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The Great Anatolian Ride

In the steps of Evliya Çelebi

Photograph not yet available.

 

Several scholars and plantsmen will be following in Evliya's tracks with the purpose of recording and raising awareness of the unique landscape and disappearing horse culture of this richly diverse region of Turkey.

Evliya Çelebi is an Historical Long Rider who rode in Europe, Asia and Africa in the mid-1600s.

The participants are:

Emir Mahir Başdoğan, Andrew Byfield, Caroline Finkel,  Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean.

 

For more information about Anatolia, please visit this page on Wikipedia.

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