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Intro
0:00I literally have just booked a ticket to
0:03go to Istanbul
0:05cheers thank you never been to Istanbul
0:08never really wanted to go to Istanbul
0:10yeah
0:11but the good thing about Istanbul is the
0:13stumble never sleeps during last night
0:16said am I going to see my family do you
0:18want to go how would you say chocolate
0:19croissant
0:28I actually asked my dad I said Dad okay
0:31turkey goes wonderful place son just met
0:34Hezbollah in Istanbul I'm going to be
0:36vlogging while I'm away so it's a
0:38business trip
0:39see if the accountants agree with that
Airport
0:41Porsche Garden is
0:43James Smith vloguna Istanbul I'm
0:47currently at the airport Duran was very
0:48late I literally booked the flight at 10
0:5118 when I needed to be at the airport
0:53for 10 55 so I had 25 minutes to pack
1:04what do you want taking you to the
1:06motherlands the motherlands it's gonna
1:09be good literally you've got here what
1:1145 minutes I literally got here perfect
1:14timing I'm gonna land in the evening
1:16Istanbul but the good thing about
1:17Istanbul is Istanbul never sleeps uh how
1:20you say hello madhub and how would you
1:22say thank you
1:24how would you say chocolate croissant
1:29refused to live there traffic people
1:31Madness laws there is no [ __ ] laws
1:34and I'm so excited for you to see about
1:36it you're gonna understand me more
1:38when you see turkey uh b48 wasn't it
1:42my name is James hello I'm from the UK
1:46and if you think about history like
1:47everyone's everything's been through
1:49that area off everything I mean sapiers
1:51we're an uneducated man does the white
1:53man get taken advantage of yes every man
1:56will get taken every man will get taken
1:57up advantage of if you're not sure he's
1:59smart so what I mean by that is if
2:00something is a pound it's not a pound my
2:02friend it's probably about 30 [ __ ] P
2:05hello sir
Flight to Istanbul
2:07very good cheers thank you
2:11hi there how are you hello
2:13[Music]
2:16stay humble we're going to be smoking
2:18shisha looking at the boss press where's
2:19the bus press the prosperous is the
2:22connects between Asia and Europe the
2:24bridge there's a couple Bridges so I'm
2:25going to be in Europe looking at Asia
2:27passage sorry what currency do they use
2:29what uh Turkish news
2:36you like my [ __ ] crisps I was asleep
2:39he ate my [ __ ] Chris I woke up and I
2:42was I woke up I was like this when I was
2:43in my sleep
2:46I was so excited because I saw a [ __ ]
2:48trolley and he ate my [ __ ] Christmas
2:50there's no more snacks left on my flight
2:53I lived in turkey when I was 16 years
2:55old I was playing football there went
2:57there every summer pretty much all my
2:59life so tonight gonna show Smith like
3:01let's say like the bougie part of
3:03Istanbul the day after I'm gonna take
3:04him to my family and my grandparents I'm
3:07even gonna show him and my family
3:09technically squatted before building
3:11before building a building Julie here
3:14ate my crisps
3:16that's Julie she ate my crisps I'm
3:19addicted to better call Salt I don't
3:21care who knows Better Call Saul it's a
3:24spin-off for Breaking Bad you've seen
3:25breaking bad I've never seen her you and
3:27I are over get the get the Brewing go
3:3030.
3:33Cherry humble
Nusr-et
3:38it's time yeah
3:49it's two in the morning it's maybe later
3:51than two in the morning we are in the
3:53Shangri-La in Istanbul and we need to
3:55talk about this I just met hasbullah
3:57just met Hezbollah in Istanbul
4:00we just met Hezbollah if you were to
4:03create a list of people do you want to
4:04meet in the world has bullets on it I
4:06don't care who you are but let's let's
4:07rewind the story a little bit here we
4:09went to Nazareth
4:10[Music]
4:20[Applause]
4:20[Music]
4:31oh my God
4:37foreign
4:38[Music]
4:45because one of your footballer mates
4:47message you put us on the guest list we
4:50had the best went to the front of the
4:53queue so we're like we're riding on a
4:54high right yeah then we get a sick table
4:56and we have the golden burger and the
4:59golden Tomahawk and when we looked at
5:00the price menu we couldn't believe it
5:02our meal
5:03[Music]
5:09foreign
5:13[Music]
5:34[Music]
5:42our meal costs less than what Most
Hasbulla
5:45states do in the other restaurants it
5:46was cheaper to fly out here and have
5:48nostrad than go to nostrad in London we
5:50get out we're feeling a bit of four
5:51we're like let's walk it off a bit let's
5:53walk it off how far is the walk back to
5:54the hotel hour and 20 minutes hour and
5:5720 minutes more than that yeah most
5:59people shy away from that yeah it's a
6:01bit far to walk not us we're like we're
6:02athletes right so we're walking back
6:04stop off here have a little look here
6:06have a little look there Darren should
6:07get a bottle of water yeah stay hydrated
6:09we're walking and Smith was like he
6:11pointed to the left and he goes is that
6:13is that and I looked over he went
6:15Hezbollah I said that's [ __ ]
6:16Hezbollah I'll run I didn't run well I
6:18was pretty quick I moved as quick and as
6:21slightly as possible because these
6:23security guys were he died to be fair
6:25you went straight in for the kill yeah
6:27so I always be like
6:29oh look and Darren's just gone in next
6:31thing I know Dylan's got a selfie has
6:33bullets giving consent he's he's these
6:36guys next to him with mad door like
6:37protecting him there obviously [ __ ]
6:38khabib looking [ __ ] that will
6:40take you double leg you land there's no
6:41tomorrow but look to Hezbollah said is
6:44it okay for a photo he gave me the
6:48didn't want to take the photo but he was
6:50actually he was quite a sound
6:52considering yeah mate imagine being him
6:54though like have you I've never reacted
6:56like that to someone no never no and you
6:59no no never uh [ __ ] just but anyway uh
7:01we went home tomorrow we got to we got
7:04to Istanbul when it was dark if the sun
7:06hasn't come up yet and it's already been
7:08one of the favorite trips of my life
7:09yes explain me by the way he's very
7:12smart why are you small he's like not
7:15even on the sides of my quote my quad's
7:17not that big we met Hezbollah yesterday
7:19bro how jealous are you the man has
7:22Bella I'm human I'm actually angry that
7:25you met him and I didn't
7:27what what would you what would you have
7:29done if you'd met a husband probably for
7:31starters are the [ __ ] herself and then
7:33I've picked him up and hugged him and
7:35then been taken away by the Russian
7:37mafia I imagine if I bump into him again
7:43he's a prick going around punching
7:45people but he looked well cute uh if I
7:48bump into him today which I probably
7:49broke his mummy what should I say to him
7:51um
Tourists
8:01if everyone wants to come to Istanbul in
8:06October and October [ __ ] we're in
8:10October and look at the weather
8:20I'm hungry man
8:28[Music]
8:30Ila
8:43thank you
8:54so first day around Turkey I actually
8:56packed quite light I didn't take the
8:58camera
8:59but it's mad found a Rolex for 12 grid
9:01went around all the markets we've done a
9:04lot of steps today let me check
9:09can you see that can you see this
9:1221 300 steps so far today Darren now we
9:16are on our way to Darren's family home
9:18that he's never been to or we're in
9:20covet I've never been I've never been
9:22it's cheaper than my car
9:24being covered I bought a flat in
9:26Istanbul my parents needed a flat launch
9:29Project X I was doing all right I was
9:30actually buzzing bought my favorite and
9:32bought my parents a flat in Turkey
9:35plus chips like 40 or 50k or something
9:38for a [ __ ] flat in Istanbul unfucking
9:41real and now again I've never been
9:43um it's a balcony so I think me Smith
9:45and my dad would probably smoke a cigar
9:47tonight
9:48so that one's that one will take us to
9:50kadike that's where we're gonna go
9:51tonight it's a nice little funky part of
9:53town I'd say it's almost like the cool
9:55Camden Vibe drinks bars and all that
9:58stuff we're gonna go tonight with my mom
9:59my dad we're going to us which is where
10:01I used to live when I was 17 when I was
10:03playing football here at Bishop's yeah
10:06you know diesel footballer man so we're
10:08gonna go there
10:09get a cab home see what my mom and dad
10:12are saying chill out a little bit maybe
10:14get an hour of chill time Porsche Garden
10:16is
10:18James Smith vloguna istanbula
10:22Istanbul layers
10:27there's one of our boats and we're
10:29running late so this is every day every
10:31day I used to travel back and forth
10:32there when I was playing football here
10:33and I would see like the same Bowl
10:36schedule and Health Training and this
10:37and that it's like everyone here is all
10:39about community in it so now we're in
10:41Europe we're heading to Asia with this
10:43big boy here it only takes about 20
10:45minutes or so you guys are gonna get an
10:46amazing view of the Boston
10:48Facebook
10:53back in the day you know you know what's
10:55crazy 14 years ago 14 no 14 years ago
10:59when I was 16. what the [ __ ]
11:02we're getting all tough why haven't we
11:04got kids
11:05why are we not married what do you think
11:08by the time you were 30 though I'm not
11:10gonna lie I'm playing over there yeah
11:13we've been playing over there I would
11:15have been able to get on the boat
11:15because I would have been too famous but
11:17none of that happened bro I thought I'd
11:19have it all figured out then yeah and I
11:21don't I've got a few books though you're
11:23doing all right bro yeah you're doing
11:24all right this is the thing when you
11:25want to get big on YouTube
11:27people just think are narcissistic
11:29villain
11:30we are where are we heading too
11:34which is Asia side
11:38see I'm seeing your parents in three
11:40months four months
11:48oh yeah I haven't seen my parents in
Quality Time With Family
11:50ages now so we're in a proper British
11:52neighborhoods
11:54oh
12:04foreign
12:14[Music]
12:24[Music]
12:31[Music]
12:45yeah I forgot
12:48talk me through some of this stuff
12:50the pickles these are pickles man this
12:52is that proper pickle so you know all
12:53these [ __ ]
12:55Western [ __ ] having probiotics and
12:57[ __ ] you want to see a probiotic this
13:01review
13:03if your God can handle that
13:05you can handle anything it's very much a
13:07sugar yeah
13:10so nice can we have a little bit yeah
13:12all of them you take it all of them
13:15I wasn't mad on these these are a little
13:18bit that's not cool that's like a wild
13:20fruit yeah this this is brown bread
13:23bottom taste that one's good
13:27been really sweet it's sweet
13:31heavy poop huh yeah yeah well yeah yeah
13:34yeah so all of this wood
13:37the tomatoes are special tomatoes look
13:40at this
13:41that is crazy and this is this is
13:47real aubergine real tomato
13:50you know see all the [ __ ] that you look
13:51all your hippies that go to Hackney and
13:54strong Newington for their fancy shops
13:56I'm gonna size that compared to my head
13:58but are you a good price
14:01it's a lavender
14:04oh my goodness
14:08you leave that leave that on the pillow
14:10yeah you know yeah actually yeah yeah oh
14:14shut up I was joking as well five star
14:16hotel
14:18it taste like being a child watch yeah
14:21watch when the cheese comes
14:24what's this
14:25all right that's more pickles
14:29yo people in the village they make what
14:32they can with like with what they have
14:34coming for this
14:35dried dried apple apple dried out
14:41so you can they dry that off they make
14:44like sweet tea from it in the winter so
14:46basically they take all the summer fruit
14:48in the village they dry it all up and
14:50they save it to have fruits
14:54so back in the day when they didn't have
14:56fridges in their Village they will turn
14:58around and dry all this up keep it
15:00somewhere cool and then heat it up same
15:03with me same with me
15:08they would cut the meat up they would
15:11cut the animals up they'll hang them let
15:12them dry you know them steak houses
15:14pretty much like that being like a
15:16village style and then eat it in the
15:18winter man bring food
15:23that means sausage
15:24Darren's been saying to me for ages you
15:26gotta try tomatoes in Turkey from the
15:28village and today I tried them yes
15:31bring the camera
15:32he's real with cheese
15:35real cheese from
15:38The Village not my way
15:40just giving him [ __ ] she goes hi there
15:45he goes why couldn't five percent of you
15:48be like me
15:53[Music]
15:55up here
15:58man
16:01yeah
16:04real cool from the village yeah
16:07look at this there's nobody in there
16:10though and I like this your parents were
16:12built for a vlog yeah oh
16:15um what's happened to it someone's had a
16:17good time
16:25yeah Tracy if you're honest but it's
16:27pure butter
16:30because it needs to protect it
16:32hmm no I like that it's good
16:36yeah yeah someone did have a good time
16:38though
16:40kind of transaction someone might watch
16:43this video and then be like I need you
16:44guys to ship a direct route to the UK
16:47probably yeah
16:49she's crazy you know what's crazy they
16:51get like chicken
16:53he goes why don't you come to buy a farm
16:56but see like this sort of stuff like
16:58these small things for these sort of
17:00cultures go way further than most of you
17:03guys for Louis Vuitton bags most of us
17:06most of us I mean they love this [ __ ]
17:09bro they love the cheapest chips
17:11have you tried the cheese do you want to
17:14try it
17:15um
17:16on a certain vehicle and for the Vlog
17:18that's a lot jungle hops just buy it
17:21yeah
17:34the brown bread is there any tomorrow
17:37left outside yeah but it's okay I've had
17:39a lot of that
17:41smash that
17:43smash it
17:46tastes good
17:50so that this will survive my parents
17:53breakfast for a very long time
18:04what do we have here
18:06breakfast
Turkish Breakfast & Home
18:08sujuk
18:13Darren's mum's known for
18:16a fantastic spread and an even better
18:19aren't you [ __ ] there and an even
18:21better breakfast I'll tell my dad about
18:22people get a shotgun
18:24oh yes uh you don't mess with the
18:27cartels or here's what will happen to
18:30you I'll put a clip in from yesterday
18:36I mean you you take care of her on that
18:38date you know not I'm gonna threaten you
18:39or anything but if you don't look up my
18:42daughter on that date they'll be able to
18:43pay
18:44just gonna wrap up our Istanbul Vlogs
18:46I'm off to the airport shortly but it's
18:48been good it's been fun glad you came
18:51to the motherland I'm glad you came to
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18:59I hope you enjoyed the Vlog make sure
19:00you like And subscribe and tune in
19:02because
19:05the adventure never ends it's been good
19:07having you here bro it's been good it's
19:08been good bad any closing remarks
19:11so talking through the ultimate
19:13breakfast we obviously like football on
19:14the background yeah football's always
19:17under the background we've got fried
19:19eggs made with real bus fresh butter
19:21actually from the village and eggs from
19:24the village you've got sujak as well
19:26fresh tomatoes straight from the ground
19:28Brothers Straight front not in the
19:30ground but you know what I mean
19:32um freshly made cheese from the village
19:34as well you've got olives uh there's
19:36always olives Turks there's always
19:37olives side dish you've also got
19:40uh Peppers as well usually there's lemon
19:43and olive oil in that but my mom ran out
19:45of lemon so she's gonna do that there
19:47but if you look at it it is a lot of
19:49food but if you take bits of it if you
19:52have a look it's all healthy stuff
19:53really you've got some protein you've
19:55got some fats and you've got loads of
19:56veg
19:57and this is really like a traditional
19:59Turkish Kurdish breakfast yeah obviously
20:03tea and homemade bread homemade bread
20:06homemade bread you like it this is bread
20:09welcome James thank you for coming to my
20:11house
20:12uh you are a nice person
20:14thank you very much good luck to your
20:16life your business for everything thank
20:18you for supporting support my team I'm a
20:21sport
20:25I'm sponsoring the care I'll monzo you
20:28the money now so that it's legit all
20:30right guys hope you enjoyed bye-bye