Racism I’ve experienced in Turkey 🇹🇷

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  • @mauricewilliamsjr1659
    @mauricewilliamsjr1659 Місяць тому +5

    I’ve also experienced very negative reactions in Turkey Istanbul during my hair transplant visit. I’m a mixed race African American. My mom is black and dad is Hispanic. I had a many unfriendly encounters. 1st at the airport asking help from a young lady at the customer service desk, she never smiled. Never made eye contact and wasn’t very helpful 2nd time was in a grocery store. I was in Line and yet again another older middle age woman was ringing up customers and she was very friendly with them, by the time I got to the register she changed her whole mood, she did not once speak at all, didn’t smile at all. So I challenged her and I said hi 3 times, she slightly raised her head and gave me a wave. Cab driver charged me 50 Euros for a 8 min cab drive to dominoes. I have a lot more but I’ll be writing a book. I was hoping to see more friendly people but I only met a few and they were mostly working at my hotel and at the hair transplant place

  • @gamzeugur155
    @gamzeugur155 6 днів тому +1

    I am so sorry what you have been through 😔 I am Turkish and it made me so sad to hear this. I am saying I am sorry 🙏for what you have been through please do not generalize we are not all the same I am telling the truth.

  • @guts_berserkPP1
    @guts_berserkPP1 4 місяці тому +10

    Hey bro i am Arab and we are facing so much racism in Turkey come to Lebanon we will welcome you with open arms.

    • @intellectualsmoke
      @intellectualsmoke 4 місяці тому +6

      I know you know Arabs hate us also.

    • @arturogotti3790
      @arturogotti3790 3 місяці тому +2

      Because there’s too much refugees you can’t blame them

    • @MYKEGOODS
      @MYKEGOODS 2 місяці тому +3

      @@arturogotti3790 What about all the illegal Turks in Germany who commit crime and rape our women? Should we germans hate turks now too?

    • @consensualcode9750
      @consensualcode9750 Місяць тому +1

      You're kidding. Lebanon has treated black people so horribly. We hear constant stories of Ethiopian maids being abused in your country.

    • @jologoliang-m9i
      @jologoliang-m9i Місяць тому

      @@intellectualsmoke I have seen a documentary in which racism against Blacks was rampant. Black female housekeepers were called monkeys by their employers and even beaten up like animals for minor mistakes.

  • @Emrelax1
    @Emrelax1 4 місяці тому +6

    As a Turkish person who lives in the US , i am so sorry to hear for what you experienced . I love black people and most of my friends are black here

    • @starloszelson4541
      @starloszelson4541 3 місяці тому

      As a Turkish person are most Turkish people racist towards blacks? Yes or no

    • @paolozarello3169
      @paolozarello3169 2 місяці тому

      I live in the u.k .... bro.. Turkish racism is on other level.... they do like white people only .... no black and brown. 😮

  • @onetwoyankee
    @onetwoyankee 10 місяців тому +10

    This is my own personal experience, so please don’t take it as I think all Turkish people are racist.
    So I’m a white guy from Illinois who went to Istanbul with my black friend with both our girlfriends. We stayed there for about 2 weeks and while the trip was amazing, my friend and his girlfriend felt slightly awkward whenever we shopped, dined, and dealt with people on the street. I thought this was just due to us being foreigners - American foreigners - so I really thought nothing of it.
    We were eating at a kebab joint where a few of the locals were repeatedly glancing over at us and snickering between themselves. I caught a few words, translated them and I was shocked. Words like “zenci” “siyah” and “zencigot” were being used to ridicule my friend, a guy who’s probably 5x more successful than those bums.

    • @SimonHillKeepsItTrill
      @SimonHillKeepsItTrill  9 місяців тому +2

      Very powerful testimony here

    • @A._.31
      @A._.31 9 місяців тому +1

      Zencigot is a meme here so I am not sure if they had good intentions or not but am sorry for you

    • @gamzeugur155
      @gamzeugur155 6 днів тому

      Hi 👋 I have just read your comment. I want to add something to your comment if you let me. Unfortunately most Turkish people use this word Zenci without knowing the exact meaning of it. It’s an insulting word but most of them use it as black. I am fed up telling some Turkish friends not to use this word zenci but instead use the word Siyahi / Black . The meaning is bad I totally know but they are not using it in order to belittle people. Sorry for your experience. But my mom for example always says when she sees Black people Oh my God how lovely and lively these people are . Hope we get more education and kindness. 🙏☺️

  • @EUU100
    @EUU100 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for continuing to share your experiences

  • @thetraveler1534
    @thetraveler1534 Рік тому +27

    Really sad. I just don’t know what black people did to be treated like this? We didn’t choose our skin color so why the hate? 😢

    • @SimonHillKeepsItTrill
      @SimonHillKeepsItTrill  Рік тому +11

      We didn’t do anything to anyone

    • @MrCaprice90
      @MrCaprice90 6 місяців тому +4

      I feel you, its inferiority complex that these racist people have ! They want to look for the differences and not the common things we have as humans, we all have same number of hands fingers extra but they still want to look for the differences it’s ridiculous 😂

    • @Itsvivx99
      @Itsvivx99 6 місяців тому +4

      Very sad to read your comment, Yes we live in such a cruel world 😢

    • @duvalj1353
      @duvalj1353 5 місяців тому +5

      Bu yorumu okuyunca çok üzüldüm. Hepimiz aynıyız, hepimiz çok güzeliz. Dünyanın herhangi bir yerinde yaşadığınız dışlanma için üzgünüm. Bu bir Türk'ün kalbinden geliyor ❤❤

    • @starloszelson4541
      @starloszelson4541 3 місяці тому +1

      LEAVE don’t give them your money

  • @EUU100
    @EUU100 Рік тому +3

    The situation we find ourselves in is honestly heartbreaking to say the least. What's sad is many black people choose to ignore/overlook what is happening in the world. Having money and being in more affluent countries/areas at best makes the racism more subtle but it's still there

  • @motab9981
    @motab9981 2 місяці тому +11

    I’m Palestinian. I just came back from a trip in Turkey and damn they were so racist. Too many incidents happened to explain here. The only time they would not be racist to me is when they find out I’m Palestinian, then they treat me kindly. Personally, I don’t want to be treated differently based on where I’m from even if it’s positive. I do appreciate the support for my country but sometimes the racism is too much. But honestly there are some great Turkish people and business owners who are so annoyed at these racists, saying it’s completely against Islam to so and it is effecting there businesses. Now tourism has crashed in Turkey, less foreign investments. All because of the wannabe white European Turks.

  • @vickysharpe11
    @vickysharpe11 7 місяців тому +2

    Outrageous 👺. You're so patient. God bless you 💝

  • @anesakhalid2342
    @anesakhalid2342 6 місяців тому +11

    Me and my husband are from the UK, we are muslim and Pakistani. We have grown to absolutely hate Turkey especially Istanbul. Although we have not had any direct rasict treatment we definitely feel everyone is rude, arrogant and feels like they just have something against you / don’t like you ( stayed in istanbul twice - business purposes) would never recommend Turkey as a holiday destination to anyone! rude arrogant , unfriendly people here!

  • @ladypokerdealer
    @ladypokerdealer 3 місяці тому +3

    Thank you for the info , appreciate you ❤️🖤❤️🖤

  • @blackconfucius888
    @blackconfucius888 Місяць тому +2

    Damn. I spent a combined 6 months traveling in China over the past year and visited around 15 majot cities spanning from the southwest to the northeast. I speak Chinese and the worst thing I heard was ignorant people saying there are no Black people in America 😂
    My main complaint China is the cigarette smoke and occasional bad manners. Cops and security guards never bother me and are almost always friendly.
    Lots of them go out of their way to say that they don't discriminate against us. It's a way for them to feel superior to Westerners I think. I don't mind at all. And they're always giving me free stuff. I got a free night a rather expensive hotel in Yangzhou after I complained about the service. Kinda blew me away.

  • @DJohn83
    @DJohn83 Рік тому +4

    I experienced being ignored by several airport, employees in Istanbul. It wasn’t a pleasant experience especially since I was lost and couldn’t read the Turkish signage.

    • @Missiloveafrica
      @Missiloveafrica Рік тому

      Same happened to me and my boyfriend the people that helped us were Sudanese and a few days later we got physically assaulted in Turkey.

    • @SimonHillKeepsItTrill
      @SimonHillKeepsItTrill  Рік тому +1

      Istanbul is hectic and wild

  • @marcussohail3323
    @marcussohail3323 2 місяці тому +1

    I agree with you sir...I'm born in uk but have brown skin and my experience was so similar it's like we're not worthy or beneath them. I will never go or take my son who is English yk turkey. I have also boycotted any products. Bad experience.

  • @JC-ce8uw
    @JC-ce8uw 3 місяці тому +6

    They’re really racist, beautiful country not so much the people.
    When we go to the shops we are followed.
    They’ll laugh at us when we’re just speaking or sitting.
    They’ll laugh at us in our face
    South Asian tourist.

  • @ilaqosolkeyd4877
    @ilaqosolkeyd4877 2 місяці тому +1

    I feel you brother. I have been humiliated. The problem is the African Union and African leaders. In the past our people were humiliated and sold to work in farms. After independence African leaders didn't demand compensation for the damages. The colonial powers demanded reparation and still the money goes into the countries of colonial powers. Now Turkey depends heavily on Africa. African leaders don't care about their people and the conditions under which they are kept. Mandela fought against appartied and he won in the end. We should fight against the international appartied that's going on. Brother, Africa is beautiful and has breathtaking landscapes but the problem is our leaders. They don't invest in Africa to attract the world and create more jobs for the African youth.

  • @duvalj1353
    @duvalj1353 5 місяців тому

    Simon, yasadigin seyler icin cok uzgunum. Gozlerindeki kirginligi gorebiliyorum. Umarim suan daha iyisindir ❤

  • @asassinggoodoverevilanyday2116
    @asassinggoodoverevilanyday2116 2 місяці тому +1

    This racism in turkey must stop I get the same thing to my girlfriend she’s white when am with her all is good and she travel a day before me and I just whent for a walk and there goes a cop asking me about id as if am making trouble I told him am not living in turkey am a tourist and he just go . This with us black people it’s hard I believe us black people need to unite and stay away from other race . We ll never get respect on this planet and its a shame

  • @Ben_Kaushalesh
    @Ben_Kaushalesh Рік тому +11

    Turkey is a wonderful and beautiful country but sadly bad things happen every where so in this country. I am not black but m not white also. I m a brown Northern Indian, many times mistaken for Arab or Irani here, since very few Indians live in this country. I do feel a discrimination here based on the looks and skin color. It’s not about being a foreigner but it’s more about how you look. If you are white European, people are more polite and attentive to you. Many times at coffee shops and restaurants I am just ignored unlike other white or local customers. While travelling also I saw that some people tend to talk to white guys in broken English but not to the guys like me. Last week I was at Carrefour, in front of me was a white foreigner who didn’t know Turkish. The lady at the counter talked to him enthusiastically in her broken English but when my turn came she didn’t speak a word of English and even her response towards my fairly average Turkish was cold. This is a very subtle form of racism because probably I am not black enough to feel the real music. I really feel sad for you and can understand your pain. I traveled a lot in this country and definitely never stop doing so, just for the assholes out there. Wish you best of luck.

    • @SimonHillKeepsItTrill
      @SimonHillKeepsItTrill  Рік тому +1

      Turkey is beautiful for sure

    • @barsaydn4233
      @barsaydn4233 9 місяців тому +1

      You are unfortunately falling into category of Pakistani which are not liked here. It is racist yes but too many of them are coming over here so we have to be racist. But I do feel bad for you and your troubles wish it wasn't like this.

    • @umarsattar1540
      @umarsattar1540 6 місяців тому +4

      ​​@@barsaydn4233You have to be racist?
      I'm British born and bred. But my grandad came to England from pakistan after WW2 and built this country back up! If it wasn't for those people. God knows how long the damage from the war would've taken to overcome.
      You don't have to be racist at all. I have suffered racism a fair few times living here. Not as much as some other people I know. But that's simply because I have a strong Yorkshire accent and I look slightly different most other Pakistanis. Some people think I'm mixed race or white. And they've been racist to other pakistani folk in FRONT OF ME. Forgetting or not knowing I'm pakistani British.
      It's inexcusable mate. There's no room for it.

  • @arturogotti3790
    @arturogotti3790 3 місяці тому +2

    Bro im Turkish sorry for what happened. Turks have a short temper. Understand the same things happen to Europeans too especially Russians because there’s a lot of them there. Even me because I am from a different Turkic group.

    • @paolozarello3169
      @paolozarello3169 2 місяці тому +2

      Bro .go to North London you will see how racist Turkish people are. No offence to you. Wanna be white turk.
      How many English girl have you seen with a Turkish men ...... no much lol 🎉. You just don't like the colour of our skin thanks to ISLAM

    • @muhammet225
      @muhammet225 9 днів тому

      Stop pretending to be nice 😂. Youre literally the same as them

  • @amadeus7447
    @amadeus7447 Рік тому +1

    I'm not even black, just Arab. I was wondering it is as bad as recent videos show.. Yikes.
    Stay strong and safe brother 🤍

  • @MAli-cp2kj
    @MAli-cp2kj 2 місяці тому +2

    I’m biracial living in Turkey with my Turkish husband. I 100% believe every word you have said. I am high yellow and get mistaken for north-African and I have had multiple racist experiences. I worry for my son who is in elementary atm. The world is a terrible place 😞

  • @uphigh2727
    @uphigh2727 4 місяці тому +7

    Black is strong and beautiful 😊

  • @gregmack3076
    @gregmack3076 Рік тому +1

    Good luck in Hungary 🇭🇺 they're known to be pretty racist from my experience, the Gulas is off the chain, do a video when you try it, stay safe

  • @Missiloveafrica
    @Missiloveafrica Рік тому +9

    In Turkey i was phsically assaulted for being black. THE RACISM THERE ITS HARDCORE.

  • @gregmack3076
    @gregmack3076 Рік тому +1

    What up Simon, good video

  • @un6abee3y
    @un6abee3y Рік тому +10

    Turks racism is at all time high and you could see way more videos on how tourists of all races are getting mistreated in this country! I’m sorry for your experience wish you better time in your future travels!

  • @Kuser220
    @Kuser220 9 місяців тому +2

    So sad for your experience bro but no all peoples same.

    • @SimonHillKeepsItTrill
      @SimonHillKeepsItTrill  9 місяців тому

      please don't call me bro. i am a man. my name is simon

    • @Kuser220
      @Kuser220 9 місяців тому

      @@SimonHillKeepsItTrill Ok Simon

  • @JulioReyes-k9e
    @JulioReyes-k9e 4 місяці тому +1

    In Mexico you'll be love and protected..... trust me ❤

    • @toreyjoseph1286
      @toreyjoseph1286 4 місяці тому

      What part

    • @ALPHA-gl7ny
      @ALPHA-gl7ny 3 місяці тому +1

      Where? Bc I have friends (black dude married to a white woman) they went Mexico DF and people look at them weird and talked sh*t about them so don't say Mexico is a safe place for black people even though there's black people in Mexico but still it doesn't convince me . Just my opinion ok . I could be wrong . Peace ✌️

    • @ZapCrackRap
      @ZapCrackRap 2 місяці тому +3

      Mexico is racist as fuck too bro

  • @earthwater3432
    @earthwater3432 11 місяців тому

    Mississippi burning ...i am sorry for your experiences in Turkiye

  • @rgood1204
    @rgood1204 10 днів тому

    Not sure if you are there for a reason, but I'd leave if experiencing the mess you are going through.

    • @SimonHillKeepsItTrill
      @SimonHillKeepsItTrill  10 днів тому

      This comment is a prime example of why I don’t reply to my comments very often. In this video, I’ve already addressed every question you’ve raised and tackled all the points you’re trying to bring up here.
      I encourage you to actually listen to the video in full and approach it with understanding rather than leaving a comment that adds little to the conversation. Engaging meaningfully with the content will always lead to better discussions than leaving superficial remarks like this.
      Peace

  • @hekaldaniel8514
    @hekaldaniel8514 4 місяці тому +5

    Turkey also racist again asian

    • @dotdotdotdotdash
      @dotdotdotdotdash 4 місяці тому +4

      Turks come from Asian tf are you talking about?

  • @sudesue
    @sudesue 6 місяців тому +6

    A lot of this is due to politics and the bad policies of the country. First of all, I'm sorry about what you went through. Türkiye is experiencing a refugee crisis due to Erdogan's bad policies. This may be related to being black, but there are many tourists, refugees and asylum seekers not only from black people, but also from Afghans, Syrians, Arabs, Africans and Russians. There are also many economic problems in the country. The Turkish lira has lost more value than ever before in history. Most refugees work without paying taxes. He/she benefits from health services free of charge. The country is quite crowded and citizenship is sold to foreigners, especially Arabs and Russians; They just need to buy a house. For this reason, house rental prices are extremely high. Turks no longer want to see foreigners in their country. They hate not only asylum seekers and refugees, but even rich tourists. This is especially true for Arabs, Afghans, Russians and Syrians. Especially Afghans and Syrians harass Turkish women with their eyes and words even while walking on the street. Most of them, say they fled the war, are young and healthy men. They say they escaped from the war and gave birth to at least five children here. In some neighborhoods, Turkish is not spoken to that extent. Crime rate is high. The law in the country is weak, no one is afraid of committing a crime. As a Turk, we live as second-class citizens in Turkey and the goverment is responsible for this.

  • @keepinitrea
    @keepinitrea Рік тому +2

    F the world when your skin is your passport to everything

  • @Vincentm206
    @Vincentm206 2 місяці тому +3

    Thanks. You helped me not make a HUGE mistake!!

  • @demirdemirbag3194
    @demirdemirbag3194 Місяць тому +3

    Sorry to hear that. Skin color is.... just skin color. Nothing else. It is the heart that matters. Please do not judge all Turks in one basket. Most of us are take all human beings as what they are: just human beings.

  • @msorobia
    @msorobia Рік тому

    In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth,
    And all you behold, though it appears without,
    It is within, in your “imagination”,
    Of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.”

  • @kay2187
    @kay2187 9 місяців тому

    would you still reccomend going to istanbul?

  • @Gabriel-yq1ck
    @Gabriel-yq1ck 4 місяці тому +1

    FBA here: Simon, thank you for your videos. You confirmed my beliefs. Turkish people love to say that they are warm, but the ones that I’ve met lately their actions heavily misalign with that statement. Seeing your video made me feel some type of way. Be safe brother and take care of yourself.

  • @elmal101
    @elmal101 Рік тому +3

    Turn to Islam and travel to Mecca and you will see the real tolerance.

  • @فيصل-ن8ن8ط
    @فيصل-ن8ن8ط 4 місяці тому +1

    I understand all your feelings, but let me tell you a story, I went to Turkey specifically Istanbul, and I am from the Gulf, they deal with very terrible racism, and they say very trivial things, such as why are you richer than us!! Why do you buy goods and so many merchandise! And when he sees you with your wife or your little two children, he is not ashamed of himself to raise his knife in front of your daughter just because you are richer than him ... Currently the Gulf people don't go to it, most of them go to Europe and Cape Town But I singled them out in one sentence (they are the Nazis in our time)

    • @IronIck45
      @IronIck45 7 днів тому

      Oh no, dont get our privileg away-only Deutsche can be Nazi s.
      Yeah this is IRONIC!

    • @gamzeugur155
      @gamzeugur155 6 днів тому

      I have so many students from Africa they told me how they were very badly treated in Dubai, Lebanon, and all the gulf countries. Everyone knows this. Everyone. I am watching all the news in Africa each and every country. So first look at your country before talking shit about Türkiye.🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @C.A.N59199
    @C.A.N59199 6 місяців тому +4

    Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, welcome, dont be shocked by it. As more they are away from islamic Tawhid, as more they are away from ethics

  • @TheHoodVoice2024
    @TheHoodVoice2024 Рік тому

    ✊🏾

  • @eliasmelesse1715
    @eliasmelesse1715 Рік тому

    I thought turkey was different!!

    • @ishanthezombiekillingpogch6322
      @ishanthezombiekillingpogch6322 Рік тому +4

      hell nah, one of the most racist places in the world. Your race will heavily affect how you are treated in there. And they hate all different types of people

    • @SimonHillKeepsItTrill
      @SimonHillKeepsItTrill  Рік тому +1

      Me too

    • @Mustafakemal172
      @Mustafakemal172 9 місяців тому +5

      We are not racist except Arabs

    • @debsaye3360
      @debsaye3360 6 місяців тому +1

      Why racist against Arabs?? 😂 They literally your Muslim brotherd​@@Mustafakemal172

    • @mtamiramumbi7940
      @mtamiramumbi7940 5 місяців тому

      Getting second thoughts ,I'm going to work there

  • @nabil5249
    @nabil5249 4 місяці тому +1

    8:40. How about your wife?

    • @IronIck45
      @IronIck45 7 днів тому

      She can understand turkish, so she is turkish?

  • @dotdotdotdotdash
    @dotdotdotdotdash 4 місяці тому +5

    How do you know he wouldn't do the same if you were Turkish or white?

    • @AmericanVision2025
      @AmericanVision2025 4 місяці тому +1

      Cuz Turks worship the white but European Union said no to them
      they are lost and angry

  • @OlgaMashimyi
    @OlgaMashimyi 10 днів тому

    My. God. Why. Blacks are hated. So. Much

  • @amadeus7447
    @amadeus7447 Рік тому +4

    I'm not even black, just Arab. I was wondering it is as bad as recent videos show.. Yikes.
    Stay strong and safe brother 🤍