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Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 2, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Refik O gan rests with his family and his business partner Naki Tez around a fire at a camp at 1200 m above sea level on the southern slope of the Taurus Mountains. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 2, 2014: Goats of Yoruk shepherd Refik Ogan drink water at a spring in a wooded area of the Taurus Mountains, during their migration towards the winter grazes on the coastal hills. Goat milk is used by Yoruks to produce their celebrated Tulum cheese and delicacies, like goat butter and yogurt. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 2, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Ummu Ogan milks a goat of her family's herd on the southern slope of the Taurus Mountains during their migration towards the winter grazes on the coastal hills. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 2, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Ummu O gan makes the fire for lunch while her husband Refik brings her firewood. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 2, 2014: The goat herd, led by Yoruk shepherd Refik O gan, walks down a trail in a wooded area of the Taurus Mountains during their migration toward winter grazes on the coastal hills. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 2, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Ummu O gan gets ready to make lunch with two butchered roosters, at a 1200 m above sea level camp on the southern slope of the Taurus Mountains. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 1, 2014: Ozay O gan's , younger son of Refik, removes the cover of the goat shelter to store it for winter. He is doing so in preparation for the winter migration with the herd down to the coastal hills. The typical shelters are called "Ilkilik", from the archaic Turkish word for goat "ilki", still used only in Yoruk language. Once they were covered with goat wool canvas. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) October 31, 2014: A "yayla", a mountain outpost where Yoruk nomads and their herds spend the summers, at 1800 m above sea level. It is called Sogut (Willow) from the derelict tree that stands by the well and it's made of just five houses and a dozen of goat shelters. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 1, 2014: The goat herd, led by Yoruk shepherds Ozcan and Ozay O gan, descends the southern rim of the Taurus Mountains, toward the coastal low hills where they will spend the winter. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 1, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Refik O gan's truck steers carefully along the hairpin turns of the trail down the southern rim of the Taurus Mountains, descending to the coastal low hills where his goats herd will spend the winter. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 1, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Ummu O gan prepares dinner while making tea on an old stove at a camp located 1200 m above sea level on the southern slope of the Taurus Mountains. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 1, 2014: Refik O gan watches his goats descending the southern rim of the Taurus Mountains, while a break in the clouds shows glimpses of sunny wooded areas. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) November 1, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Ozcan O gan leads his goats herd out of the fog on the southern rim of the Taurus Mountains, descending to the coastal low hills where they will spend the winter. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) October 31, 2014: Yoruk shepherd Refik O gan and his business partner, documentary film maker and honey producer Naki Tez discuss accounting in Mr. Ogan's mountain "manar".(Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) October 31, 2014: The family of Refik Ogan, and his business partner Naki Tez, have dinner in their mountain "manar". (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) October 31, 2014: A typical Yoruk dinner at shepherd Refik O gan's mountain "manar". Aside from the bean stews and bread, goat yogurt is a pillar of Yorok cuisine and revered across Turkey. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) October 31, 2014: The "manar", a drywall house of Yoruk shepherd Refik O gan at Sogut, the mountain "yayla" where his family spend the summers with their goats. (Photo by Piero Castellano)

Taurus Mountains (Turkey) October 31, 2014: Ummu hanim, wife of Refik O gan, cooks on a stone hearth in their family's mountain "manar".