TechVIRAL VIDEO BREAKDOWN
Turkey friendship video reaches eight million views
The video comes from a YouTube channel called Kantadon and currently ranks number eight on YouTube's U.S. trending chart.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on BBN This MorningPublished
At a glance
- First reported by YouTube (Kantadon): “Viral video: Making friends with locals in Turkey, 8M views”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 8:00 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Turkey.
- BBN covered this story before: Viral video: making friends with locals in Turkey (October 11).
The real story
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- YouTube (Kantadon)Viral video: Making friends with locals in Turkey, 8M views
What BBN said about it
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMoving to lighter things this morning, a travel video called POV: making friends with the locals in Türkiye has reached eight million views.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's from a channel called Kantadon, and it's number eight on YouTube's U.S. trending chart, with eight million fifty thousand nine hundred seventy-nine views.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEight million. For making friends.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe haven't seen the footage, only the title and the description.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut the turning point is obviously the moment the locals say yes to the friendship. That is elite.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou're scoring a handshake you haven't watched.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm giving the concept a nine point four. Chat, what's the worst way you ever made a friend?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorScore mine. I say hello to my doorman every morning.
The story so far
- Turkey Bans Jailed Rival's Book; Spain Heads to Polls · The New York Times
- Houthis strike two Saudi airports; Turkey, Pakistan send troops · Washington Examiner
- Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan Move on Defense Pact · Newsmax
- Chinese Automakers Push Into Latin America; Turkey Says Pact Defensive · The Washington Times
- Turkey Weighs Saudi Defense Role as Shell Restarts Qatar Plant · Reuters
- Viral video: making friends with locals in Turkey · YouTube (Kantadon)
- Turkey friendship video reaches eight million views (this story)
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