What is the HISTORY of the Traditional Turkish Angora?
The Traditional Turkish Angora has been around for hundreds and even perhaps thousands of years and will be with us for a long time to come. The history of this magnificent breed is extensive and rich. There are several theories concerning the origin of the Traditional Turkish Angora. At some point it is mentioned, that long-haired breeds (Including the Traditional Turkish Angora and the Traditional Persian (Doll Face)) descended from the short hair African wildcat, native to Asia and Africa. The African wild cat posses the same chromosome number and structure as domestic cats, and interbreeds easily with them. A different assertion tells us, that they descended from a wild cat called the Pallas Cat or the Manul cat (Otocolobusmanul) a long haired Asian wildcat, domesticated by the Tartars and Chinese, then later by the Turks. The range of these original cats occupied the Caspian Sea, the south shore of which is Persia (Now Iran). Irans neighbor to the west is Turkey, whose capital, An
