video popped up in my recommendations. your videos really motivate me to learn new languages and i'm really happy to see that you visited my country. nice video as always
Your whole channel is such a good vibe. Connecting the world through your voice. : )
I'm learning Turkish! Perfect that u made this video 😁
16:23 The guy in the background looks so happy and blown away to hear Arieh speaking Turkish 😁 Just like, pure joy 😊 Love it!
I love Turks…love their culture, everything about them ❤
I love traveling the world with you and your videos Ari. Safe travels!
I love you making turkish videos ! as a turk myself ive been waiting for this moment 😊😊 hope you are having fun kardes
At inek koyun, ucunun yedigi ot boku farkli neden?
Turkey is awesome and the people are very kind.
Finallyyyyy!!!!!! I was waiting for a Turkish video, im so proud of it. also you speak really good!!! keep learning it
Was waiting for you to visit Türkiye and also learn Turkish. Ankara'ya geldiğinde denk gelmeyi çok isterdim. Hoşgeldin.
You are one of the best ambassadors of what America is about. Thx.
I miss ❤ Turkey. I enjoyed visiting Istanbul. I enjoyed you practicing Your Turkish. You doing so good. Very gifted.
You were one of the motivations for me to learn Chinese! I will go to Tianjin, China to enhance my Chinese in a language course. Seeing you in my home country speaking Turkish just gave me goosebumps. I wish I saw you in person but maybe next time.
It just goes to show that there are great people worldwide. Keep spreading the kindness. 👍🏻✌🏻
Turkey is such a beautiful country. I have 300 subscriptions on KZhead, your channel is only 3 I have the bell notifications on for! ❤
I’ve been trying to learn Turkish for months but just can’t get it! But I’m in love with their culture! Would love to visit!
It is difficult but doable. Don't rush. Practice with simple words every day. As long as people understand you pay no attention to perfect grammar. Seeing smiling faces is always encouraging.
Genuinely love watching your videos you are crazy intelligent, funny and have the same love for food I do. I selfishly wish you uploaded more regularly haha, no video you made is ever bad.
Great to see you in Turkiye mate, W video.
Damn. Making me want to live in Turkey. Very friendly people.
I am absolutely in shock that you can speak Turkish. I think your accent is so good as a tourist. ❤
Love all your travel vids. Keep it up!
Haha, what a fun video! That bread looked amazing, especially with the softness inside and the crunch outside! 😋🥖
Brother you have Turkish fans! I've been watching your videos for like 5-6 years and it'd be great pleasure if I could just meet you man. Hope you a wonderful trip here, cheers!
Ay suna bak sevdalandi tammam askim ❤ senide sevsinler 🤓
When you delve deeply into Turkish history, it is insane how many iconic figures and historical events happened in that area. Fascinating country. Roasted Chestnuts are an autumn/winter dish here in the UK, or it was until people stopped learning how to do it. I have a few spots where I get thousands and store them for the kids.
Woohoo, glad you finally learned some Türkçe! Sonunda. 🥳 Yes, you should say teşekkürLER (plural form of thank, so thanks!) or teşekkür ederim or teşekkür ederiz (more polite). Keep up the great work Xiaoma. I love Türkiye, Türkçe and İstanbul.
Happy to see you enjoyed in Turkey, have nicer trips!
turkish food is amazing, and their people are welcoming
😂 5:44
@@80sGamerLadyjust a joke
only if you speak turkish loool
Türkçen daha da iyi olmuş. Keep up good work bro❤
Hoşgeldiniz, umarım keyifli vakit geçirirsiniz, Türkçe öğrenmek çok kolay, Türkiye çok güzel bir ülke ve insanları çok sıcak, çok samimidir.
Didn't realise turkey was such a beautiful country with amazing people, definitely added to my travel list.
Holy shit, I was probably in the book store on the corner to the right, named "Dost Kitapevi", when you were buying the pomegranate juice, what a small world :D
Güzel ülkemize yeniden bekleriz arkadaşım. Biz Türkler, binlerce yıl boyunca yabancı insanlara karşı iyi kalbimiz, nezaketimiz ve saygımız ile tanındık. Bu Türk topraklarında bizi seven herkesi seve seve misafir ederiz. Herkesi bekliyoruz.
Thank you for showing youre amazing experience🙌
Videonu çok beğendim elinden geleni yapıyorsun konuşmak için. Güzel bi enerjin var 🧿 video da çok güzel devam böyle
I really like the Turkish people I know in America. I dream of visiting their rich, historic country someday.
Turkish people are so nice people.
good to see you in turkey brother !! always welcome
Turkey is a wildly underrated country. Easily in my top 5 countries i have ever been. Beautiful
I have Turkish ancestry among other things. I’m so proud of you learning Turkish. I’ve always wanted to go and visit Turkey. It’s a beautiful place. I feel at home in places like Turkey, Morocco, etc other than my homeland of Pakistan.
6:30 the cute kittens
Wow didn't even see them 😂
Ive been waittttinngggg for a Turkish video
You've been putting out some great content!
The title of the video already made my forces to continue to study Turkish to be replenished LOL
5:00 You should have talked German with him! :D He is well known in the German TikTok community.
TÜTE AUF! TÜTE AUFFFF!!
Kolay Gelsin is meaning "May it be easy coming for you" so in way that everything should be easy for you....
I'm turkish, and i loved this video. You started practising early that is so impressive :)
this is fun to watch as a Turkish-American dual citizen, I hope you continue to learn Turkish! Also in New York there used to be a location of the franchise Simit Sarayı but I believe it has since gone under, I do remember visiting and eating simit in NYC back in like 2016