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Turkish man keeps family tradition of salt harvesting at Palas Tuzla Lake in Kayseri

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KAYSERI, TÜRKİYE (AUG. 9, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)



1. VARIOUS OF SILHOUETTE OF ILHAN GOKKURT RIDING HORSE CART AT SUNRISE



2. DRONE SHOTS OF MAN RIDING HORSE CART ON DRY, CRACKED LAKEBED (2 SHOTS)



3. VARIOUS OF MAN PREPARING FOR SALT HARVEST



4. SILHOUETTE OF MAN PULLING CONTAINER DURING SUNRISE (2 SHOTS)



5. DRONE SHOT OF MAN PULLING CONTAINER



6. CLOSE-UP OF “HELIK” WOODEN BOARDS ON HIS FEET



7. VARIOUS OF MAN WALKING ON SALT LAKE WEARING TRADITIONAL FOOTWEAR



8. VARIOUS SHOTS OF MAN HARVESTING SALT ON LAKE USING TRADITIONAL METHODS



9. DRONE SHOT OF PALAS TUZLA LAKE



10. VARIOUS DRONE SHOT OF MAN PULLING CONTAINER



11. VARIOUS OF GOKKURT DRAGGING PLASTIC BARREL OF SALT ON LAKE SHORE



12. GOKKURT POURING SALT FROM PLASTIC BARREL ONTO PILE (2 SHOTS)



13. GOKKURT SHOVELING SALT FROM BARREL INTO HORSE CART



14. CLOSE-UP OF HORSE CART LOADED WITH SALT



15. GOKKURT RIDING HORSE CART AT SUNRISE



16. GOKKURT DRAGGING BLUE PLASTIC BARREL AT SUNRISE



17. (SOUNBITE) (Turkish) ILHAN GOKKURT, SAYING:



"I am 63 years old and have been doing this job for many years. I learned it at the age of 11 alongside my elders. In the past, they used to go to work with horse carts."



18. GOKKURT DRAGGING BLUE PLASTIC BARREL AT SUNRISE (2 Shots)



19. (SOUNBITE) (Turkish) ILHAN GOKKURT, SAYING:



"In the village, nothing works without a horse. I take care of it regularly."



20. VARIOUS OF GOKKURT TAKING CARE OF HIS HORSE



21. (SOUNBITE) (Turkish) ILHAN GOKKURT, SAYING:



"Our salt work has been passed from our grandfather to our father, from our father to us, from us to our children, and from them to our grandchildren — it’s always been our tradition. It’s the source of income for Palas. We extract and sell the salt. This is truly a difficult job. Not everyone can walk with these Helik boards; we can do it because we’ve been used to them since childhood."



22. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF ILHAN GOKKURT HARVESTING SALT ON LAKE



23. (SOUNBITE) (Turkish) ILHAN GOKKURT, SAYING:



"We used to do this work with more traditional methods in the past. We use the salt we extract here for many things, such as dough, leaves, and corn silage."



24. VARIOUS OF GOKKURT HARVESTING SALT ON LAKE

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