Турецкий язык > Learn Turkish in USA > TRIP to TURKEY Learn Turkish 2018
my name is Daniel I'm an adventurer who
likes to read things take pictures and
learn about all the new stuff I can
absolutely love Maps my name is Katia I
love meeting new friends reading books
and writing realistic fiction and names
i just adore people's names they're just
fascinating we're about to take a really
big field trip why don't you come along
Istanbul is the only city in the world
that is on two continents Europe and
Asia check it out a map Wilson's
Istanbul is a city on two continents the
biggest that means the country Turkey is
located on two continents the Western
three percent is located in Europe while
the Eastern ninety-seven percent is
located in Asia a straight talker
Bosphorus separates the two continents
the Bosphorus looks like a river on the
map but to really call it straight
because it's a large water source that
connects to CS so straight connect to
seize in the case of turkey and the
bussers those seas are the black sea and
the sea of marmara turkey is just over
four hundred eighty-five thousand square
miles in size sounds big but that means
it's just slightly larger than the state
of Texas that seems kind of small to us
here in America but compared to some
countries in Europe it is kind of big
like two and a half times the size of
Italy or larger than France the United
Kingdom put together the language spoken
in Turkey is Turkish gob gobble no not
that Turkey silly Turkish language of
Turks I'm just like here in the United
States there are variations of that
language like different accents and
pronunciations for words depending on
which part of the country they are
spoken and many people speak English in
camels and deserts and people flying
around a magic card from this one they
think attorney but the fact is turkeys
are very modern in industrialized
country people drive modern cars they're
big cities and nearly everyone has a
cell phone or at least it seems that way
Turkey's population is about 72 million
people here in the United States we have
more than 300 million that means there
are about four times as many people here
in the United States but we live in a
country more than four times the size of
turkey that means turkey is more crowded
than the United States most of the
people in Turkey live in cities during
our chip we visited three big cities the
biggest city in the United States is
near city just over 8 million people
istanbul has a population of nearly 12
million people and that's a lot of
people we also visited Ankara a city of
a mere 4.5 million people and is mere
with a population of nearly 4 million
now all of those numbers some really big
we thought the best way to start a
journey was to get small how about a
place where we can see three thousand
years of history and manicure mini a
located in the heart of Istanbul mini a
Turk is like previewing our trip in
miniature 105 models of turkey's most
prominent buildings and monuments are
displayed in a huge part each building
is in 125th scale that means they are 25
times smaller than the real-life
counterpart or 12 I fit the actual sets
it doesn't take long to realize that
this country has an incredible sights
that are rich in history get ready
because we're about to see some of these
incredible places full-sized and for
the first coins ever made were minted in
Turkey in the 7th century BC how old is
that how about since before the
beginning of recorded time everywhere
you look in Turkey you're reminded that
the world is very old we visited the
museum Anatolian civilization this is
one of the richest museums in the world
and they have artifacts that date back
to the kneel at the gage today that
period is known as the Stone Age that
means it's really really all some of the
artifacts in the museum or nearly 10,000
years old back when man first began to
make tools and then use the tools to
create objects that resembled and
celebrated the world around them as we
walked through the museum but he's like
watching a man-girl of the artifacts
became more ornate they became more and
more sophisticated and they were all
quite beautiful it seemed like
everywhere we looked there was another
amazing discovery the museum is a cool
place to see the world through the eyes
of ancient humans to place for ordinary
things like jugs to hold water become
art and it was just a ton of fun Oh II
soon found out we didn't have to be in
the indoor museum to get a first-hand
this is Ephesus an ancient city
originally settled thousands of years
ago it eventually became an important
part of the Roman Empire but it was
destroyed by the Goths in the 3rd
century as you can see its wonders in
the spirit that built them are still
it's hard to imagine something so grand
could have been built nearly 2,000 years
ago without cranes and bulldozers and
it's hard to imagine there's even more
great stuff to see on our Turkish
adventure but there is almost everywhere
you look in turn you can see evil eye
charms some people think they protect
my name is Jonathan done I'm from Reno
Nevada and I'm studying here at yo mama
and for my 10th and 11th grade since the
systems are different so would you guys
like to see what's different about our
schools compared to the schools in
America sure all right come on firstly
well we have gates at all of our schools
which is and we have a security guard
well this is our library as you see it's
not like most libraries and below we
have the mosque you guys know what a
mosque is this is our library that's up
here and down below here is also our
mosque this is a normal classroom in
yeah they do and unlike in America where
we go to other classes we stay in the
same class and the teacher comes to us
this is one of our sign terms our
physics room and our education system
like how we learn is much more different
in Turkey in high school it's all for
one test and that one test says what you
can be what university you can go to so
it's studying is very very important
especially here in Turkey did you hear
them say that they spend their entire
education preparing for one test and
that test determines what job they will
have when they grow up whoa we better
get studying there's math a key
language babe dick check been a fair
game you shall get hey boo eat k
except for that one super humongous
gigantic mega test Turkish schools are
pretty much like American schools yeah
but that test all right well that's a
normal Turkish school what you guys
think i liked it i thought it was really
there are many religions in the world
Judaism Hinduism Christianity Islam in
America Christianity is the most popular
form of worship in God and Turkey the
most popular religion is Islam people
who practice Islam or Muslims people who
practice Christianity I'll call
Christians just like here in America
where not everyone as a Christian not
everyone in Turkey as a Muslim
Christians do worship freely in Turkey
however not many Christians called
Turkey home that wasn't the case 1500
years ago back then the region was a
very important place for Christians and
Christianity remember Ephesus while
emphasis is referred to in the Christian
New Testament Paul's epistle to the
Ephesians gives instructions to the
Church of Ephesus on how to be a better
church imagine walking in places that
were mentioned in the Bible well we did
just that these are the ruins of st.
John's Basilica a church built upon the
Christianity teaches that after Jesus
went to heaven his apostles were sent to
faraway places to tell about him the
Apostles John and Paul traveled to Asia
Minor or in tortilla and it's called
today Turkish from this city st. John
and others spread the gospel throughout
the whole region remember the story at
the birth of Jesus what was Jesus
mother's name right Mary well Jesus
asked John to take care of his mother
after he died it is believed that John
brought her with him to Turkey and this
is her home where she lived today Turkey
maintains the site as an important
destination for Christians as we tied a
little patch of cloth to symbolize a
prayer we could almost feel st. Mary
throughout turkey we found other
examples of just how intertwined
Christianity is to the fabric of Turkish
culture like the incredible mosaics that
decorate the ceiling at the Museum of
st. saviour inch hora it was once a
church in the huge Church of Holy wisdom
or aya sofia for 900 years it was the
biggest church building in the world
many important decisions that still
affects Christian worship today were
muslims worship too they call God Allah
and follow the Prophet Muhammad who
wrote their holy book the Quran and
everywhere in Turkey you'll see the
buildings for Muslims pray to Allah
mosques the first thing we learned is
that you have to take off your shoes
before entering a mosque let's turn our
respect for Allah by keeping the carpets
and the mosque clean the Muslim is
called a pair of five times a day call
to prayers heard at dawn at the midday
about the middle of the afternoon just
after sunset end at nightfall about two
hours after sunset it was really neat to
hear the call to prayer every day is
like a little reminder to take time and
remember to pray one thing you'll also
notice in Turkey is that many women wear
scarves around their heads these are
meant to shroud the face Muslim
tradition requires that both men and
women dress modestly in public and for
women that means covering their heads in
turkey scarves come in many shapes and
sizes and are very pretty but since
turkey is a secular nation that's a
nation separate from the religions of
its people like the United States the
wearing of scarves is optional from what
we saw most women and girls cover their
heads the men and boys just just like
the men and boys in the United States
one thing is for sure just like
Christianity is very important to many
here in America Islam is a big part of
Turkish life amen or as Muslim said the
people in Turkey greet each other with a
kiss on the left cheek followed by a
kiss on the right chief almost every day
of our trip we got to visit people in
their homes we met new friends we ate we
gave and received presents we ate and we
ate like I said we ate most of the
people in Turkey cities live in
apartment buildings we saw beautiful
tiles decorating walls and floors we
climbed lots of stairs to our hosts
homes when we arrived we took off your
shoes before going inside then it was
time for handshakes and kisses and cheek
pinching life then we ate na na n8 first
we had salad with different kinds of
breads then there is always some type of
soup off the lentils followed by
appetizers we had dishes with noodles
and dishes with rice most of all we had
dishes with lamb we had ram kebabs lamb
meatballs shredded lamb lamb stuffed
noodles it was good that we like lamb
it's like a Thanksgiving dinner every
meal instead of turkey we had lamb after
dessert usually some type of baklava
another sweet nutty flaky pastry we
would sit around and talk or take a tour
of the house we took long photos to
share the kids where we live we brought
along a game that is popular where we
live to teach and play with the kids we
we gave each host family a copy of the
game to thank them for hosting us into
our surprise there gives for us to
change most of the people we met did not
speak much English but wanted to try the
words they knew because we don't speak
Turkish except for a few words we were
glad for translators missile Jai and mr.
bull all helped us to connect with our
hosts and to help us feel at home many
visitors day Turkey only get to eat in
the wonderful restaurants but we were
privileged to enjoy turkish food as it
should be with friends and warm
hospitality we traveled east we traveled
West two continents I see a straight
city streets great highways in the
valleys over mountains talk about math
lovers paradise you didn't really try
this adventure stuff it helps keep off
I had the chance to learn so many new
names and better yet new friends i think
when i get older and have children of my
own i'm going to have a really tough
time naming them means how are you
if you're gonna buy stuff a turkey
you're gonna need some new lira that's
the currency in Turkey like our dollar
when we were there one Turkish new lira
was about the same as 75 cents in
american money now that we have our
Turkish money take me to the mall
Turkey's got some the better that Grand
the grand bazaar in Istanbul is pretty
much like a mall oh it's the oldest
inner shopping area in the world how
bizarre it is a dash drink but it is
the Grand Bazaar was built in the 15th
century and is still the largest covered
market in the world with more than 58
streets in 4000 shops that's right 4000
shops they sell everything jewelry to
pottery different fumes to clothing to
food to knickknacks to household
supplies and of course carpets it's a
magic Turkish carpets you're in the
grandmas are the oldest bazaar in the
role you see this rugs abracadabra he'd
change colors it's made in the hand is
magic it flies everybody's leave home
flies round home gorgeous carpet you
touch my carpet feel there is all from
Babyland move Turkish carpets our hands
nodded by people with small hands these
will need carpets have as many as eight
hundred knots per square inch a carpet
besides he showed us can take up to a
year to complete wien find any magic
flying carpet so between a quarter and a
half a million people shop at these
bazaars every day and it's not just
taurus everyone in istanbul shops here
all this shopping makes me tired I need
a break how about me excursion to the
Asia spa one the most exclusive spots in
the country I tripped the turkey just
won't be complete without a Turkish bath
well very few children get to visit a
smile like this one most kids do spend
oh and of course when you're done Roxy
well you eat again some pamper their
bodies lost some pamper their minds I
finished up my shop and by doing one of
my favorite things to relax the book
bizarre but one could grow one children
run the government on national
independence and children's day every
April 23rd
atatürk said children are a new
beginning of tomorrow and Hugh mustafa
kemal nicknamed editor or a father of
the Turks was the founder of the
Republic of Turkey so he's like the
George Washington of charity yeah
something like that except that he lived
less than a hundred years ago his photo
is hanging all over the place especially
on 23 Nissan that's April 23rd Cherokees
because Ataturk believed that children
are important he also declared
independence day to be children's day on
that day children take over the Grand
National Assembly that means they run
the government for a day cool I had a
clear that we make a new law free sugar
dancer everyone other kids perform plays
songs and dances in their schools or in
stadiums for everyone to see we got to
see thousands of kids in costumes
performing the biggest stadium in Ankara
the capital city kids practice every day
at school to prepare for this big day
after the presentation we got to meet
some of their performers of course I
wanted to know their names so we
exchanged contact information the kids
we met on 23 Nissan is where our trip
we're family to us they always tried out
the English they knew yeah all kids in
Turkey of English classes at school I
didn't start learning Turkish until we
traveled to Turkey and beyond that we
communicated with laughter hugs and
smiles you know the kids in Turkey are a
whole lot like us they like ice cream
cookies watching TV listening to music
and hanging out with friends including
new friends like us that's pretty cool
41 I didn't even know there was such a
place as turkey now I know turkey is not
just a bird it's a country to Turkey was
a wonderful experience for me and that I
made so many new friends tho those
trannies kids I've ever met in the few
days that we were there I saw learns and
gained respect analog for nokia I
learned so much and had so much fun
thank you for joining us on our really
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