SHOULD HE GET MARRIED AT 21 NO IT'S TOO SOON! YES. TONIGHT I'M HAVING DINNER
WITH THIS FAMILY IN TURKEY. WHEN I TRAVEL IT ISN'T JUST THE FOOD I TRY OR THE SIGHTS I SEE
BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT OFTEN BRING THE BEST MEMORIES. PEOPLE WERE JUST LIKE SUPER
SUPER IGNORANT ABOUT LIKE TURKEY. TONIGHT I'M LEARNING ABOUT LIFE FOR THIS FAMILY IN ISTANBUL.
IN THE U.S LIKE LIVING WITH YOUR PARENTS IS CONSIDERED AS A FAILURE AND NOT JUST THE
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BUT GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES EVEN BETWEEN EMERALD WHO'S IN HIS EARLY 20S
AND HIS OLDER BROTHER IN HIS MID-30S MY GENERATION IS NOT REALLY AMERICAN BUT HIS
GENERATION IS SO MUCH LIKE AMERICA BECAUSE OF GLOBALIZATION I GUESS BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
THIS ONE'S IT! I THINK
VERY NICE TO MEET YOU THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
DYLAN I KNOW BECAUSE YOU WENT TO BEIRUT AND YOU LOVED SMUSHKIES
MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD COUSIN'S OBSESSED WITH ROBLOX THEY'RE ALL THE SAME MAN YEAH YEAH
IT'S AROUND THE WORLD THAT'S LIKE A SELLER ROUTINE GOTTA GET HIM THE TWO
DOLLAR BILL FROM THE US BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY WANTS AND IT'S SUCH A RARITY NOW
IT'S A SOUP WITH CHICKEN U
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T EAT MEAT I TOLD MY
MOM DON'T COOK ANYTHING INCLUDING MEAT SO SHE JUST MADE THE SOUP WITH LIKE THE CHICKEN
YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY GROW UP IN ISTANBUL
NO I GREW UP IN A SMALL CITY IN THE EAST SIDE OF TURKEY. YOU'RE WORKING ON VIDEO EDITING YOUTUBE
BUT YOUR BROTHER IS WORKING IN BUSINESS WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE A CREATIVE TYPE IN A MIDDLE
EASTERN CULTURE TELLING YOUR PARENTS BECAUSE I CAN RELATE ALREADY. IN THE FIRST PLACE THEY DON'T
SUPPORT THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT THEY JUST THINK THAT LIKE BUSINESS IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE MONEY
SO YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN UNIVERSITY STUDYING WHAT I WAS STUDYING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND YOU YOU STOPPED
I STOPPED BECAUSE THE CURRENCY JUST LIKE FELL DOWN A LOT UH IN 2018 YEAH IN 2018 MAKING YOU
KNOW MAKING CLASSES TOO EXPENSIVE YEAH SO I JUST LIKE HAD TO DROP HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR WIFE HIS
MOM WHICH IS ALSO MY MOM ACTUALLY HIS MOM AND LIKE MY SISTER-IN-LAW MOM JUST KNEW EACH OTHER BEFORE
AND THEY'RE JUST OKAY LIKE YOUR YOUR DAUGHTER AND MY SON JUST CAN'T BE TOGETHER LET'S JUST LET THEM
SEE EACH OTHER AND LET THEM KNOW IS THAT COMMON TO GET MARRIED AT 23 NOW OR GUYS PEOPLE WAIT LONGER
THEY GOT MARRIED AT THE AGE OF 22 MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW SO YOU'RE 21 ARE YOUR FRIENDS
HOW OLD ARE THEY GETTING THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING MARRIED IN THEIR EARLY 20S STILL I HAVE A COUPLE
OF FRIENDS WHO GOT MARRIED ALREADY YEAH IT JUST REALLY SURPRISED ME THOUGH PEOPLE ARE FREE TO JUST
MAKE THEIR DECISION ABOUT WEDDINGS IT'S NOT LIKE OKAY MY DAD JUST TOLD ME TO GET MARRIED AND I'M
GONNA DO IT IT'S JUST LIKE SO FREE HERE TURKEYS ARE SUPER SUPER FREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I SEE SO
MANY PEOPLE GETTING MARRIED YOUNGER AND I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE JUST SCORING A SINGLE YEAH FOREVER
SHOULD HE GET MARRIED AT 21 NO IT'S TOO SOON YES TOO YOUNG CRAZY NO NO HE'S IN LIKE HIS BRAIN
HIS MIND'S NOT WORKING PROPERLY
AND YOU THINK YOU THINK A WIFE IS GOING TO SOLVE THAT OKAY EVERYONE SAID YEAH
YEAH
HIS LIFE IS GOING TO GET BETTER AND GET BEAUTIFUL BUT THAT 21 IS A BIT YOUNG
OH WAIT HE SAYS JUST ONE SYMBOL
HE'S GONNA BE TWO HE'S GONNA BE MORE POWERFUL SHOULD HE MARRY A TURKISH GIRL OR AMERICAN GIRL
OH IT'S JUST LIKE I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS
THE SAME CULTURE YEAH IT'S JUST LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM LATER ON
SO
DO YOU THINK DYLAN IS TOO AMERICAN MY GENERATION IS NOT REALLY AMERICAN BUT HIS GENERATION IS SO
MUCH LIKE AMERICAN BECAUSE OF GLOBALIZATION I GUESS BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PROBABLY I GOT
THIS THING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO BECAUSE I WAS IN LOS ANGELES AND I WAS SUPER SUPER IMPRESSED BY
THE CITY I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY LIKE WHY SO LIKE WHY DOES HE KNOW A LOT ABOUT AMERICA
BUT LOS ANGELES IS WHERE I WANT TO GO ACTUALLY WHERE I WANT TO END UP YOU LIVED IN THE U.S FOR
A MONTH HERE A MONTH THERE WERE THERE ANY THINGS ANY KIND OF PERCEPTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD OF TURKEY
THAT FRUSTRATED YOU HONESTLY U.S PEOPLE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT GEOGRAPHY SO IN THE FIRST PLACE
WHEN I SAID TURKEY THEY THOUGHT ANIMAL LIKE A BIRD YEAH YEAH LIKE THEY LITERALLY ASSUMED THAT I SPIT
ARABIC THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE LIKE THE RACE TURK SIXTY PERCENT OF THE U.S POPULATION DOESN'T
EVEN OWN A PASSPORT RIGHT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE US CULTURE THAT YOU THINK EXCITES YOU THAT YOU MAYBE
DON'T HAVE IT'S MADE OF IT'S NOT A ONE CULTURE IT'S JUST LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD CULTURE YOU KNOW
IT'S MADE UP OF LIKE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND THIS IS EXCITING LIKE COME FROM LIKE A
SMALL NOT VILLAGE ABOUT SMALL CITY OF TURKEY IT'S JUST LIKE PEOPLE WERE JUDGING ME ALL THE TIME THEY
KNEW EVERYTHING THAT I WAS DOING I JUST LITERALLY JUST WAS SCARED OF HAVING A GIRLFRIEND BECAUSE
THEY WERE GONNA GOSSIP ABOUT IT THE US IS AN INDIVIDUALISTIC CULTURE BY NATURE VERSUS YOU KNOW
MOST OTHER CULTURES OUR GROUP IT'S LIKE YOU DO WHATEVER IS BEST FOR THE GROUP FOR THE FAMILY BUT
IN THE US WE'RE KNOWN FOR LIVING ALONE INDIVIDUAL CULTURE JUST COMES PROS AND CONS AND I THINK LIKE
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THIS IS THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO EXPERIENCE
IT SO MUCH BUT SOME PEOPLE IN US ARE JUST LIKE COMPLAINING ABOUT OKAY LIKE LITERALLY MY DAD IS
NOT SUPPORTING ME FOR YEARS LIKE MY I HAVEN'T SEEN MY MOM'S 40S AND HE SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT IT THIS
IS SOMETHING THEY THEY HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I EXPERIENCED A LOT SO I JUST
KIND OF LIKE ONE STUTTER IN THE US THE OTHER THING IS LIKE AT AGE 18 MANY PEOPLE MOVE OUT THEY GO GET
THEIR OWN APARTMENT THEY GO LIVE IN THE DORMS BUT IN COUNTRIES LIKE TURKEY IT'S VERY COMMON TO LIVE
AT HOME YOUR WHOLE 20S SOMETIMES INTO YOUR 30S KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE START MOVING LIKE
YOU LIKE PEOPLE IN THE U.S THEY'RE MOVING OUT OF THEIR PARENTS HOUSE YEAH ON THEIR OWN BUT
IT'S JUST THAT'S WHY LIKE THE THE RENTS ARE SUPER SUPER EXPENSIVE IN THE US LIKE LIVING WITH YOUR
PARENTS IS CONSIDERED AS A FAILURE YEAH RIGHT BUT IN CHEROKEE IT WASN'T BUT NOW PEOPLE ALSO START
THINKING THAT OKAY YOU'RE JUST STILL LIVING WITH YOUR PARENTS YOU'RE SUCH A FAILURE I ALWAYS FEEL
LIKE I HAVE TO EXPRESS MYSELF OKAY I HAVEN'T MOVED BECAUSE I'M SAVING YOU KNOW I JUST FEEL THAT WAY
SO MY MOM JUST WANTS TO JUST LIKE READ SOME SORT OF PARAGRAPH FOR YOU AND I'LL TRANSLATE I
GOT THIS BOOK FROM NEW YORK WHICH IS ABOUT THE MUSLIM RELIGION AND HE WANTS TO GIVE IT TO YOU
IT'S IT'S IN ENGLISH HE'S JUST LIKE YEAH HE'S JUST GIVING TO YOU GUYS AND DO YOU PRAY FIVE
TIMES A DAY YES HE SAYS LIKE THIS IS WHAT ALL LIKE ALLAH ASKS FOR SO I'M DOING IT FOR THE SAKE OF GOD