Discovery: the Yörük Turks, guardians of the mountain

In southern Turkey, a people of nomads, the Yoruk. Simple wooden pillars hold up the sheep’s wool tents of these wanderers. They are Turkmenthey resist as much as they can to sedentarization since the end of the Turkish Empire. Generations born in tents. For a long time, they traveled on camels and distributed milk from their herds of goats.

But the Yoruk and their herds are less and less welcome in these mountains. Some private owners close their land, their animals would damage the plantations. They would only be a few hundred to live as nomads. The younger generations no longer want this harsh life in winter as in summer. The family will spend the winter at the top of the mountain. She will go back down to the valley with her herd in the fall.