Turkey's Black Sea Region – a Journey Off the Beaten Path

Would you dance along?
By the way, Sarah was there at the end of October and a little surprised by the early snowfall. ❄😀
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00:00 Intro at the Black Sea
00:35 Map where we are
00:50 Kaçkar Mountains
02:48 Sumela Monastery
03:40 Tonya
04:25 Sayraç village, visiting a family that speaks Romeyka
06:34 Fırtına river valley, Turkish food at Kalif Cafe
07:50 The tea region of Rize
08:39 Riding a zipline
09:47 Dance and music from the Black Sea region

CREDITS
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera: Kazım Kızıl
Editing: Philipp Czegka
Supervising editors: Christina Deicke, Elisabeth Yorck
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[nihadnsirov]

I have lived 5 years of my life around that region. It has extremely valuable beauty. Trabzon'a selamlar!

[evodemm]

These area is a very big hidden gem in Turkey.

[paolosantiago]

Turkey/Türkiye is definitely one of the countries you need to visit. I wish all the best for this country.

[KausarAnjum-lfxv]

Turkiye has the most amazing places, people's & food... The energy during your dance are upto the mark👍👍👍

[AD-yqrl]

Romeykas are Greek-speaking ethnic Zan people (ancestors of modern-day Laz people) who were assimilated by the Greek invaders coming from the Peloponnese region. Namely, they are NOT Greek. Stop spreading misinformation, Deutsche Welle.

[LashaRides]

Turks are so lucky to have inherited all this beauty (natural and cultural) from the past civilizations of Anatolia.
Hope to ride and explore there someday soon 🏍
Warm regards from neighboring Georgia 👋

[MarlonESolo]

The Turks were actually coffee drinkers, but after the loss of the Arabian Peninsula during the First World War, the coffee route was interrupted and after the founding of the state, tea became the national drink

[MariaO]

I started crying when she said words like “Deftas”, we are still using them in my family but my grandparents used them a lot more. My great-grandfather was born in Gümüşhane but moved to Akdağmaden (Yozgat) when he was still a baby. He was a teacher in Turkey but when they moved to Macedonia Greece, the state gave people subsidies to become farmers so that’s what he did. He and the family before him were extremely tall, that’s why he got the name “Uzunoğlu”. When moving to Greece, people had the opportunity to translate their names completely or only partially. To this day my name still starts with Uzun but a Greek ending was added to it :)(many Pontus Greeks but also Greeks from Cappadocia, Istanbul and Izmir still have Turkish names in Greece.. the ending “oglu” is also still very common because a lot of people never changed it). I am from a community that keeps Pontian traditions very strongly.. there are only Pontian instruments, dances, and music with Pontian lyrics at our gatherings. We make pişi (we call it pişia) and muhlama / kuymak very often. And I still have aunts that speak Turkish because their parents spoke Pontian and Turkish with them at home. My family doesn’t even live in Greece anymore but the Pontian traditions always stay. Today I have a Turkish fiancé (his family also left Thessaloniki and Thraki and went to Turkey in the population exchange). We haven’t had the chance to visit Karadeniz yet, but it will be amazing when we go with the whole family, my father will be so so so happy❤️

PS: I say Pontian because that is the correct term. Most people in Greece don’t even know that you still use the term Rum or Romeyka.. and in my opinion Rum fits more to Greeks from Istanbul for example. When I try to explain to a Turkish person where I am from, I usually just say that I am Laz.

[mistalion]

Çok mrak ediyorum acaba DW Balkanlarda özellikle de Yunanistandaki yok edilmiş olan Türklüğü hiç konu edinmiş midir?

[serhansar..]

If the German state channel has failed to make positive news about Turkey, they are definitely preparing a cooperation plan that suits their interests.

[kurtulustourism]

Thank you, Sarah, for recognizing how beautiful Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Türkiye (Turkey) is. It is surely an up-and-coming, fast-growing tourist attraction that is still unknown to many tourists. Also, Rize now has its own AIRPORT so tourists can fly in and out comfortably .

[ulubatlı-qy]

DW is a german crusader minded broadcast channel known for its hostility towards Türkiye, and as a Turk, I do not see this channel as objective. In each of DW's news and documentaries about Turkey, issues such as the ethnic minority living in Turkey, the victimization of ethnic minorities, and the creation of bias against Turks by blaming the Turkish state of acting “wrong “ against ethnic minorities are examined. An attempt is made to give a hidden subliminal message here too.

[IbrahimYaman-ebth]

Türkiye seems like Switzerland. The video was amazing 😍

[govaert]

The whole Eastern-Turkey region is simply beautiful and culturally very diverse!

[itziarleso]

Great trip, great video! The landscapes are really beautiful!
My favorite part was journalist Sarah engaging in the Horon dance at the end of the video! Always fun to watch people dance together.

[tolga]

East karadeniz is definetelly hidden gem

[Muslimspledge]

thank you for sharing this video and the dancing. Turkey is great. The countries full of tradition are always so full of open arms and welcoming hands You do not experience this feeling anywhere in western culture

[BC-nspx]

We have everything, thats for sure. Even more inlands!

[Ondrakku]

thats really nice to see my hometown here. as a local, you pointed out good points of my beautiful hometown. best time to travel is june or july. it is less rainy. august and september is rainy after september our highlands getting covered with snow until early May. the reporter mentioned about Romeika but didnt mention about Laz and Hamshin languages. these two languages are also about to distinct and if she would see in september, she could see the local's worship to Hawks. it is also really interesting and unique tradition about people who live in eastern black sea region. Even though our favorite dish seemed "muhlama" in this video, we also have interesting and tasty dishes with anchovy and kale. If you can find a local friend, step out from touristic path and try to attend a local wedding ceremony. Also I saw my childhood friend in this video, it was really nice surprise to see him here.

[Life_in_Motion-By]

I like DW’s documentaries. It gives me genuine insight of the societys and beauty of the places. I am Turkish and from that area. Good to see it from German perspective. Good job guys 🎉