Yuruki: Why did Turkish nomads live between mountains and valleys for hundreds of years?
Twice a year the Yurok couple packed their tents, loaded carpets, dishes and household items on camels and set off. In the spring - to the cool mountains, where there was enough pasture for animals, in the fall - back to the warm valleys.
This is how the Yuroks, the Turkish nomads of southern Turkey, lived for hundreds of years. Their houses were tents made of goat hair. When wet, such fabric becomes denser and better protected from rain, and in heat it allows air to pass through it.
On the road, the Green couple made do with little: they cooked flat bread on a metal sheet over a fire, and made cheese and yogurt from their animals' milk. Carpets with patterns, woven by hand by women, occupied a special place in their daily lives.
Today, most Yeroks are sedentary, but a few families still travel seasonally with their herds.
In Antalya, an old two-story house that had been empty for almost ten years was restored for the upcoming UN climate conference COP31.
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