Ciao gente ahah,
Partirò per la Turchia tra 3 settimane per una vacanza/rifacimento dentale. Mi chiedo come sia Istanbul rispetto all’essere un turista nero.
Ero ad Antalya all’inizio di quest’anno con altri 2 miei amici neri e dato che avevamo noleggiato un’auto non eravamo molto sui trasporti pubblici.
anche quando andavamo al mercato e semplicemente passeggiavamo per la città di Antalya sembrava quasi che non vedessero il nostro colore.
di tanto in tanto avevamo persone strane che cercavano di truffarci e di farci pagare troppo, ma credo che dato che eravamo un gruppo di 3 persone non erano così persistenti perché anche noi sembriamo un po’ inavvicinabili, immagino.
ma questa volta ci vado da solo😬
Non voglio essere amichevole, ma a volte, quando sei troppo amichevole, le persone cercano di approfittare della tua gentilezza, soprattutto in posti dove non riesci a capire la lingua madre.
ragazzi, potreste darmi qualche consiglio su come muovermi a Istanbul?
Essendo una persona di colore, sono anche leggermente interessato alla vita notturna, quindi apprezzerei alcuni consigli su quali locali o bar frequentare e su come comportarmi di notte.
ovviamente sono un ragazzo quindi non mi dispiacerebbe una ragazza turca 😂 allora com’è la situazione per quanto riguarda le donne e i ragazzi neri a Istanbul 😭😂
ho aggiunto alcune mie foto ahah, sembra sempre meglio quando le persone possono immaginare che aspetto hai.
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No problem if you don’t cause any trouble 🙂
I’m not from Istanbul myself, so I can’t give many tactics, but if you are comfortable with your skin color in Antalya, you will be much more comfortable in Istanbul because it is a much more international place. (By the way, people are trying to write KARA BOĞA in letters in the comments, which means black bull, its not a offensive thing just a joke :))
Aww. I love how progressive our touristic vendors are. They don’t discriminate people by their colour and they just scam everyone. Wholesome af 
Buy İstanbulkart.
Install Istanbulkart application.
Install Moovit in your phone.
Moovit is a good app that helps your travel gives you recommendations about which metro, ferry or metrobüs you should use.
Avoid being in traffic between times 18:00-19:45.
Enjoy your Travel.
Travel with ferry if you can.
Visit Dolmabahce Palace,
Visit BJK Tüpras Stadium
Visit BJK Kartal Yuvası (under the stadium) Buy some scarf, badge, t-shirt or even jersey. Beşiktaş people welcomes Black people with Beşiktaş product warmly.
Klein, Klein Phoenix, Kastel these are famous night clubs for Istanbul. They are okayish… Check bugece.co website it’s organizator and maybe you can buy ticket for your specific DJ or Musician.
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you’ve been warned
Istanbul is like any other megacity. It can absolutely be dangerous, just like anywhere else. but generally speaking, you’ll one among 16 million other people there, so you won’t really stand out much. Plenty of other black folks in the city. Turks tend not to be racist towards black people, but in smaller places, you may be approached by people who are just curious. They’ll want to chat with you, test their English etc. It’s all quite innocent. But again, it is a megacity, there are a lot of unsavory types there, who will absolutely fuck you in every conceivable way if you let them. Beware.
There is no racism against black people in Turkey. If you go to a night club, can find girls who wants to try black D 😅
Osayi samuel?
would it be a smarter idea to buy my drinks before going to the club just to eliminate the chances of being scammed ?😂
– locals will do anything to scam anyone, doesnt matter if ur german, russian, arab or black
– most turkish people have sympathy for black people
– there will probably be turkish chicks at clubs that will find you attractive, just be yourself, try having a small talk but move on if its a no. also watch out if they are with or without men. turkish men might be jeaolous of you due to anatomical reasons lmao
– dont get in fights or discussions with turks, ik there arent crip or bloods gangs out there but the patience and tolerance of the society in general are literally 0 at this moment due to current situation of turkey (bad economy, overall bad life quality etc…) just stay in your lane, enjoy yourself and the time being in turkey.
note: any local here can correct me if I talked bullshit
have fun cuz
You will have a worse time in US than in Turkey.
We will say N word to your face but we dont hate you. Karaboga, zenci got and N word. You’ll hear those things. We have lot of illegal immigrants which means you aint safe in istanbul. so if you a college boy our slums may treat you little harsh 🙂
Okay so honestly it doesn’t matter which colour you are. They will try to scam you. They even scam Turkish people who usually live abroad 😅
Haha bro 😅 🤣 😁 😳 😬
Nobody gives a damn, this is not America. Race means nothing.
You do not have anything bad nor good against you.
So; no privileges, no exemptions.