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Sarýkeçililer
1.       Roswitha
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 14 Apr 2009 Tue 04:57 pm

Thousand-year trek of Sarýkeçililer ends

 

With a 1,000-year-long tradition the Sarýkeçililer are an ancient nomadic group of Yürüks from Anatolia. Forced by the state to shift to a sedentary life, their millennium-long migratory practices have come to an end. But rather than moving into residences, they choose to pitch their tents in front of them.

 

Who are the Sarýkeçililer? Literally translated into English, the name means ´With yellow goats.´ Now, amid the numerous problems Turkey faces, shall we deal with goats and sheep? But why not?

The Sarýkeçililer are one of the oldest of the Yürük groups of Anatolia, one of the few nomadic cultures surviving today. Their nomadic lifestyle can be traced back more than 1,000 years. They are descendants of an ancient tradition, culture and experience. However, rather than protecting and supporting the Sarýkeçililer to prevent the loss of such long established and unique traditions and morals, the state has done the opposite, blocking their migration and increasing pressure on the group to force it into a sedentary lifestyle.
http://www.kesfetmekicinbak.com/kultur/sarikecili/07151/

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