An American Attempts Turkish City Names

[00:00:00]Hi, I'm an American. And I'm here to [music] botch some Turkish cities cuz I sure as heck can't speak Turkish or whatever the language is over there.

[00:00:07]Sorry, not sorry.

[00:00:09]>> [laughter] >> America. Edirne. Edirne. Sounds like a Japanese fighting move. Kirklareli. Just Kirklareli out, dude. Kirklareli. What is his name? Kirklareli? Who the heck is a Kirklareli? What the freak are you talking about? Turkey, speak to me, Turkey. What's going on over there right now? You guys got some hidden agenda I don't know about, some ulterior motive over there in the country of Turkey. So, let me know. Tekirdag. Dude, what is that? Is that an accent mark? What is that? It's like a hump or not a hump, it's a reverse hump. It'd be a a dip.

[00:00:35]You got a dip or a freaking trough right above. How does that work? That just looks like a poorly made hyphen. It's like a hyphen that got destroyed by gravity.

[00:00:43]>> [laughter] >> Corlu. Istanbul. Oh, excuse me, that's Constantinople. I will not have any discrimination against Roman Catholics or Orthodox Catholic. I can't remember what Constantine was. Excuse me.

[00:00:53]Gaziemir. What the heck? Oh, no, that's Gebze. That's my favorite character from my favorite show, Gebze.

[00:00:58]>> [laughter] >> Eskişehir. Bat, dude, if you see a bat, watch out. Karlıova. Dude, there's a weird accent mark. I like it. I don't like when you put the accent mark underneath the letter. Karlıova.

[00:01:10]Kale, like the vegetable. Balıkesir. Or Balıkesir. Balıkesir. Balıkesir. I barely know >> [laughter] >> Bandırma. Band- Bandırma. Bandırma.

[00:01:21]Bursa. Bursa pain. Yalova.

[00:01:24]Kahramanmaraş. What do you mean? Why is that quotation?

[00:01:28]They're not quotation marks. Why is that parentheses? Ismet. More like is that Am I right, my fellow Indians? Zonguldak.

[00:01:34]Zonguldak. Ereğli. Ereğli. Ereğli.

[00:01:40]Düzce. Düzce. Ilgaz. Düzce. Bolu.

[00:01:42][music] Bilecik. Bolu.

[00:01:45]BOLU. BOLU.

[00:01:48]>> [laughter] >> THAT'S TOO OVER EXAGGERATED. OH, is that a umlaut? This isn't Germany. Kütahya.

[00:01:54]My 1 1 millionth German of me since I'm every nationality in the world. Every nationality and ethnicity, there we go.

[00:02:00]Usak Usak Misak Afyonkarahisar, it's like Budweiser, but it's Turkish beer. Turk Turgutlu Yutgatler Manisa says me seed. My favorite city Izmir Salihli Sokak Dudak Uzumla Mugla Mugla more like Mowgli from The Jungle Book Denizli more like Denzel Washington Fethiye Alasehir Nevsehir That's how my Turkish people sound I don't know what I'm doing. Antalya It entails that you yeah and the Gulf of Antalya Burdur more like Burdur Skate 3 Isparta more like Sparta Konya more like Kenya How many African Americans or just Africans live in Turkey? Let me know in the comments.

[00:02:47]Bartin Karabuk Ankara It [music] looks like the capital of the country Ankara Kirikkale Kirikkale Who is Kirikkale?

[00:02:54]Why is he in Turkey? Kastamonu That sounds like a wizard. Cankiri Yozgat It looks like yogurt to me if I blink twice and shove some acid in my eyes. Kirsehir What is that accent mark? Kirsehir Kirsehir Kirsehir Kirsehir everywhere Nevsehir Nevsehir Aksaray You know everyone knows that scientific term.

[00:03:16]Eregli Karaman more like Caravan [music] Inegol It looks like Inegol. Mersin Why is this in parentheses? This is like if I put parentheses under Istanbul and put Constantinople. Tarsus That sounds Greek. Adana That doesn't [music] sound Greek. ANTIOCH WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S IMPORTANT. That place is important. My Catholic ancestor says this is important. Iskenderun Ceyhan Corum Amasya Sinop Synopsis of the city if you will. Bafra Sounds like Mothra and Battra from Godzilla. Samsun That literally looks like Samsung without a G, dude. Is Samsung actually located in northern Turkey? Why didn't you guys tell me this? Amasya Tokat Tokat sounds like a Klingon name. Sivas, civilization 17, never.

[00:03:56]Malatya, going to yell at you, Malatya, OR MALATIAS YOU.

[00:04:00]>> [laughter] >> KARAMANA, KARAMAN, KARAMAN, KARAMANMARASH.

[00:04:05]OSMANIYE, KILAS, I don't know what that says. Gaziantep, Gaziantep sounds like Egyptian. Sanliurfa, out of here, man, you're out of here, man. Elazig, Tunceli, Erzincan.

[00:04:18]Is this where gums made? Kahramanmaras.

[00:04:21]>> [laughter] >> Giresun, [music] Trabzon. That sounds like a polygon. Rize, rise, isn't that the girl from freaking Persona 4 or whatever? Artvin, art is artvin, is it viral? Do you spread it through the people? Artvin, Kars, Erzurum, Bingol.

[00:04:35][music] Bingol, is that what they say in Turkey when they get five numbers in a row or in a diagonal or whatnot? Oh my god, they literally have a place called Batman.

[00:04:41]I am the Euphrates and the Tigris. I guard the Garden of Eden.

[00:04:45]>> [laughter] >> Bayburt, Sirnak. A lot of here places, not there places. Mardin, Sirnak, Sirnak, is where they cook. Sirnak, Sirnak, Kirkuk, Kirkuk, a lot of Kirkuk and Kirkuk places. Bitlis, biteless, no teeth, you're biteless. They literally have a place called Van. REALLY? A MAN DOWN BY THE RIVER, DOWN BY THE LAKE.

[00:05:03]>> [laughter] >> AKSARAY, SOUNDS like harakiri. Sounds a little too close to harakiri, Turkey, what are you talking about? What? The dog, Urfa, Hatay, Usak.

[00:05:12]>> [laughter] >> I don't know why I'm yelling that.

[00:05:13]Igdir, Agri, Igne and Agri, right? Is that what it is? Mus, Nigde.

[00:05:18]>> [laughter] >> Ordu, the order of Ordu.