News from Mumine. I was visiting her family this summer in 2018. They told me that Mumine finished the high school, got married and lives now in Istanbul. She found her husband in the internet and felt in love with him. The mother told me "She was running away". But the parents didn`t seem much angry about that. They showed me a picture from the wedding, were the whole family were traveling to Istanbul. The funny fact is, that we gave to Mumine a mobile-telephone after the shooting 2009 as a present. Maybe this was the beginning of something new in her life.
Wonderful documentary. My wife's father came from a small village in Macedonia that was ~50/50 Orthodox/Turk, and I have been to some villages like hers in Anatolia. I hope there will be a sequel, "Mümine in Istanbul."
I was surprised to see that they spoke Turkish in their daily lives. Despite being far from the motherland , they managed to preserve the Turkish language and culture.
i am also yörük. we didnt stayed in anatolia, we have been forced to settle by ottoman. some of them obeyed some didnt. that is why ottoman didnt like yörüks.
She wants to leave a tobacco farm so she can go to school, join the 1st world and become a doctor. I'm a doctor who regrets wasting decades in school and wishes he could leave 1st world problems behind to create a tobacco farm. Weird how the ironies of this life work.
Hello Indy, actually I am studying Medicine 6 year in India start next year at British university Delhi. Do you have any advice for me? I am not 100% set on this, I also live in local village. Pls reply
Thank you for showing your way of life, it was brave of you and I most appreciate viewing this video. I wish you all the best for the future, the most important thing is to stay healthy in mind and body. Do not change your spirit of life for anyone. Kind regards, from England/UK Maureen
MatticusPrime1 Thank-you for sympathizing with her sadness. It seems few here in the comments can, and instead project their own feelings and chide her for her “lack of gratitude”. The truth is, her feelings are most definitely valid and carry a weight to them that is beyond what we can touch. She has lived her life and she feels sadness, hopelessness, fear. Who are we to tell her to feel otherwise?
She exactly looks like my cousin. Actually she is girl version of my cousin. I don't have any relatives in Macedonia but our ancestors are yörük too. That's interesting. Also, her village life reminded me of my mother's village life. So, I can understand her feelings. Thank you for this documentary!
21:16 "Ben de fakirin ama aldılar benden de" 🤣 Ben bulgaristan göçmeniyim bizim büyüklerde de az da olsa başlık verilirmiş. Biz de sağlam tütün işlerdik, bunlar gibi hızlı konuşurduk ve en yaygın kadın ismi bizde de mümne 😂
Emotional film, I respect all culture but in this time I think every girl has the right to being educated and realize her dream to become a good professional and good wife. Thanks for sharing!! God blesses to that girl.
wow everything is a transaction.. but I get it. Value and self worth is big in their culture. I love how raw this video is.. give me an inside look into another culture and how they operate. I hope this girl turned out okay and found some peace in her life. beautiful
Waydeeper First of all, turks don’t have mongoloid race, they have turanic ethnicity. Just because they are blonde calling them europeans is a sign of ignorance. Apparently you have never been in turkey cuz lotta people are blonde here with turkish ethnicity
Waydeeper I’m not denying that they might have european genes cuz ya know they have been living in macedonia. No ethnicity is a pure race tho but calling them ‘europeans’ instead of turks would be completely wrong. Moreover your claim on turks being mixed with others and losing their race is a complete bullshit mane. When turks take a dna test most of them get 60-70% turkish ethnicity and the ones who get balkan heredity are probably the ones whose great grandfathers immigrated to anatolia during ottoman rule. As I said before, no people on earth have a pure race so it’s absolutely normal to be mixed in heredity a little
Waydeeper In addition our phenotypes may had been changed through the centuries like any other nation in the world, but our turkic blood still remained the same with our nomadic ancestors 2 millenniums ago
Of course there are cultural issues that don't line up with our contemporary values, but over-all it's a very endearing documentary film that shows the innocence of these traditional Turkic peoples of central Europe. As a Turkish person having grown up in assimilatory Australian culture, it was so fascinating to see another of my peoples retaining some old traditions, even though the general Turkish diaspora and the Turks in Turkey have definitely, for the most part, moved into the 21st Century. When leaving your comments on this video, please don't politicize it. If you're Turkish and someone trolls in the comments, don't be triggered. Just ignore it. It's a beautiful thing to see cultural variety still existing in the world today. It was beautiful to see such strong and beautiful family bonds and get an idea of how my ancestors would have lived their village lives a couple of thousand miles away in Gaziantep, in central, south Turkey. Also keep in mind, as stated in the documentary, these Turkic peoples are welcomed into the fabric of contemporary Turkish life in Turkey if they so choose.. As stated in the documentary, if a girl is unhappy living such a traditional life, she usually finds her way to Turkey. Not to say it's all marshmallows and puffy clouds but Turkic culture, although traditional and sometimes set in cultural ways, does not usually bare the same aggressive, Islamist type of patriarchy that you might find in the Arab world.
As an Englishman, a right winger who despises Islam because my city has been poisoned with Salafism, i have to praise Turkey for its modernity and its cleanliness. Its both modern and traditional. Also the way Turks treat animals is probably my favourite thing and couldn't be more of a contrast to your Arab neighbours
@@lcsulla6415 I don't get why the western converts are so in love with salafism. Its bottom of the barrel islam, most muslims in Turkey just outright detest salafism. Also as an Englishman you should have an idea about the origins of them, French and mostly English spies started the movement to break down Ottomans in 19th century.
Turkey is very modern country , People are very well educated , they have a great history and culture and amazing nature , Social life in turkey is great, family value , neighbors , friends ,you may find some little group of people live this way like any where else, mediterranean culture in general way much better From what they call the west life, mediterranean architecture every thing is way way much better
I hope you have gone on to find happiness, Mümine. You deserve to live a life you’d be proud of. It’s such a sad place here, where money means more than family and monetary gains means more than the freedom of your own child. You deserve more, and I hope you’ve given yourself that joy, wherever you are. Thank-you to the creators of this wonderful documentary as well. The music especially was incredibly drawing:)
zain It is not money for Luxury it I see for sustanance. ( After the collapse of the Empire ( Ottoman) these Turks were subject to all kinds of pressure and hardship.To maintain their identity the lived away from the rest of the society.
Sibel Shinaishin Oh I definitely agree:) Living through these means unfortunately leads to hard decisions and sacrifice, and that reality was what I was lamenting. These people are of course wonderful people with their own culture and beautiful history, and I think that deserves to be respected and honoured. I do wish in the future these people find a means to live more bountifully, and are able to live with their communities and family safely and without the need to sacrifice as they have done here.
those turks were sent to balkans to turkify the population by the ottomans, it's amazing they still exist. yörük is turkish for nomad, those people's roots and customs can be traced all the way back to central asia.
This is not true. Those are Yörük Turks who were sent by Ottomans to the Balkans but the aim was not to turkify others. Turkification is the biggest lie. Ottoman lover historians manipulated people. The ottoman was not even pan Turkish. Those people are mostly Karaman Turks who had the biggest opposition of the Ottoman dynasty that's why they divided them. The majority of them sent in different geographies in Anatolia.
The homeland of the Turks is not Central Asia, but the south of the Ural Mountains. They spread from this region to Central Asia and the West. They influenced the Mongols in Central Asia, but they are not racially related to them. The Turks are a Caucasian European race that does not speak Indo-European languages. The Gagauz Turks also live in Moldova, they are blond, their religion is Christian, they still speak Turkish.
nikada vise Unfortunately, as a guy myself, and someone who has studied world history, you’re right. The treatment of women in many countries and cultures is absolutely horrible and shocking, and has been for millennia. It’s one of the worlds great injustices and is so hard to stomach, if one reads about our history. The commenter above me, I ask, put yourself in the shoes of women across the world. Live their lives. Live a day in their shoes- see what they see, feel what they feel. You’ll be shocked to find so much pain and suffering at the hands of others directed at you. It’s so easy to dismiss another’s hurt. I hope our world can one day understand each other instead of tearing each other down, to validate each others suffering and lift each other up. I believe we will have a world like this:)
zain This has nothing to do with equality or lack of it. Women cherish their beautiful colorful dresses,some of them are very fancy decorated made painstakingly for special occasions. Yörük women are no push overs,they are cherished by their fathers. I don't think western style clothing represents emancipation I can tell you it hardly is. Western style clothing for women comes with a price; ruined feet and toes, many hours and money spent at beauty salons, etc. Having done all of that most women ask today: Why is it that men don't go through to what women do to look good to women ?
@@sibelshinaishin182 : Because makeup and fancy dress, was taken from men through culture. Both most common in nature. Fancy dancing males, bland females. Humans reject the norm.
@@12d-p2i tf are you saying, everyone is. Ancestors had to have kids and there were no turkic women. Because soldiers dont bring women on their horse back. Do the locals and feed them up yourself. Which is the reason we dont call ourselves half. Btw not armenians, but anatolians and persians. Just them.
@@12d-p2i i think you are really confused, the kurds werent touched on a big scale. So you cant say turks mixed with kurds. Same goes for armenians. It is really anatolia self. Kurds are not included. But its not a really bad thing, it just shows how strong the turkic soldiers were, that even when their kid had a non turkic mother that the kids were able to speak turkish and carry the turkic culture instead of their mothers.
Think Balkan Sobranie. Those tobacco leaves were much smaller than American tobacco, and I suspect that they were what is called "Turkish/Oriental Prilep tobacco."
Man those older ladies look rugged as fuck. It's hard to imagine that at some point they could have looked as pretty as she does now. Also, the chanting songs are nice
Where is exactly this village? I will be visiting North Macedonia in September. I can speak Turkish. Do you think I can find a basic accommodation for a few days in the village?
Tobacco companies are the biggest drug pushers in the world. Nicotine is extremely addictive and Big Tobacco has been profiting from that for decades if not centuries.
@@mihaela7413 Do you think if I go there I can find some sort of basic accommodation for like 2 days? Paying of course, and I could be happy even with a couch/mattress on the floor. I can speak Turkish
That mountain is Plackovica, above the town of Radovis. There are many "Yoruk" village's. I had a lot of Yoruk school mates, since always I have adored their culture, but TV and Internet destroyed everything, their lives changed forever, their tradition fade away 😢 In Macedonia we have saying ((the Stone is weight on his place), if you move it,it is not the same stone anymore).
I don't get why the women must dress up in 19th century clothes that cover almost their entire body, while the men wear jeans and t shirts... I saw women working the fields, the packaging and the delivery, while the younger men seem to just be standing around.... Am I missing something here?
this is a pre industrial traditions in anatolia and balkans. men are warrior. their job is protecting their family. they generally didnt work in farms. women are responsible from the home. food farm work bla bla..
@@serdarbozkurt8544 🤔 So, as "warriors", the men spend 99.9% of their time just hanging out, shooting the breeze with their neighbor "warriors" , waiting for a war to start, so they can go "protect their families"? You know damn well their wives are like, "WTF kinda bullshit is this"!? It's one helluva scam! I bet you that many of the "warriors" would pack up and leave the country the second an actual war started! 👉 That's precisely what happened in north Africa after Obama destabilized Egypt and Libya by helping to take out their existing political leadership. Almost as soon as things started getting bad, the men packed up and left, ALONE for southern Europe! Despite the "news" media's dishonest portrayal of them as "mostly women and children refugees", they were actually about 95%+ men! All you had to do was watch live coverage of the refugee camps, and you rarely ever saw a woman OR a child there! When interviewed and asked why they left Egypt, Libya(and other countries that weren't even at war), their answer was always something like, "I just want to find a job and make more money", or "because I was told I'd be given free money, free housing, free food, etc".
Okay, I know. But in the movie the father says he paid 3000 euro for her school. She was 7th grade by then. She went to some local macedonian school. There is no way he paid 3000.
yes, they are Turks and their ancestors moved to the Balkans during the ottoman era as a state policy, approximately beginning of the 14th century. Most of them moved back to Turkey after Turkey was founded. But there are still lots of Turkish people who live in rural areas as you can see. We call them yörük in Turkish, which means Nomad in English.
All the people in the comments are delusional if they think women don't demand value. Yeah here they are a little more forward with it then we are in the west these days. Also the whole so young thing creeps me out but if you think a 21 yr old "good looking" women doesn't try to demand a higher value for herself (maybe/ most likely in the west at least her father doesn't get the money/ some other thing of value and she does instead) then you might be fooling yourself.
Going to school was the biggest mistake I have done in my life , I was gentleman respectful person humble etc I lost all my morals , back to my village soon inch llah
Life doesn’t get more traditional than this anywhere in Europe. There are some Gorani villages in Kosovo that are more traditional than the rest of Kosovo, but they’re not as secluded as this. I was born in Macedonia the 80s, and I would still see older women in traditional clothing in the markets. But, this has practically disappeared. There’s some shift to wear traditional-ish clothing among some young Albanians in Macedonia, but its difficult to call this traditional, since it has little to do with Albanian tradition and more with Arabic and Turkish. It’s made up of plain long dresses and burkhas
Emperator eee nyyaa is it really? Short answer no, they probably identify themselves Turkish or maybe Ottoman or even maybe Macedonian or another ethnic they know their ancestors had, who knows? It's all about what they identify themselves about.
brayen brian Yörüks are Turkic Turkish group of Anatolia and Balkans. They settled down Anatolia after Seljuks. And they settled down Balkans after Ottomans. Their ancestor’s raided Byzantine lands in Anatolia amd settled down. So they are grandsons of Seljuks. I am half Yörük too.
brayen brian They always identify themselves Turkish and generally they vote for Turkish nationalist parties. They generally care about their Turkish heritage. Stereotypically they known for drinkers, fighters, fun people.
they are yörük turks, but there are also muslim macedonians living in macedonia, have many common things with other mulim nat,ons and partly speak turkish.
They should have there own choice without bringing shame to there family. I agree with Girls keeping there Honor and not be loose like western girls. I also noticed that the Girls all wear Traditional Cloth and are very Modest while the Boys wear Western Cloth to look and feel Cool. After all, it is a men's World but not all men are men.
nothing will satisfy her, if she runs off to the city for education she will need to support herself and pay for the schooling with no support from family. Her poor boyfriend, if she goes with him will just get bored and move to the next excitement that peaks her interest. Its crazy how often people throw away a more natural green lifestyle based around family, to become slaves to an industry that cares nothing for them. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Real Turks (Yoruks) are blonde with blue and Green eyes. Being blonde is very common in Yoruk (Real Turk) Villages. Macedonian blood is not the reason why they are blonde and They don't have macedonian blood because in Yoruks they are not allowed to marry with non - Turks. They are the purest Turks. Before coming to macedonia they were already White. Even in Afganistan Yoruks(Turks) are blonde like balcan Turks, this is about their genetics
Trakyalıyım gayet rahat anladım konuştuklarını. Bizim ailemizde bu kadar baskın şive yok ama bence Trakyalıların çoğu anlar. Bir de hızlı konuşuyorlar, çoğu sözcüğü yutuyorlar ondan dolayı da anlamamış olabilirsin.
Hiç yozlaşma yok Manisa'nın Aydın'ın Adana'nın dağ köylerinde yaşayan yörükler gibiler konuşma biçimleri kıyafetleri birebir aynı inşallah suanda aynı kültürü devam ettiriyorlardır akilli telefon çıktıktan sonra kültürler bozuldu inşallah onlar bozulmamışlardır. Bende manisa yörüklerindenim 30 sene önceye kadar bizim ailenin bayanlarının kıyafetleri birebir bu şekildeydi sonradan değişti tabi şimdi bu geleneklerimiz neredeyse bitti onlara kucak dolusu sevgilerimi ve saygılarımı gönderiyorum yaşasın Türk kardeşliği diyorum 🇹🇷
Biz reşit olmayan hiçbir insanla evlenmeyi düşünemeyiz hatta yaş 20 den sonradır bizim için evlilik ama siz o kadar azmış sadece aklı belden aşağı bir varlıksınız ki insanlığa sığmayacak düşünceler içerisindesiniz.
@@ЕрдинчбалканскаМучиМакедонија belgeseli çekenlerden biri yıllar sonra mümineyle görüşmüş, söylediklerine göre mümine liseyi bitirip istanbula taşınmış, orada biriyle tanışıp evlenmiş.
@@ihonestlydontknow9968 çünkü yıllardır Türkiye onlarla iletişimde onları asla yalnız bırakmadılar derneklerde her zaman oradaydı onların çocuklarıni alıp eğitmek için herşeyi yaptilar
News from Mumine. I was visiting her family this summer in 2018. They told me that Mumine finished the high school, got married and lives now in Istanbul. She found her husband in the internet and felt in love with him. The mother told me "She was running away". But the parents didn`t seem much angry about that. They showed me a picture from the wedding, were the whole family were traveling to Istanbul. The funny fact is, that we gave to Mumine a mobile-telephone after the shooting 2009 as a present. Maybe this was the beginning of something new in her life.
Schling Klang thanks for information could you shoot vol2 about her life in istanbul?
Wonderful documentary. My wife's father came from a small village in Macedonia that was ~50/50 Orthodox/Turk, and I have been to some villages like hers in Anatolia. I hope there will be a sequel, "Mümine in Istanbul."
Thank you so much. It can be really interesting if you shoot the second part.
@@AlparslanE What about the blond boy? He is the best kid
@@SeldenDeemer moruk kızın adı mümine.yani müslüman demek :) nasıl orthodox oluyor
I was surprised to see that they spoke Turkish in their daily lives. Despite being far from the motherland , they managed to preserve the Turkish language and culture.
@rr rr Most of us emigrated from the Balkans. whatever our origins, we define ourselves as Turks.
Culturally, they are one of a well preserved group
Ne sandın lan
@rr rr Even if you identify yourself as a turk. You are a turk
are this minority the one that Turkey blames Macedonia not to treat good?
I am also Yörük, but our part of the tribe stayed in Anatolia. The Yörüks in Balkans were settled there in Ottoman Times as Frontierguard villages.
@cowgirl boots How it could be possible.? Can we see your face prototype.? Would be appreciate.
@cowgirl boots social media?
i am also yörük. we didnt stayed in anatolia, we have been forced to settle by ottoman. some of them obeyed some didnt. that is why ottoman didnt like yörüks.
@@OgedayKaan it called "İskan Policy". It was forced because ottomans wanted make some parts of balkans turkish
@@yumani_ true. but not only balkans but also the teke region and cyprus.
They are speaking Turkish i am an Anatolian Yörük i understand %100 of what they said Without looking subtitles
Hay Allah! Balkanlarda Türklerin yaşadığını yeni mi öğrendin? Bunlar muhtemelen senden çok daha fazla Türk.
@@r.john1 😂😂😂😂
She wants to leave a tobacco farm so she can go to school, join the 1st world and become a doctor.
I'm a doctor who regrets wasting decades in school and wishes he could leave 1st world problems behind to create a tobacco farm.
Weird how the ironies of this life work.
Hello Indy, actually I am studying Medicine 6 year in India start next year at British university Delhi. Do you have any advice for me? I am not 100% set on this, I also live in local village. Pls reply
@@rajeshravindrasharma9014 do it.
@@rajeshravindrasharma9014 if a women has her OWN money she owns the world.
@@marjanmausumi4564 lol wtf hahahaha
bs. lol
Thank you for showing your way of life, it was brave of you and I most appreciate viewing this video.
I wish you all the best for the future, the most important thing is to stay healthy in mind and body.
Do not change your spirit of life for anyone.
Kind regards, from England/UK
Maureen
she's beautiful, it's crazy how fast they age there.... like a single generation away looks like grandparents
Oh my god, the signing in the beginning is so beautiful, I’m tearing up:(
That village is in the Macedonia and they are Turkish. Yörük means walking Turks and these girls can't speak another language
@UCvWr5285s3xWGPL0dVOUUBA kardeşim Makedonya'da yörük köyleri var, onlardan biri ama tam yerini bilmiyorum
Mehmet Yıldız you can clearly hear Mumine speaking Macedonian at school though 😀
Yörük means ''nomadic''Turks and these girls obviously speak Macedonian as the official language
Mehmet Yıldız yoruk means nomadic
@sz kü bence çok güzel birşey.. bri yere bağlanıp kalmıyorlar. özgürler... bizim gibi zincirlenmemişler aynı eve
In Connecticut grows tobacco workes as a teenager and it is very hard work hats off to the lady's who can do this.
The fact that you gotta do it all day, every day, from sunrise till sundown?
undo.kat I'll just assume that you're a troll
Imagine how much worse it is for them since the Turkish varieties dont grow as tall as the American varieties so they crouch even more
From Madagascar. This reminds me of childhood.i am a tobacco girl olso but our tobacco is long not sorts leaves.nice video
This is a fascinating documentary. She seems so sad. I hope she finds happiness.
MatticusPrime1
Thank-you for sympathizing with her sadness. It seems few here in the comments can, and instead project their own feelings and chide her for her “lack of gratitude”. The truth is, her feelings are most definitely valid and carry a weight to them that is beyond what we can touch. She has lived her life and she feels sadness, hopelessness, fear. Who are we to tell her to feel otherwise?
Greetings from Turkey💙Canımız,kardeşlerimiz.
Real village lovers , thanks and love from India
these people have innocence
Simple common country people that modernization could destroy.
They look half East Asian Chinese with European features
@@AKumar528 they are 100% Turkish
She exactly looks like my cousin. Actually she is girl version of my cousin. I don't have any relatives in Macedonia but our ancestors are yörük too. That's interesting. Also, her village life reminded me of my mother's village life. So, I can understand her feelings.
Thank you for this documentary!
Hahah original Turks are east asian small eyes Mongolid nomadic yellow race
21:16 "Ben de fakirin ama aldılar benden de" 🤣
Ben bulgaristan göçmeniyim bizim büyüklerde de az da olsa başlık verilirmiş. Biz de sağlam tütün işlerdik, bunlar gibi hızlı konuşurduk ve en yaygın kadın ismi bizde de mümne 😂
Bravo to all involved in this film!
Even without makeup she is so beautiful ❤️😘 i crush on her ohhh she is so so cute
tOBacco girl stay yourself stay true. Gold and glitter dont mean a thing.
yes my veitname friend.
Emotional film, I respect all culture but in this time I think every girl has the right to being educated and realize her dream to become a good professional and good wife. Thanks for sharing!! God blesses to that girl.
wow everything is a transaction.. but I get it. Value and self worth is big in their culture. I love how raw this video is.. give me an inside look into another culture and how they operate. I hope this girl turned out okay and found some peace in her life. beautiful
Bahtın açık olsun dünyalar güzeli, sen benim atalarımın yadigarısın.
o topraklardan bir Mustafa çıka geldi işte hey yavrum hey
This video is like distilled human emotion.
She is beautiful....
Justin Oclaire yea
Justin Oclaire Looks like a guy
really
Justin Oclaire dont be creepy
Only 1o,ooo euros
Blond power, Mümine is now in Istanbul . She is pleased to be here . Much better conditions financially, I hope she can adopt to this huge city.
They are turks in macedonia yörük are turks and speak turkish
Waydeeper both genetically and linguistically
Waydeeper First of all, turks don’t have mongoloid race, they have turanic ethnicity. Just because they are blonde calling them europeans is a sign of ignorance. Apparently you have never been in turkey cuz lotta people are blonde here with turkish ethnicity
Waydeeper I’m not denying that they might have european genes cuz ya know they have been living in macedonia. No ethnicity is a pure race tho but calling them ‘europeans’ instead of turks would be completely wrong. Moreover your claim on turks being mixed with others and losing their race is a complete bullshit mane. When turks take a dna test most of them get 60-70% turkish ethnicity and the ones who get balkan heredity are probably the ones whose great grandfathers immigrated to anatolia during ottoman rule. As I said before, no people on earth have a pure race so it’s absolutely normal to be mixed in heredity a little
Waydeeper and u sure u have seen turkmens before? ahahahha
Waydeeper In addition our phenotypes may had been changed through the centuries like any other nation in the world, but our turkic blood still remained the same with our nomadic ancestors 2 millenniums ago
Of course there are cultural issues that don't line up with our contemporary values, but over-all it's a very endearing documentary film that shows the innocence of these traditional Turkic peoples of central Europe. As a Turkish person having grown up in assimilatory Australian culture, it was so fascinating to see another of my peoples retaining some old traditions, even though the general Turkish diaspora and the Turks in Turkey have definitely, for the most part, moved into the 21st Century. When leaving your comments on this video, please don't politicize it. If you're Turkish and someone trolls in the comments, don't be triggered. Just ignore it. It's a beautiful thing to see cultural variety still existing in the world today. It was beautiful to see such strong and beautiful family bonds and get an idea of how my ancestors would have lived their village lives a couple of thousand miles away in Gaziantep, in central, south Turkey. Also keep in mind, as stated in the documentary, these Turkic peoples are welcomed into the fabric of contemporary Turkish life in Turkey if they so choose.. As stated in the documentary, if a girl is unhappy living such a traditional life, she usually finds her way to Turkey. Not to say it's all marshmallows and puffy clouds but Turkic culture, although traditional and sometimes set in cultural ways, does not usually bare the same aggressive, Islamist type of patriarchy that you might find in the Arab world.
@Antromoji what's the difference between a settler and an immigrant. A settler by definition IS an immigrant.
As an Englishman, a right winger who despises Islam because my city has been poisoned with Salafism, i have to praise Turkey for its modernity and its cleanliness. Its both modern and traditional. Also the way Turks treat animals is probably my favourite thing and couldn't be more of a contrast to your Arab neighbours
@@lcsulla6415 I don't get why the western converts are so in love with salafism. Its bottom of the barrel islam, most muslims in Turkey just outright detest salafism. Also as an Englishman you should have an idea about the origins of them, French and mostly English spies started the movement to break down Ottomans in 19th century.
Turkey is very modern country , People are very well educated , they have a great history and culture and amazing nature , Social life in turkey is great, family value , neighbors , friends ,you may find some little group of people live this way like any where else, mediterranean culture in general way much better From what they call the west life, mediterranean architecture every thing is way way much better
@rr rr but theyr e turk
@rr rr dude do you realize Turks are nomadic people? Where we go is our home
thats not turkey tho its macedonia
I hope you have gone on to find happiness, Mümine. You deserve to live a life you’d be proud of. It’s such a sad place here, where money means more than family and monetary gains means more than the freedom of your own child. You deserve more, and I hope you’ve given yourself that joy, wherever you are.
Thank-you to the creators of this wonderful documentary as well. The music especially was incredibly drawing:)
zain It is not money for Luxury it I see for sustanance. ( After the collapse of the Empire ( Ottoman) these Turks were subject to all kinds of pressure and hardship.To maintain their identity the lived away from the rest of the society.
Sibel Shinaishin
Oh I definitely agree:) Living through these means unfortunately leads to hard decisions and sacrifice, and that reality was what I was lamenting. These people are of course wonderful people with their own culture and beautiful history, and I think that deserves to be respected and honoured.
I do wish in the future these people find a means to live more bountifully, and are able to live with their communities and family safely and without the need to sacrifice as they have done here.
those turks were sent to balkans to turkify the population by the ottomans, it's amazing they still exist. yörük is turkish for nomad, those people's roots and customs can be traced all the way back to central asia.
This is not true. Those are Yörük Turks who were sent by Ottomans to the Balkans but the aim was not to turkify others. Turkification is the biggest lie. Ottoman lover historians manipulated people. The ottoman was not even pan Turkish. Those people are mostly Karaman Turks who had the biggest opposition of the Ottoman dynasty that's why they divided them. The majority of them sent in different geographies in Anatolia.
@@Yeet-te9mm turkification means muslimification, you are clueless.
The homeland of the Turks is not Central Asia, but the south of the Ural Mountains. They spread from this region to Central Asia and the West. They influenced the Mongols in Central Asia, but they are not racially related to them. The Turks are a Caucasian European race that does not speak Indo-European languages. The Gagauz Turks also live in Moldova, they are blond, their religion is Christian, they still speak Turkish.
it would be nice if they did a follow up
All the women in traditional dress, the men dressed western? What is that?
I did not ponder how. My confusion is why still.
nikada vise
Unfortunately, as a guy myself, and someone who has studied world history, you’re right. The treatment of women in many countries and cultures is absolutely horrible and shocking, and has been for millennia. It’s one of the worlds great injustices and is so hard to stomach, if one reads about our history.
The commenter above me, I ask, put yourself in the shoes of women across the world. Live their lives. Live a day in their shoes- see what they see, feel what they feel. You’ll be shocked to find so much pain and suffering at the hands of others directed at you.
It’s so easy to dismiss another’s hurt. I hope our world can one day understand each other instead of tearing each other down, to validate each others suffering and lift each other up. I believe we will have a world like this:)
@@nikadavise-br9lx u're right
zain This has nothing to do with equality or lack of it. Women cherish their beautiful colorful dresses,some of them are very fancy decorated made painstakingly for special occasions. Yörük women are no push overs,they are cherished by their fathers. I don't think western style clothing represents emancipation I can tell you it hardly is. Western style clothing for women comes with a price; ruined feet and toes, many hours and money spent at beauty salons, etc. Having done all of that most women ask today: Why is it that men don't go through to what women do to look good to women ?
@@sibelshinaishin182 :
Because makeup and fancy dress,
was taken from men through culture.
Both most common in nature.
Fancy dancing males, bland females.
Humans reject the norm.
She is turkish🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷❤️❤️🇹🇷
She is Real Turk (Yörük) 🇹🇷Brunette ones are probably mixed with armenians or arabs, greeks
@@12d-p2i tf are you saying, everyone is. Ancestors had to have kids and there were no turkic women. Because soldiers dont bring women on their horse back. Do the locals and feed them up yourself. Which is the reason we dont call ourselves half. Btw not armenians, but anatolians and persians. Just them.
@@theguy9166 yeah armenians too... Espıcally the Kurdish and east people of Turkey.
@@12d-p2i i think you are really confused, the kurds werent touched on a big scale. So you cant say turks mixed with kurds. Same goes for armenians. It is really anatolia self. Kurds are not included. But its not a really bad thing, it just shows how strong the turkic soldiers were, that even when their kid had a non turkic mother that the kids were able to speak turkish and carry the turkic culture instead of their mothers.
She is Macedonian slavic Muslims,she is wearing traditional slavic dress,all Balkan muslims were called turk before 1914...do dna test
Washed out spinster in her 30’s with the thousand 🐓 stare. “What happened?” “Where did all the men go?”. 😈🤣🤣🤣
Some sentences are incomplete and incorrectly translated.
"not really first grade but ill give you first grade"
hold up on the other story; is my turkish tobacco being mis-labelled?
Think Balkan Sobranie. Those tobacco leaves were much smaller than American tobacco, and I suspect that they were what is called "Turkish/Oriental Prilep tobacco."
@rr rr it's still under the "Oriental" or "Turkish" category of leaf, in the US and in all pipe tobacco blends anyway
Man those older ladies look rugged as fuck. It's hard to imagine that at some point they could have looked as pretty as she does now. Also, the chanting songs are nice
It is a good video highlighting a minority culture in Macedonia. A follow-up would be nice.
Thank you for this amazing video. May I ask the name of the song at the beginning?
Would love a follow up
Where is exactly this village? I will be visiting North Macedonia in September. I can speak Turkish. Do you think I can find a basic accommodation for a few days in the village?
Villages around Radoviş.
@@balporsugu2.0 Thanks! :) have you been there yourself? Can you tell me if there is any possibility for a basic accommodation for like 2 or 3 days?
interesting movie! thanks
Does anyone know the name of the first song?
@@mihaela7413 traditional Turkish song (Türkü)
Bir sürü aptalca yorum var. Bu insanlar kendilerini Türk olarak tanımlıyorlar, konuştukları dil de Türkçe. Bu kadar!
1.17 which music..?? it is so beautiful
Masha Allah from India
this has not had enough activity! more views and likes!
They are muvh prettier in their traditional clothes than in western clothes
Great movie!
Tobacco companies are the biggest drug pushers in the world. Nicotine is extremely addictive and Big Tobacco has been profiting from that for decades if not centuries.
You should check how long big tabaco has been around
which village/ region is that? Makedonya da neresi burası?
Kodžalija village in Radoviš, North Macedonia.
@@mihaela7413 Do you think if I go there I can find some sort of basic accommodation for like 2 days? Paying of course, and I could be happy even with a couch/mattress on the floor. I can speak Turkish
Beautiful film for Macedonia
West Bulgaria
That mountain is Plackovica, above the town of Radovis.
There are many "Yoruk" village's.
I had a lot of Yoruk school mates, since always I have adored their culture, but TV and Internet destroyed everything, their lives changed forever, their tradition fade away 😢
In Macedonia we have saying ((the Stone is weight on his place), if you move it,it is not the same stone anymore).
Love that life beautiful life its normal and sample people love it love it love it wish instead theme
What a sad story
I am also originally a Mecedonian Turk.
Soundtrack please!!
We need Mümine in Istanbul sequel now!
Şaşırdım doğrusu. Trakya aksanı ile Türkçe konuşuyorlar
BEAUTIFULL PEOPLES, TURKS ARE CHILDREN'S OF GREAT PROPHET NOHA PBUH, THEY ARE GREAT KINDFULL LOVEING PEOPLES,
I don't get why the women must dress up in 19th century clothes that cover almost their entire body, while the men wear jeans and t shirts... I saw women working the fields, the packaging and the delivery, while the younger men seem to just be standing around.... Am I missing something here?
She is a müslim.She will wear long dress.
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this is a pre industrial traditions in anatolia and balkans. men are warrior. their job is protecting their family. they generally didnt work in farms. women are responsible from the home. food farm work bla bla..
@@serdarbozkurt8544
🤔 So, as "warriors", the men spend 99.9% of their time just hanging out, shooting the breeze with their neighbor "warriors" , waiting for a war to start, so they can go "protect their families"? You know damn well their wives are like, "WTF kinda bullshit is this"!?
It's one helluva scam! I bet you that many of the "warriors" would pack up and leave the country the second an actual war started!
👉 That's precisely what happened in north Africa after Obama destabilized Egypt and Libya by helping to take out their existing political leadership. Almost as soon as things started getting bad, the men packed up and left, ALONE for southern Europe! Despite the "news" media's dishonest portrayal of them as "mostly women and children refugees", they were actually about 95%+ men! All you had to do was watch live coverage of the refugee camps, and you rarely ever saw a woman OR a child there!
When interviewed and asked why they left Egypt, Libya(and other countries that weren't even at war), their answer was always something like, "I just want to find a job and make more money", or "because I was told I'd be given free money, free housing, free food, etc".
nice one
, imagine the rest. cute stage of life
I like this report but whach contreay ?
Assuming you asked which country is this from- Macedonia
Name of music anybody?
They are not sold.Not a good piece but It is only represented.
There is no way that the father paid 3000 euro for Mumine's school.
Dude, she's graduated from university, gotten a degree, got married and moved to Türkiye
Okay, I know. But in the movie the father says he paid 3000 euro for her school. She was 7th grade by then. She went to some local macedonian school. There is no way he paid 3000.
What village is this??
Very interested to see men’s traditional costumes of this community?
Is this culture Turkish...?
yes, they are Turks and their ancestors moved to the Balkans during the ottoman era as a state policy, approximately beginning of the 14th century. Most of them moved back to Turkey after Turkey was founded. But there are still lots of Turkish people who live in rural areas as you can see. We call them yörük in Turkish, which means Nomad in English.
Turkish culture from 100 years ago lol
Yes they real Turks (Yoruks) and this is Turkish culture
@@savcalrts1189 Western wannabe.
Where this palce
All the people in the comments are delusional if they think women don't demand value. Yeah here they are a little more forward with it then we are in the west these days. Also the whole so young thing creeps me out but if you think a 21 yr old "good looking" women doesn't try to demand a higher value for herself (maybe/ most likely in the west at least her father doesn't get the money/ some other thing of value and she does instead) then you might be fooling yourself.
Going to school was the biggest mistake I have done in my life , I was gentleman respectful person humble etc I lost all my morals , back to my village soon inch llah
I want to run TO that life, not away from it
What language do they speak?
Old Turkish with Slavic accent
@Чичо Радко they are living in the balkans for 700 years of course they look like slavs but what they speak is old turkish with Slavic accent
@Чичо Радко Turks in Anatolia mixed with Anatolian Greeks - Armenians who are dark while those in Balkans mixed with Slavic people.
@@fatihkoc7075 just %15-20? :d
@@federkleid0 Eski yazılar silinmiş, nerede %15 %20 yazıyor gözükmüyor
Poor boys. All women fleeing to Turkey. 😅
Life doesn’t get more traditional than this anywhere in Europe. There are some Gorani villages in Kosovo that are more traditional than the rest of Kosovo, but they’re not as secluded as this.
I was born in Macedonia the 80s, and I would still see older women in traditional clothing in the markets. But, this has practically disappeared. There’s some shift to wear traditional-ish clothing among some young Albanians in Macedonia, but its difficult to call this traditional, since it has little to do with Albanian tradition and more with Arabic and Turkish. It’s made up of plain long dresses and burkhas
These girls do not wear burkha. This is ancient Turkish village dress with loose pants, also similar to all Balkans.
They are Turkish people.
Emperator eee nyyaa is it really? Short answer no, they probably identify themselves Turkish or maybe Ottoman or even maybe Macedonian or another ethnic they know their ancestors had, who knows? It's all about what they identify themselves about.
brayen brian Yörüks are Turkic Turkish group of Anatolia and Balkans. They settled down Anatolia after Seljuks. And they settled down Balkans after Ottomans. Their ancestor’s raided Byzantine lands in Anatolia amd settled down. So they are grandsons of Seljuks. I am half Yörük too.
brayen brian They always identify themselves Turkish and generally they vote for Turkish nationalist parties. They generally care about their Turkish heritage. Stereotypically they known for drinkers, fighters, fun people.
brayen brian And don’t comment about things that you don’t know.
they are yörük turks, but there are also muslim macedonians living in macedonia, have many common things with other mulim nat,ons and partly speak turkish.
Yörük Turks
Ana vatan Türkiye'deki hatunlardan çok daha Alaturka lar yeninlen 😃😃😃
This is sad 😢 so sad 😔
They should have there own choice without bringing shame to there family. I agree with Girls keeping there Honor and not be loose like western girls. I also noticed that the Girls all wear Traditional Cloth and are very Modest while the Boys wear Western Cloth to look and feel Cool. After all, it is a men's World but not all men are men.
nothing will satisfy her, if she runs off to the city for education she will need to support herself and pay for the schooling with no support from family. Her poor boyfriend, if she goes with him will just get bored and move to the next excitement that peaks her interest. Its crazy how often people throw away a more natural green lifestyle based around family, to become slaves to an industry that cares nothing for them. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Really?
Actually you're an idiot. How did people ever become so brainwashed by the worker bee mentality?
Instant gratification...
You call her a slave for wanting to make her own choices in life? you're fucked mate
How is working the tobacco fields "green"? Have you any idea how harmful the shit that goes into that is to you?
Dont seperate Turks with different names. Turk is Turk. They r turkish. They speak turkish thats it
Türkün adı türkçe olur
Why her mom and dad looks like Frank Gallagher?
Turks are whites
buying electronic stuff without a box...ohhh nooo!!!!
Nice wood stove at 18:00
nice documentary..... text could be larger and/or dubed in English.
Real Turks (Yoruks) are blonde with blue and Green eyes. Being blonde is very common in Yoruk (Real Turk) Villages. Macedonian blood is not the reason why they are blonde and They don't have macedonian blood because in Yoruks they are not allowed to marry with non - Turks. They are the purest Turks. Before coming to macedonia they were already White. Even in Afganistan Yoruks(Turks) are blonde like balcan Turks, this is about their genetics
ha=ha-ha...
@@OLGAKOCHARYAN you laugh, but ancient chinese people confirmed this. you can easily find these records on the internet..
Real Turkish phenotype.
@Ebz İSTANBUL bizim koydede tipler böyle onlarda bunlar gibi yörük..esmer olanlar karışmış aslolan bu
@Чичо Радко Approximately 20% of the Turkish population has Nordic features.
@Чичо Радко I meant yellow hair.30-35% of Turks has are blue and green eyes. But more green ..
@@gokhandogan5814 aga abarttın mavi göz o kadar yok ve yeşil göz yine fazla görünse de türkiyede pek yok
Yörükler ve manav türkleri beyazdır ben mersinliyim en esmerimizde bile renkli göz var
Sad these traditions need to die I feel so sorry for these young ladies.
I am yörük
Their Turkish accent is so strong I’m Turkish and I can barely understand them because of their accenys
Trakyalıyım gayet rahat anladım konuştuklarını. Bizim ailemizde bu kadar baskın şive yok ama bence Trakyalıların çoğu anlar. Bir de hızlı konuşuyorlar, çoğu sözcüğü yutuyorlar ondan dolayı da anlamamış olabilirsin.
Gayette anlaşılıyor istanbulluyum hiç şivem yok
Gagavuzca bizim türkçeye en yakın öğrenmeye bile gerek yok :)
Anlamıyorsan düzgün Türkçe bildiğine inanmıyorum :D
@@yumani_ bu gagauzca değil Türkçenin Trakya ağzı
Tobacco farmers should be rich.
Hiç yozlaşma yok Manisa'nın Aydın'ın Adana'nın dağ köylerinde yaşayan yörükler gibiler konuşma biçimleri kıyafetleri birebir aynı inşallah suanda aynı kültürü devam ettiriyorlardır akilli telefon çıktıktan sonra kültürler bozuldu inşallah onlar bozulmamışlardır. Bende manisa yörüklerindenim 30 sene önceye kadar bizim ailenin bayanlarının kıyafetleri birebir bu şekildeydi sonradan değişti tabi şimdi bu geleneklerimiz neredeyse bitti onlara kucak dolusu sevgilerimi ve saygılarımı gönderiyorum yaşasın Türk kardeşliği diyorum 🇹🇷
Bende Adanan´in bir dag köyündenim.Almanyada dogdum ve hala burdayim.Bizim köylülerin seksenlerdeki hali gibi,bizden daha iyi korumuslar.
hangi köyde mümine yaşıyor acaba ? Öğrenebilrimiyiz ?
Emperator hayir koyune gidip burdan turkeyden belki yardim gonderebiliriz ama siz sapiklar hep akliniz orda
Biz reşit olmayan hiçbir insanla evlenmeyi düşünemeyiz hatta yaş 20 den sonradır bizim için evlilik ama siz o kadar azmış sadece aklı belden aşağı bir varlıksınız ki insanlığa sığmayacak düşünceler içerisindesiniz.
@@ЕрдинчбалканскаМучиМакедонија belgeseli çekenlerden biri yıllar sonra mümineyle görüşmüş, söylediklerine göre mümine liseyi bitirip istanbula taşınmış, orada biriyle tanışıp evlenmiş.
@@ihonestlydontknow9968 çünkü yıllardır Türkiye onlarla iletişimde onları asla yalnız bırakmadılar derneklerde her zaman oradaydı onların çocuklarıni alıp eğitmek için herşeyi yaptilar
Really sad
upgraded version of trachea turks
Didn’t know ppl liek this existed