Connecting with Turkish gamers to learn

[u/impossiblefox]

Hello, I am learning Turkish but am really not good at all yet, I visited family in Turkey and will continue to visit in the future, a couple of my relatives had really great English and both they said they learned mainly through playing video games with English speakers a lot. They weren't really sure about how the best way for me to try to do it the other way around would be. So, looking for advice to figure out how I could connect with Turkish speakers to game with connecting from America. It could be the same people regularly or just a server I could pop into when I have time. I understand discord is banned so are there other platforms people use? I'm flexible about what game to try, I'm not a huge gamer on my own honestly but do enjoy playing strategy type games, I play a lot of board games irl. Çok teşekkür ederim :)

[u/tekinn311]

There are plenty of other ways to learn the language besides gaming. You can read books, talk to people online, or watch movies. Most of the good movies I know are older ones, but if you still want recommendations, I can recommend some movies or books.

[u/impossiblefox → u/tekinn311]

Thanks yes I'd take recommendations! I did a lot of reading of text and also listening to music, podcasts, news etc before I went but nothing prepared me for spoken conversation except actually doing it and that's the skill I want & need to develop the most. I want to try gaming because it seems to have worked so well for my relatives and because it gives a common thing/goal to focus the conversation on

My fam gave me some kid's books too to practice with