alrighty hello guys it's doug i'm here
in istanbul
turkey where i've been living for the
past month or so
but unfortunately it's been in lockdown
so i've been laying low editing a bunch
of egypt and sudan videos
but i'm here now i'm with my friend
fatih
he's also a vlogger welcome he's doing
his thing
thank you man and this is adham hi guys
he's from morocco
and uh yes we're exploring today these
guys are super nice to show me around
so right now we're at jamlija mosque and
it is brand new it was built like two
years ago
it's the largest mosque in turkey now
and what were you just saying about the
the capacity and all the symbols oh yeah
like the capacity of this mosque is 63
000 people can pray at the same time
it refers to our prophet muhammad
died in 63 years old so it refers to
that
also this mosque is located in 1
453 square meters it refers to the
party sultan mehmet's like time
conquered istanbul
in 1453 that year so there are other
informations i will give later on
all right amazing it's incredible it's
huge
really huge there they are under this
archway
look how big it is i have to keep
backing up backing up
and this is just the courtyard this is
the outside part you know let me back up
here and show you guys
there we go it's a better view so it's
unbelievably huge so we're gonna go
inside
i'm gonna show it to you guys the
largest mosque in turkey
let's go thank you
oh my gosh
oh my gosh this is one of the most
beautiful buildings i've ever been in
with stained glass i hope you can see on
the video it's beautiful
they don't build stuff like this anymore
you know it's amazing that this was only
built two years ago it's so uncommon now
look at that
just look how big this thing is look at
the people across the way this huge
hanging chandelier structure in the
middle
it's where the imam stands all the way
up there on friday prayers
it's like three stories tall
unbelievable what do you think bro
it's amazing bro
the dom the main dome is 72 meters
from the ground to the room 72 meters it
refers to the 72 ethnicities
who live in istanbul and also the area
is
34 meters like from one side the
diameter
yeah diameter refers to the plate number
for
34. plate number of histones yeah it is
yeah that's awesome
34. wow i love that there's so many uh
little
hidden yeah components there's a museum
here also
art gallery and the library all located
like under
this mosque and we were in the parking
garage and there's like three floor
parking garage here this place is
massive another interesting uh
information is
like if the imam the hosha is too old
there is a elevator so
yeah he can just go out go up there to
the members
and talk to the people the elevator is
just behind
those characters that's incredible
oh my god elevator so you can go up
there's an elevator to get to the top of
the min bar that's how big it is what
alright guys we're going upstairs
going all the way up each floor here is
like three floors
because the mosque is so big oh my gosh
it's actually kind of scary to look over
the edge because
if you guys have seen my videos you know
i'm afraid of heights
so if you guys are in istanbul
definitely come check this out
and don't be afraid to walk upstairs
because the view
is unbelievable
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wow so green this whole like compound is
insane
yeah it's beautiful all right guys we
just came out of the mosque
that was incredible there it is behind
me something else about this site is the
view of istanbul is incredible you got
basically you can see the whole
city and it looks like they just created
this park you're saying it wasn't it
wasn't here last year it wasn't here
last time they just created this park
with a great view
and also don't forget we are in the
asian side of istanbul the asian side
yes yeah we have two continents
in europe and asia one city two
continents
yes one city two continents we are in
asia so if you wanna see the chao muja
mosque you are always welcome to asian
side
there we go yeah check it out here you
got families
families hanging out just outside the
mosque in this beautiful park
picnicking enjoying
the beautiful view on this beautiful may
day
got even a playground for the kids you
can see all these trees are all brand
new
so this entire compound was brand new
let's go see the view of the city from
here
wow so you can see this land here is all
asia and then where all those buildings
are is the european side
you can see the phosphorus straight
right there
can drive across it or take a ferry and
get over to europe
so you can visit two continents in a day
easily back and forth one of the coolest
things about istanbul
look at this did you guys expect to see
this in a mosque they've got
kids rollerblading around here
you can even do the skating in this
mosque can you imagine the kids are
skating
here in the cardinal huge garden of
champagne
i'll be honest like before i came to
istanbul i knew it was a big city in a
major city obviously but i didn't
realize like
how huge it is and being here
specifically here at the mosque really
makes you realize it is enormous i love
it here already
you can actually get lost in this mosque
compound
we're like two floors down into the
parking there's like a lounge area to
hang out just outside of the parking
area
and now there's an enormous parking
crash and we're trying to find where we
parked
but it's kind of difficult
right maybe it's down a level
oh my gosh all right
are they all yellow or is by different
colors stay tuned
yeah we went one more down
uh still can't find the car but we're
going down again
we're gonna find this car
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j 14 13
j this is insane
oh there there i see nine over there
we did it yeah
wow the biggest adventure of the day was
finding the car
we passed like two or three other groups
of people that are also searching for
their cars by the way
so word to the wise remember where you
put your car
all right guys we found our car we made
it to a different part of the city
we're in moda in karakoy
which is also in the asian side but a
little bit different area here we are
and uh we're just chilling here in the
park and i'm so happy because
it's monday which means weekend lockdown
is over
which means there's actually local
people out and about yeah perfect
yeah place to hang out with locals yeah
moda it's like a feels like hipster
brooklyn vibes to me
right that's exactly yeah yeah and i
love it i feel like the european side
gets all the hype
yeah for uh for istanbul because it's
where like the highest sophia is and the
blue mosque but
altruistic this is like more local areas
the asian side we are still an asian
site
the vibe is really nice like more local
here i like it i like
hanging out in mona what do you think
man oh you said you love the asian side
too right
yeah the vibe is really different and
the people here are more cool more
silent
what's your name man a smile
all right so ismail's selling uh what
are these called muscles
muscles but in the turkish it's uh media
yeah and i was trying these the other
day
i was kind of nervous to try them but
they're stuffed with rice right yeah
stuffed
rice why don't you show us how we do it
yeah so you open it up
like this oh man take it
like that get the lemon
squeeze it yep
boom that's it they're so good i was
surprised because i don't know for me
like seeing shellfish as like a street
food
i was a little nervous to try it and
then i tried them they're delicious
thank you a smile
all right so let's try here we go okay
so you crack it open
take a little lemon
and then you can use the other one as
the spoon
really so tasty enjoy it man
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alrighty guys just got back to my airbnb
here in istanbul that was a really fun
day
uh exploring parts of the city that i
haven't seen yet and for you guys it was
just a taste of what is to come i'm
gonna make a ton of videos all across
turkey all across istanbul
and show you guys everything that
i experience here in this amazing
country
thank you so much to fatih and adam for
showing me around today check out their
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