Can You Ride Horses In Turkey?

What better way to explore the vast and varied landscape of Turkey than on horseback. The whole region is a mecca not only for horse riders but for walkers, botanists and nature lovers of all kinds, with unspoilt forest and mountain trails and secret paths down to the breathtaking beaches Read more…

How Many Horses Are There In Turkey?

Horse Population 6950 peers. 5250 racing horse and totally 16.500 active thoroughbred English and Arabian horses. It is known that there are 31.641 recorded English and Arabian horses across the country. Are there horses in Turkey? And it makes [the horses] tough.” Today, the horses are often totally wild, and Read more…

Did The Turks Use Horses?

Horses have been important to the Turks and Turkey for more than 5000 years. First used as food they were then used in war as cavalry and draught animals, then in agriculture and for transport and now largely for leisure and sport. Did Turks domesticate horses? Although there are different Read more…

Do They Have Horses In Turkey?

And it makes [the horses] tough.” Today, the horses are often totally wild, and found across a wide swath of Turkey. “In the Cappadocia region, in Kayseri, Samsun, Afyonkarahisar, Uşak and Karaman and other cities, there are horses living on their own in nature,” Görgü says. Is there horse riding Read more…