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Irish tourist has a run in with some Turkish shopkeepers

RichardCeann

An Irish tourist pulls too hard on a fridge door and causes a load of water bottles to fall to the floor. The shopkeeper is not too pleased and goes at him with a bat. Scuffle ensues, he knocks out one of the Turks, eats a few chair shots and gets whacked out of it stick and poles.

Good to see we are making friends abroad anyway!

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feargale

Unlike some of you I have never experienced unpleasantness from a Turk or a Turkish Cypriot. I can't say the same about Greeks or Greek Cypriots. But having seen the video more power to this guy for standing up to the bullying.

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Doesn't look Irish.

I would be very disappointed if he's not. If he is we should all be out at the airport to welcome him back. And somebody should tell Billy Walsh about him

nokia69

Fol20 wrote: »

Why is everyone siding with the irish fella.. He opened the fridge too hard and instead of saying sorry and helping out to put the water back into the fridge, he starts a confrontation with the owner. Any decent human being would have just kept his head down and put the water back into the fridge.

some of this is true

but its a bit much to go after someone with bats and chairs for knocking over a few bottles

I have heard similar stories about Turkey before

Keplar240B

False flag

Ruu

Celtic supporters or maybe Shamrock Rovers.

Keplar240B

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Who in the name of Jesus Allah edited that video?

Allah , everything that happens is Allah will.

knird evol

Did they get all the water back in the fridge?

gctest50

Fol20 wrote: »

Why is everyone siding with the irish fella.. He opened the fridge too hard and instead of saying sorry and helping out to put the water back into the fridge, he starts a confrontation with the owner. Any decent human being would have just kept his head down and put the water back into the fridge.

no , any decent human being would ask why the fridge is not "tied" to the wall - it's wobbly

ohnonotgmail

Fol20 wrote: »

Why is everyone siding with the irish fella.. He opened the fridge too hard and instead of saying sorry and helping out to put the water back into the fridge, he starts a confrontation with the owner. Any decent human being would have just kept his head down and put the water back into the fridge.

the guy with the green and white top appeared with a lump of timber 5 seconds after the tourist opened the door. I'm not sure he had too much of a chance to apologise.

Spanish Eyes

Turkish people are great.

Outside of the resorts that is.

Resort folk are after your money, your women and your dignity. They don't give a dam.

suicide_circus

Lol at the little bitch in the gray tshirt whacking your man with the bat

Fol20

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

the guy with the green and white top appeared with a lump of timber 5 seconds after the tourist opened the door. I'm not sure he had too much of a chance to apologise.

Yes he did show up with a bat fairly quick however the other guy was giving out to him instead of trying to at least help clean up the mess. Even if it is the shops fault i would still help them clean up. In this case though its 50/50. the shop should have secured the fridge better however the guy shouldnt be having a game of tug of war with the fridge either.

doolox

I was there in June of this year off a cruise ship. Nothing but hassle and done royally by a taxi driver on the way back to the boat. Taxi cost €10 on the way into town and nearly €50 on the way out due to "traffic".

My wife was also done being accused of handing the bent taxi driver 5 turkish lira instead of €50, the colours are the same.

Some of the Turks are very nasty conmen and others are at pains to point out that we are all "brothers".

No one gets left alone and in peace in this hell on Earth.

the evasion_kid

The size of him compared to them.....its a bit like that scene in Jason and the Argonauts when he's fighting the skeletons

knird evol

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

the guy with the green and white top appeared with a lump of timber 5 seconds after

He's a real proponent of the 'speak softly but carry a big stick' school of diplomacy.

I take it that fridge is not bolted into anything because the store owner pushes it out on to public area which he doesn't own and then locks it away inside when closing up.

ohnonotgmail

Fol20 wrote: »

Yes he did show up with a bat fairly quick however the other guy was giving out to him instead of trying to at least help clean up the mess. Even if it is the shops fault i would still help them clean up. In this case though its 50/50. the shop should have secured the fridge better however the guy shouldnt be having a game of tug of war with the fridge either.

would your first reaction to some spilled water be to grab a piece of timber?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Jesus those street traders sure have short fuses, you can see where the expression 'turning Turk' comes from.

suicide_circus

Why anyone would go to any turkish, egyptian, tunisian or moroccan resort town is beyond me

Pat Mustard

The video is from the 1st August.

If that dude was Irish, we'd know who he is by now.

tayto lover

I'd have taken refuge in the feckin fridge.

ohnonotgmail

suicide_circus wrote: »

Why anyone would go to any turkish, egyptian, tunisian or moroccan resort town is beyond me

I've only been to morocco but never ever go to Agadir. A kip. Marrakesh was nice though.

Hidalgo

He lands one serious haymaker.

Keplar240B

My name is URL wrote: »

lol.. Apparently "Irishman" (Irlandali) is top trending in Turkey. And even they are singing the guy's praises

http://trends24.in/turkey/

Ya its top in turkey , and tenth in the world if my twitter machine is right

suicide_circus

Hidalgo wrote: »

He lands one serious haymaker.

Gotta love the haymakers, they rarely land but when they do BOOM

Spanish Eyes

doolox wrote: »

I was there in June of this year off a cruise ship. Nothing but hassle and done royally by a taxi driver on the way back to the boat. Taxi cost €10 on the way into town and nearly €50 on the way out due to "traffic".

My wife was also done being accused of handing the bent taxi driver 5 turkish lira instead of €50, the colours are the same.

Some of the Turks are very nasty conmen and others are at pains to point out that we are all "brothers".

No one gets left alone and in peace in this hell on Earth.

I was there, never again. NEVER.

But until you see it, say Istanbul and the resorts it is hard to comment on a short visit.

But I don't think it matters.

It is a kip.

FTA69

Can't understand the hate toward Turkey myself. I went there for a month once and travelled around Istanbul, parts of the coast and also to the far east of the country in Kurdistan. I never had the slightest scrap of bother and the Turks and Kurds I met were unfailingly hospitable, polite and would bend over backwards to help. That having been said, I didn't go near resort type places.

Spanish Eyes

FTA69 wrote: »

Can't understand the hate toward Turkey myself. I went there for a month once and travelled around Istanbul, parts of the coast and also to the far east of the country in Kurdistan. I never had the slightest scrap of bother and the Turks and Kurds I met were unfailingly hospitable, polite and would bend over backwards to help. That having been said, I didn't go near resort type places.

I think that is the problem right there. The resorts.

Rackstar

Looks more like Diego Maradona than an Irish tourist

DEFTLEFTHAND

Rackstar wrote: »

Looks more like Diego Maradona than an Irish tourist

He could have the Armada gene.

WoollyRedHat

I find most Turkish service workers to be a bunch of stick arsed ****ers...

Pkiernan

He looks like a pikey.