OK, so the Turks insist that they have more than one breed of LGD in their country; whats the geographical and historical evidence to back it up?
In arriving at a meaningful description of the ancient LGD breeds and the people who developed them, the fairly recent national borders are far less significant than regional, historical, and geographical borders. Turkey is a very large country: about 770,000 square kilometers. Historically, it has been divided up into pretty distinct areas based on geographical coherence/isolation, which in turn led to regional differences in culture and language, and in the color of sheep raised. It also led to regional differences in livestock breeds and in the dogs that protected them. Over hundreds of years these regional breeds have “gelled” so that, while the regional breed borders might be fuzzy, different breeds can be nevertheless clearly delineated. Furthermore, outside the areas where sheep-raising is the main industry, the sheep and the dogs are scattered. Villagers who raise sheep near western towns or around main highways cannot possibly keep their dogs separated from the variety of mong
