Walking Through the Streets of Sanliurfa, Turkey (near Syria)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Exploring the city of Sanliurfa (Şanlıurfa in Turkish, also called Urfa) in southern Turkey near the Syria border.
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Walking Through the Streets of Sanliurfa, Turkey (near Syria)
Love these videos of "normal", non-touristy places.
Just a fun fact Şanlı means glorious which was added to the city's name after they didn't accept British and French occupation between 1918 and 1922 and kept attacking their soldiers until they pushed them out of their city!! In fact the statue you were visiting at 7:29 are the 12 leaders of Urfa who refused to accept occupation and organized the resistance, there are several more similar cities in the region like Gazi-antep/Ghazi-antep or Kahraman-maraş/Heroic-maraş as they pushed the invaders alone while in my city Adana we also resisted against French occupation but we couldn't push them out rather they left after they signed agreements with Turkey so no honorary title for us 😒😒
Here is a video map of where they occupied and when they left:
ua-cam.com/video/u9vCNFk2TPo/v-deo.html
Also there is a sad fact about Şanlıurfa that there are almost 1 million Syrian refugees in the city which is the highest in Turkey so the city's actual population is around 3 million right now, you probably can't realize them but they were everywhere in your video working in shops or walking around such as that 5 people riding a bike were Syrian refugees and at 7:04 you can see a female refugee collecting paper and plastic!! They aren't doing well really as Turkey isn't a rich country which can take care all needs of 3.6 million Syrian refugees so the world should really do more for both finally ending the war in Syria and helping those people...
Istanbul is like Europe, Urfa is the Middle East, both are Turkey, what an amazing country!
Middle East is a name given by British. Actually Urfa is Mesopotamia.
Patrick W Middle East doesn’t exist, it’s part of Mesopotamia that historical name
That s the point, it is richness of our country... 🇹🇷
@@emreaydogdu643 Urfa is Anatolia
Gabe, you loaded this one EARLY! I was the first viewer but had to pause.
wow lots of syrians speaking arabic.
@Joe Al You're a special kind of racist aren't you 😡
Hüseyin Akmaz it's their home before u came from central Asia
@Hüseyin Akmaz You know you owl nosed boney pricks ought to read some history for a change instead of waving your nationalistic flag in people's faces all the time. That part of Turkey used to belong to Syria until the Ottomans took it. And east Turkey used also belong to Armenia before the Seljuk took it. So I'd be more humble if I was you. This is God's earth.
King of Ebla Maybe don’t come online and start insulting people you’ve never met. Syrian Arabs coming to Turkey never owned Urfa and we have been humble enough by feeding them when their fellow Arab countries refuse to accept them!
Ovet Cola It was never their home. They are Arabs who came from Syria. Their home is in Arab countries.
There are 4 millions Syrian refrugiees in Turkey and they are spreaded all across Turkish cities especially the ones near by the border. Most of those businesses recently owned by Syrians thats why you are seeing a lot of Arabic writings.
not true
@@h.s.3401 Yes true
@mert There always been arabs in urfa since centurys way before turks ! About the half of the urfa population is historically arabic ! So stop talkin billshit !
8:00 those letters don't mean Arabic language
That's arabic alphabet which have been used in old Turkish
Ne alakası var ? Türkler islamiyete geçmeden önce arap alfabesini kullanmıyordu.11.yüzyılda arap alfabesi kullanılmaya başlandı o da türklerin kılıç zoruyla müslüman olup arap alfabesini benimsemesiyle ortaya çıktı.
*Nice video. Thanks you for sharing my dear friend. Love from Vietnam!*
Cap tien! 😳
most of the syrian refugees are there too
Hello traveler it’s beautiful I can’t wait for me to start traveling
Go to Antakya, Hatay. Highly Recommended
You'll never say "I just wanna go home" 😁👏👏👏
But he's right at home wherever he is!
His home is entire world
i travel between 2 to 5 months during winter and usually i do want to go home at some point.. i don't know how Gabriel does it maybe because he's kinda always been doing it lol.. i love my life home way too much to be constantly gone. wouldn't trade Montreal for any other city.
Certainly Gabriel is an incredible guy. And we all admire him.
@@JeSuisHulk 3 weeks is when I start missing home. I last 5 more weeks because I don't fly it takes me days days of trains to travel.
My enjoyment meter went way up on this one! It made me feel like I was right there.
Let's remind everyone that the culture in Urfa is NOT Turkish, and literally half of the population there are Syrian refugees. Those Arabic writings is not old Turkish script, they are written in Arabic language.
The city is Kurdish majority
Suriyelilerin Mahallesine girdiy la 😂
Urfayı gezmişde Urfalı yok hepsi suriyeli
Oh wow I never thought I'd see you walking in the streets of Urfa. Not sure where you are right now but you gotta visit Antep aka Gaziantep as well. Antep is the capital of Turkish food when it comes to kebaps and baklava. There are millions of Syrian migrants in Turkey, most of the people walking around the city seemed Syrian. It's a very controversial topic in Turkey similar to the Mexican migrants story in the US. In Urfa alone there are nearly half a million Syrian migrants, most of them living in the city.
Kebab is eaten in Urfa!
Well Erdogan created that. Don’t blame the Syrians.
@@TenTenJ nope, Erdoğan did not. Plus the guy is not blaming Syrians.
@@veli1495 Erdogan did not? Are you in a little love being turkish bubble? Or let’s defend anything Muslim bubble? You are blinded by your pride. Erdogan and his turkish lackeys have been one of the most destructive elements in the world since his inauguration. And it is turkey’a future which is most in question. Sorry to tell you the bad news.
@@TenTenJ stop nonsense and talk logically.
How did Erdoğan create the Syrian tragedy that led to millions of Syrian refugees?
Mr Gabriel thanks for sharing this movie Im form sanliurfa yes Şanlıurfa is oldest city on the word with many historical places Gobeklı tepe, Karahan tepe, Harran, Suayip sehri, Eyyup nebi, Balikli gol and many other historical places population languages are arabic, kurdish, zaza and Turkish, but all of official and government contact with main language is turkish.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing your travels!
I am actually from urfa. I was born there but at a young age we did go back to holland. Because i was produced in holland in born in urfa. Its a beautiful place with a lot of history. Its a honour to have you there. Nice bro
There is a lot to see in urfa, we had a great time there. The museum is one of my favorites i have been to. The amount of history in that region is incredible.
U need to go too trabzon
Samsun>Trabzon
I'm happy you're there because Urfa has a very big and interesting history which I had read, but I never had the opportunity to see how it really is. Turkish language was written in Arabic-style alphabet until 1928. Please give as more from this spectacular area.
in Urfa, majority people are Kurds and Arabs.... turkish is their 2nd language....
vay, yunan dostum burada ne geziyon:)
First walk is always to bazar 😎 30years ago the bazar was awesome 🤗 Also visit Diyarbakir 👍 What is with 🔝Nemrud Dag ? By the way Harran had the first University in the 8th. 400 years before the first european university in Prag 🤓
şanlurfa beaduful city
that city has a big population of Syrian refugees hence all those Arabic writings. as for the Arabic letters on the monument the writing is still Turkish but belongs to Ottoman period at least it's dedicated to that period. Ottomans were using Arabic letters, it was Mustafa Ataturk who banned wringing in Arabic and switched the nation's writing to Latin instead.
I think what you thought was Arabic on that monument is just an old Turkish script.Turkey used to use the Arabic script but I think Ataturk the founder of New Turkey changed it to Latin.That been said I could see a lot of Arabic signage in the market and businesses and that seems due to the heavy presence of the Syrian refugee in that area.I could hear them in the background Speaking Arabic. The guy that stopped you for a second at the chicken place is difenetely Syrian
Nope it's Arabic.
Urfa is an ancient city origin of most religions as you can guess from Gobeklitepe. Abraham is from this city who is very important for Jews and Muslims. You should search for the story of have him on fire and this fire turn into a pool with fish. I recommeend you to make a video with footages of this pool, called Balikligol
I want a beer after this.
Gabe always seems to enjoy a beer after his adventures!
not in Şanlıurfa go to western Turkey for that :)
@@egemenalpserbest3024 no it's not true. there is beer everywhere. i drank when i went.
I noticed people are speaking more Arabic than Turkish in this part of Turkey. Is that because of its geographical location being so close to Syria?
No, that's because the city is hosting nearly 500.000 refugees alone.
Oh that makes sense. It looks like a very nice place to visit
Hey gabriel i m living turkey in gaziantep .you come gaziantep .we travelling in gaziantep 😊☺️
you say Arabic. it is not arabic, it is Turkish written using arabic alphabet. Turkey changed its alphabet in 1920s from arabic alphabet to Latin alphabet.
Thanks for the info.
Mostly men walking round?
Dave H I was thinking the same thing! How do they procreate there?
@@sometimesrex Hi. Maybe like some worms they are asexual.
It is a refugee city.
@@emreaydogdu643 Thank you.
@@emreaydogdu643 they are almost up throwing the Kurdish majority by making it Syrian
Really cool. Thank you very much.
Doing the gobe huh you really r so cool
Stay safe. Turkey can be a dangerous place to be.
Hiya Gabriel👐💕😊AMAZING Vlog.I enjoyed this tour.A friend,Gaz Riley from Liverpool,England shared your channel with me.Have a lovely Sunday.Well done with your video👏☀😎
Actually, you should visit balıklıgöl in Urfa
Harran is great and you will love the History.
8:05 - what is name of the melody?
Hi, music is listed in the description below the video.
The ratio of men to women there seems incredibly whack.
Looking forward to your video on Gobekli tepe .... the birthplace of human civilization ...
Syrian refugees everywhere,
Looks like they are doing well.
Courts Griner Photography im glad they do to
I want to visit turkey
Great video as always! Good to see an undiscovered city that's still don't get many tourists.
It is like 1 hour from Syria, did you experience any strange/surreal feeling, or did you still feel 100% the Turkish feeling?
It definitely felt different from other parts of Turkey, more Arabic and Middle Eastern.
He can't have 100% Turkish feeling because that province's culture is Arabic, not Turkish.
And I don't mean the Syrian refugees (who make half of the population) but the original culture.
Gabriel Traveler Thanks for replying, I've never been to Turkey and I really like the way you show the country! Looking forward to your Iran videos!
T A T good to know, I've never been to Turkey but will go there soon!
@@tricksandtrips Thanks. No plans to go to Iran right now but hopefully sometime.
Cool video bro. I'm coming back to Europe soon and might be visiting turkey with my friends for some work stuff with the music scene out there. I'm looking forward to it, I have been to Iran so Turkey will be great to see. So much history there, I believe Rumi's tomb is there. My father always speaks highly of turkey, as well as turkish airlines :)
Zin
DJ Zin your father is right mate 👍
Due to proximity, you should definitely visit the city of Batman.
wtf is going on in Sanliurfa, I hardly hear anyone speaking Turkish, I presume syrian refugees finally took over the city.
Kurds and Arabs are the main ethnicity there. It's never been Turkish.
@@foreverspeak2515 it was almost fully Kurdish before 2011
This is amazing. I so love those normal walks in the cities. Thanks ♥
Cool, glad to hear it. :)
Gab, being a Canadian for your trip to Iran might be prudent 🤔
I think he means "Harran " , not Iran .
مابتاكل اوسخ مطعم
8:00 isnt arabic its ottoman turkish which is using arabic script just like how all europe were using latin.
Beautiful this video in Sanliurfa ! 👍👍👍👍👍🍺
WELCOME TO TURKEY KEBAB AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
Nice country
Hi Gabriel, it looks great there.... and I didn't see one piece of rubbish on the streets either.
We are heading to Egypt next month then back to India (no.3) in the spring.
Happy Trails.
G
06:47 Suriyeli bir kadın
Urfanın etrafı dumanlı dağlar ameynn Amman ciğerim yanıyor güzlerim ağlar 😅😅
When are you going to Russia?
Been following since about 7 years, I have hesitated to say this but when ever meat/non-veg food is shown i cover my eyes or look away from the Video.
Also curious are Vegetarians able to find veg food in turkey?
Its probably harder to find veg foods in the eastern parts of Turkey but if you search enough you probably can find some in big supermarkets. At western parts it's common, easier tho.
This was very clear video😍
Very interested to hear about your journey to get to Gobekli Tepe!
Enjoy your travels Gabe, as always I appreciate the content
Yess there is population 2 millions but just Turkish citizens.. you forgot Syrian refugees in Turkey 4 millions Syrian refugees 1.5 milions living Urfa, they have store, they working any job they living city.. like in US. Border city’s Mexican Spanish people.. that’s why you seen there arabick and Turkish words also when you hear about arabick accent speaking that’s mean origin came from arabick..
Really cool.
I always think about safety in that part of the world. The video makes it look like it is safe.
Personally, I'm from Urfa, and it's relatively safe. Obviously not as safe as Istanbul, but it's better than the other side of the border haha. And its def safe if youre not Kurdish lol
Urfalıyam ezelden göynüm geçmez güzelden vayyy 😂😂😂
nice
WOW! a very big city! Nice video Gabriel.. Take care!😊
awesome
When travelling is ur ultimate GOAL
I like your videos very nice the Best
6:20 6:33 its not turks or kurds 6:33 "suri suri" means syrian, syrian refugees and it's 7:53 probably "ottoman turkish"
Pillar 43 from Gobekli Tepe
shows handbags and man-like figures
carries the handbags as if it were a basket or purse.
I have seen them
in meso American carvings also.
so called #handbagofthegods
There are many Arabs in Şanlıurfa. That's why there are Arabic writings everywhere.
It´s strange...the people of that city of Turkey are very similar to the people of Monterrey, Mexico, my land ( North of Mexico )...If I were there I would feel at home...LOL
They also grow and love hot chili in our south-east
@Burak Aksoy Oh!..I see..Always It's interesting to know...Thank you..
Well, in Mexico you have a lot of Lebanese Arabs in Turkey they have a lot of Syrian ones... Lebanese and Syrians are basically the same people anyway. In Mexico you have Taco el Pastor (which cane with the Lebanese) in Turkey they have Doner Kebap which are basically the same things too. Monterey is much more developed than Sanliurfa though. 😁
@@lokumftw2621 Hey !..All you are saying is absolutely true !...Yes, we have a lot of Lebanese Arabs here in Monterrey and yes ,we have Tacos al Pastor and we love them !!...How do you know so much about my city ? ...So Tacos al Pastor is Lebanese heritage ?...wooow!..interesting !!..Thanks for your timely information..Saludos desde México !!!
Amazing Turkey video Gabriel well done 😊😊❤️❤️👍👍
Amazing?
was waiting for sanliurfa nice
You should have find the museum. Hotel UGUR. Totally wrong decision. Experiencing India in Urfa. I would never walk on those streets if ı visit Urfa. P. S:Turkish from Istanbul
I thought gobekli tepe was amazing very old buried 10000 years ago no one knows why...
7:50 the text is written with arabic letters not because the city is close to syria. Its because the arabic caligraphy was used in the ottoman empire which existed until 1913. Later on they switched the official calygraphy into the alphabet. The language is still turkish in arabic letters or in alphabet.
Arabic alphabet was used by Turks until 1928 actually.
@@ayseirem8436until ataturk messed everything up.
There are a lot of syrian refugees there. Not so much local arabic people.
“That is a busy city “ I can’t wait to see what you going to eat so many different things to try. Excelente video thanks.
It's great to hear the sounds of the city without motor vehicle noise.
Great video!
Lori Flynn did u like that city!
@@alexturkogfb0641 I really did, it's history is fascinating and I would die to go there. Gabriel really makes you feel like your right there with him experiencing the smells and flavors of everywhere he goes 😊
Lori Flynn I think ya have never been in Turkey before,it is really so nice country but not sure to think same about this city!
I want to go to Turkey once！
Urfa is one of the most beautiful cities in all of Kurdistan, you should visit other Kurdish cities in the region, like Adana or antep also great cities✌🏻✌🏻
He is welcome to our country kurdistan 😁😁🌹
There is no Kurdistan in Turkey.We don't give you autonomy like Iraq! In your dream you see! Already, the city has deteriorated because of the Kurds and Syrians. If we give you these beautiful cities, you will destroy them!
Most of the people in video are Syrian Refugees. Sanliurfa people are different and they mostly speak in Turkish
That pop up small café at 04:10 was ultra cool
Dear Gabriel An almost "otherworldly" experience. You have transported me to the edges of civilization. Well done. I can almost smell the sights. The less touristy areas are so interesting to see. Lots of great food. Thanks for sharing your unique perspective on travel. I'm truly inspired to get out there and see the world. Stay safe.
You can almost see the smells too.
Thank you Gabriel! 😊❤🙏 stay safe!
I like the town and city tours you do that are not tourist places. Good to see real culture.
@@fatihke8526 nope arabs
That town is certainly not real Turkish. We are talking about a town half of it is made by Syrian refugees and other half by Kurds/Native Arabs.
@@95bekirable it's still a mix of culture
Great tour of the town,I appreciate what you do Gabe Thanks
Eu quero ver mas esta cidade aí mora meu amor mostra mas
Great video Gabe.
Come to pakistan
The streets are full of Syrian refugees. It is obvious that you weren't able to see Turkish part of the city. Or Turkish people locked themselves at home.
Kurds and Arabs are the main ethnicity there. It's never been Turkish.
arabic alphabet but turkish
Awesome vlog bro ✌️✌️✌️
Good video , thanks for sharing , I also take landscape videos in UK , so it's very helpful and interesting , I subscribed to the channel, so I'm looking forward to it. Thank you for the good video
Just got back from a two week holiday in Turkey yesterday evening. This included 7 nights in Goreme but I finished the trip with a day in Kayseri which was a pleasant surprise. I liked the place even though most tourists and locals just raised their eyebrows and asked "why?" when I said I was going there. Kayseri city centre was nice, especially the old castle at night. The people there were also genuinely friendly and welcoming, not just trying to rope me in in order to sell me stuff.
The guys front of chickens were arab u have noticed that right
I believe Turkish used to be written in the Arabic alphabet, its how ottomans used to write it
Yes thats right. Before 20 th century, 90% of muslims used arabic alphabet. Now I think only 50%