Product Date - 2001
Duraction - 00:24:00
Part - 1
Format - Digital Betacam
Directed - Semra Sander
Produced - Semra Sander
Camera - Erol Yazıcı, Sarper Hokna
Music by - Can Atilla
Edited by - Mustafa Turgut
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
(Hunter)
I have
been
caring for
the
Çatalburun
dogs,
which are
unique to
Tarsus,
for years.
These dogs
have
unique
characteristics,
different
from other
dogs.
This
separation
that you
see on the
nose. Look
at it. It
is like
two
separate
pieces.
This is
the most
obvious
characteristic
of this
animal.
THE Tarsus
ÇATALBURUN
DOG
HÜSEYİN
Belli
(Archaeologist
- Berdan
Foundation)
Tarsus is
one of the
rare
cities
with a
seven
thousand
year
history.
Throughout
this seven
thousand
year
history,
its name
has
remained
unchanged
up until
the
present.
Naturally,
a city
that has
such a
long
history,
has
important
characteristics.
One of
these is
the
ancient
road you
see here.
It is an
ancient
road built
in a
polygonal
style
approximately
two
thousand
years ago
and with
its
infrastructure
right
under it.
St. Paul
was an
important
person in
this
history.
Naturally,
he is
still an
important
person for
Christianity
today.
Again, the
Tarsus
Falls is a
natural
beauty
created
here by
the Berdan
River.
In
addition,
the Eshab-ı
Kehf
(Seven
Sleepers)
Cave is
located
here.
NARRATOR
As it is
known, one
of the
seven
famous
figures,
which
slept in
the Eshab-ı
Kehf Cave
for
exactly
309 years
was a dog
called
Kıtmir.
However,
there is
another
dog
species in
Tarsus,
who is a
candidate
to become
as famous
as this
legendary
Kıtmir Dog-
the
Çatalburun
Hunting
Dog.
However,
the
strangest
thing is
that the
people of
Tarsus are
not even
aware of
having
such a dog
species.
Turhan
ÜNLÜDOĞAN
Now all of
the good
hunters
are aware
of the
Çatalburun.
Everyone
who hunts
is aware
of it, but
how are
they aware
of it? It
is not
because
they know
that it is
a dog
unique to
Tarsus. It
is with
the logic
that this
is a dog
and as
hunters we
need a
good dog.
If we are
going to
care for a
dog, then
we should
get the
best one.
Which one
is the
best, most
suitable
dog for us
here? It
is the
Çatalburun.
That is
why I have
a
Çatalburun.
In other
words,
perhaps
90% of the
people who
have a
Çatalburun
dog in
Tarsus do
not know
that this
dog is
unique to
Tarsus and
cannot be
found
outside of
this area.
Since it
is good,
they raise
and keep
this dog
for
hunting,
for good
hunting.
However,
to tell
you the
truth, I
learned
only ten-twelve
years ago
that it is
from
Tarsus.
That is,
despite
the fact
that I
have read
a lot.
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
Why do we
care for
these
Çatalburun
Dogs?
First of
all, they
are unique
to Tarsus.
We heard
that you
cannot
find them
anywhere
else in
the world.
These are
the dogs
raised by
us. They
are very
intelligent
animals in
contrast
to other
hunting
dogs. They
learn to
hunt at an
early age.
That is,
normally a
hunting
dog,
especially
male
hunting
dogs, the
other
species,
start to
hunt at
two years
of age,
but this
species of
dog, with
no
differentiation
between
the female
and the
male, are
dogs who
start to
hunt when
they are
six or
seven
months old.
That is,
they adapt
to hunting
at a very
early age.
They hunt
well. We
prefer
these dogs
even more
because
they hunt
well.
Turhan
Ünlüoğlu
Naturally,
there are
many
species of
dogs.
There are
Kurt
Zağars, ??
Dırahters
?? and
English
setter
dogs.
These are
primarily
dogs of
foreign
origin.
As far as
we Can see
from the
descriptions,
the Tarsus
Çatalburun
has a
unique
build. The
nose is as
if it is
divided in
two from
the middle
and the
split in
the middle
goes
towards
the
forehead,
it is not
very tall,
it Can be
considered
to be
relatively
squat, it
is very
loyal and
its sense
of smell
is keen...
Of course,
the shape
of the
nose is
somewhat
different
from other
dogs. In
all
animals,
dogs there
are
definitely
two
nostrils
in the
nose, but
it is as
though
this dog
has two
separate
noses.
There is a
definite
separation
observed
in the
middle.
Now, we do
not know
the
scientific
aspect, of
course. In
other
words, the
fact that
this dog
has a "split
nose"
perhaps
widens the
area of
the mucous
membrane
and forms
a moister
region and
that could
increase
its sense
of smell.
But what I
have
determined
or
observed
in these
dogs is
that the
noses of
these dogs
are
moister
than those
of other
dogs. This
probably,
its being
moister,
could be
developing
even more
the sense
of smell
of these
animals.
Or else we
Can think
that the
nose is
moister to
have a
better
sense of
smell.
Naturally,
I do not
know how
much the
shape of
the head
or the
shape of
the nose
is related
to the
sense of
smell.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
Why are
their
noses
split?
What sort
of
advantage
could
these be?
Now, if I
were to
think as
an
engineer,
I Can
explain
this as
follows.
The two
bones in
the nose
of the
Çatalburun
dog are
completely
separated
from each
other. In
other
words,
this nose
is
completely
separate
in this
skull.
Now, you
cannot
think at
any time
that the
air Can
pass at
the same
discharge
rate from
a hole
with a
diameter
of 5 mm
and a hole
with a
diameter
of 10 mm.
Consequently,
I think
that the
smell that
Can enter
the noses
of these
Çatalburun
dogs could
be greater.
Actually,
there is
no other
explanation
for it.
However,
unfortunately,
I do not
know how
this
occurred,
how it was
created.
HÜSEYİN
Kara
I have
never been
without a
dog
because I
love dogs
very much.
I have
raised
every
species of
dog. I saw
that the
Çatalburun
is the
best
hunter...and
it is more
beautiful.
İSMAİL
YÜKSELOĞLU
We use
these
Çatalburun
dogs for
hunting
birds
which hide
on the
ground, on
the rocks
and in the
bushes
without
flying.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
Hunting
the
animals
which walk
on the
ground is
the most
difficult.
Why?
Because,
for
instance,
you Can be
sure that
a
francolin
runs
faster
than a
human
being. A
partridge,
it is not
said that
a
partridge
walks on
the rocks,
one says a
partridge
is sliding.
They move
so quickly
that only
a dog Can
find them
by
following
their
scent.
Otherwise,
normally
it is not
possible
to hunt a
partridge
on your
own.
İBRAHİM
KOZACIOĞLU
..........It
Can be a
quail, it
Can be a
partridge,
here we
call it
yerfe,
that is,
woodcock.
Thus, it
is a
francolin
from the
pheasant
family
which are
unique to
this area.
These are
birds that
continuously
walk on
the ground,
eat on the
ground and
their
scents are
always on
the ground.
The dogs
find this
game by
following
this scent.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
These are
generally
birds,
that is,
they have
wings and
they Can
fly, but
there are
also
rabbits
who live
together
with the
birds,
that is,
with the
quails and
francolins.
..........
These have
completely
adapted to
the region
in which
they live
from the
aspect of
their
colors.
That is,
for
instance,
it is not
possible
for you to
distinguish
a quail
..............
with your
eyes. That
is, it is
not
possible
for you to
see such a
thing.
Only a dog
Can smell
this with
its nose.
Durmuş
Öztürk
Hiding is
the most
important
feature of
game, but
this game
hides in a
steep
place or
in the
bushes,
not in a
simple
place.
İSMAİL
YÜKSELOĞLU
The game
we call
francolin
is a very
clever
bird that
does not
fly easily.
Durmuş
Öztürk
It is the
game which
is the
most
difficult
to hunt
and this
dog is the
animal
which
hunts it
the best.
I am
telling
you
sincerely,
this dog
is the
animal
that finds
this game
the best
and
easiest.
İSMAİL
YÜKSELOĞLU
Wherever
it enters,
in
whatever
bush it
hides,
this dog
finds the
bird from
its scent
and makes
it fly.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
............
We had
said that
these
birds and
rabbits
adapt to
the places
where they
happen to
be. These
animals
stay
motionless
in one
place
because
they know
instinctively
that this
will hide
them. Then
the dog,
since it
tracks the
game from
its scent,
finds it
where it
is
remaining
motionless.
( and
gives news
to its
owner by
saying, "there
is game
here".
Thus, we
call this
the
pointing
of the dog.
............
It remains
motionless
while its
nose is
pointing
to the
game and
you would
think that
it had
become
petrified
at that
moment.)
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
...........
when it
finds the
scent, it
stops
wagging
its tail
which it
had been
wagging
quickly
before and
waits
above the
bird or
rabbit as
if without
breathing.
...........
at the
moment
when we
say, "go
pounce on
it", it
jumps on
the animal
with our
command,
but the
dog cannot
catch it,
it is very
rare if
the dog
does catch
it. There
have been
cases when
the dog
caught the
game, but
this is
very
seldom.
The dog
makes the
game fly
or run
away.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
if the
bird has
flown
after the
dog
pounces on
it, then
naturally,
the hunter
will shoot
it with
his rifle.
However,
if the dog
has
already
caught the
game, then
it will
bring the
game to
his master.
Generally,
well-trained
Çatalburun
dogs bring
and
deliver
the game
to their
masters
alive
without
even
harming
its
feathers.
Turhan
ÜNLÜDOĞAN
..........
the dog
tries to
give the
game it
brought
only to
its own
master. If
the game
it brought
is injured,
then it
tries to
bring and
deliver it
without
handling
it roughly.
In other
words, we
think that
it is a
gentler
hunting
dog
compared
to other
dogs.
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
..........
they Can
be cared
for in the
house or
in small
gardens
without
disturbing
others.
They do
not bark
very much
and they
do not
disturb
people.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
They do
not make
any noise
or make a
show by
barking
when you
pet them.
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
They play
with
children,
with this
and that,
as if they
are
children
themselves,
they do
not bite
and they
are not
dangerous
at all.
They are
not biting
dogs.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
..........
the
Çatalburun
dogs have
never
bitten any
children.
They are
very
sensitive,
especially
towards
babies and
children.
Even if
they are
hurt by
someone,
they do
not bite.
When these
features
are
combined,
then you
have a
magnificent
animal.
(You live
in a
hunting
environment,
game is
abundant.
They play
together
with the
children
in the
houses
with
courtyards
and in the
streets.)
You have a
dog such
that it
hunts and
does not
harm
people, it
does not
harm your
neighbors.
It is very
obedient...
Turhan
ÜNLÜDOĞAN
Of course,
all dogs
have ties
to humans,
but we
think that
our
Çatalburun
dogs are
somewhat
more
sociable
and more
attached
to their
own
masters.
If you
went
hunting
alone, but
you have a
Tarsus
Çatalburun
dog with
you, then
you are
not
considered
to be very
lonely.
During
short
stops when
you sit
under the
shadow of
a tree, it
will also
come and
sit at
your feet
and put
its head
on your
feet, on
your knees,
or will
lean
against
you and
will wait
to be
petted.
..........
they are
also
sociable
with
strangers.
If there
are two
dogs and
you pet
one of
them more
than the
other,
then it
would come
and gently
push the
other one
and will
expect to
be petted
instead,
not by
being
jealous
and
fighting
with the
other dog.
They
really are
fond of
being
petted, in
fact, even
if you are
standing,
they would
come and
lean
against
you and
want to
feel your
presence.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
..........
we see
parts of
these
features
in other
dogs, in
Setters,
in
Pointers
..........
in some
Dalmatians
and other
dog
species.
However,
all of
them
together
you Can
find in
the
Çatalburun
dogs.
Turhan
ÜNLÜDOĞAN
These dogs
we call
Setters,
which have
a lot of
hair, hunt
well in
the
wintertime,
but in the
summer,
especially
in the
summer,
they
cannot
endure for
a long
period of
time in
the heat
of the
Çukurova.
Or these
German
dogs hunt
well in
summer,
but they
are not
very
successful
in the
hunting of
water fowl,
especially
in cold
water in
winter.
The
Çatalburun,
from the
aspect of
hunting
period, in
both cold
and heat,
is much
more
extensive,
in my
opinion.
We see
this and
experience
this, in
any case.
Really,
this dog,
goes and
brings to
us gently
a bird
which has
fallen
into the
water and
without
handling
it roughly,
without
harming
it. We
have seen
many times
the
Çatalburun
go after a
bird that
has been
shot and
fallen
into the
water.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
Unfortunately,
our
Çatalburun
dogs do
not like
water very
much. One
has to
train them
to get
used to
water.
.........
Consequently,
you will
have
difficulty
until you
get this
dog used
to going
into the
water,
then even
if you do
not want,
it will go
into the
water all
on its own.
Turhan
Uygur
There is a
high
plateau
called
Gerlez.
You Can
find good
game there.
I went
there with
my
grandfather
one day.
He had a
dog, just
like this
Çatalburun.
My
grandfather
had a
large hat,
like this.
He must
have
forgotten
to tie the
string.
The wind
started to
blow and
took the
hat into
the stream.
The dog
looked at
my
grandfather
and then
went into
the stream
and
brought
his hat
back to
him. No
one had
taught the
dog to do
this.
There were
such
beautiful
dogs at
that time.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
in the
past the
houses at
Tarsus
were
single
houses and
everyone
had a
courtyard
in front
of their
houses and
inside
these
courtyards
of the
hunters,
there
would
generally
be one or
two
Çatalburun
dogs. At
that time,
at the
homes of
all the
elderly
people,
compared
to me,
there were
one or two
Çatalburun
dogs.
Turhan
Uygur
In winter
in this
region,
that is,
at Tarsus
and the
surroundings,
people
used to
hunt and
in the
summer, at
the high
plateaus,
in the
mountains,
especially
in the
Taurus
Mountains
(we used
to know
the
hunting
places and
would go
there and
hunt.) My
grandfather
used to
take us
there. We
were
children
at that
time, but
would go
there and
hunt.
..........
there were
at least
six or
seven dogs
at home.
..........
At the
time when
we went
hunting,
there was
a lake
called
Aynaz. Now
these have
all been
dried up.
They dried
them up,
just like
the Amik
Plain
..........
the
political
parties
dried up
all those
places for
votes.
..........
No more
game is
left,
there are
no ducks.
It was a
place
abounding
in game.
..........
There are
very few
partridges
left in
our region.
Now, we
used to go
about four
to five
kilometers
from here
to hunt.
That is,
we had
this
opportunity,
but now
there is
nothing.
..........
Nothing,
those dogs
are no
longer
there, you
cannot
find them,
that is,
they are
close to
becoming
extinct.
..........
When there
is no game,
then
people do
not raise
these dogs,
that is,
they do
not feed
them. If
they have
any, then
it is only
one at
their
houses. I
say that
we had no
less than
seven
hunting
dogs at
our house.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
hunting is
something
that
exists if
there is
game. In
other
words, you
cannot
have
hunting in
a place
where
there is
no game.
At the
moment,
you
definitely
do not
find game
at the
Çukurova,
but do not
think that
the
hunters
finished
these game.
Unfortunately,
the
insecticides
formed of
the DDT
derivatives,
which are
used,
perhaps do
not kill
the birds
at that
moment,
but
prevent
the
formation
of a shell
for the
eggs of
most of
the birds.
In other
words,
although
the bird
lays eggs,
it Can
never
brood them,
because
the egg
does not
have a
shell. As
a result
of this, a
lot of
birds have
become
extinct.
Now, when
there is
no game,
people
quite
naturally
do not
feel the
need for
feeding
hunting
dogs and
do not
want to
feel a
closeness
to them.
Turan
ÜNLÜDOĞAN
The
previous
lifestyle
where
three to
five one-storied
houses
opened
into
courtyards
has been
abandoned.
People
have
shifted to
living in
apartment
buildings.
Consequently,
the
opportunity
for these
animals to
be raised
close to
people has
decreased.
Of course,
people who
have their
heart set
on this
subject
and want
to
continue
hunting
had to
find a
solution
because
they are
forced to
raise
these dogs.
What is
this
solution-
it is to
acquire
either
single-storied
or two-storied
houses
with
gardens,
in
districts
at the
outskirts
of the
city and
to raise
the dogs
there or
like us,
to live at
the center
of the
city, but
to raise
the dogs
in the
garden of
your place
of
business.
Durmuş
Öztürk
This is
one of the
dogs that
is sought
the most
by hunters.
The Tarsus
Çatalburun
dog is a
dog
species
that is
even
rarely
found in
Tarsus.
..........
This is a
dog that
learns
hunting
very
quickly
all by
itself
without
being
taught.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
first of
all,
pointing
is innate
from birth.
That is,
pointing
Can never
be taught.
That is,
you Can
never
teach a
dog, which
does not
point, to
point.
However,
to fetch,
that is,
to bring
the game,
must be
taught as
a game,
within the
period up
until the
dog is one
year old.
That is,
what do I
want to
say. For
instance,
you should
take a
ball or
cut the
wing of a
bird and
make it
into a
ball and
have the
dog get
used to
bringing
it to you.
Durmuş
Öztürk
...... It
is very
important
for the
game shot
by the
hunter to
be brought.
If an
animal or
game fall
in a place
where the
hunter
cannot
enter, how
will he
get it? He
cannot
enter the
place
himself.
Then what
would he
do? The
dog will
bring it.
This
training
is very
important.
It is very
difficult
to make
every dog
accept
this.
Turhan
Ünlüoğlu
.......
After a
period of
time we
are
ensuring
that the
dog
becomes
used to
the sound
of the
rifle.
When you
throw the
ball, you
also shoot
the rifle
to make a
noise.
Dogs in
general
are timid,
afraid and
run away
when they
hear the
sound of a
rifle for
the first
time.
However,
after
three to
five shots,
you are
getting
them used
to it.
Durmuş
Öztürk
Of course,
it does
not stop
here. The
puppy
starts to
cry out.
Let me
show the
dog
feathers,
let me get
the dog
used to
the rifle
sound, it
doesn't
work that
way. First
of all,
you should
take the
dog on a
hunt.
First of
all to
point. You
cannot
teach this
dog to
point. It
points by
using its
own
instinct.
..........
For me,
this is
one of the
most ideal
animals.
Now, of
these five
puppies,
although
their
mother is
a normal
Çatalburun,
they are
not fully
Çatalburun.
However,
it is just
the
Çatalburun
we are
seeking.
It is an
animal
which Can
be taught
to hunt
the
easiest.
..........
It is an
animal
which Can
be taught
to hunt
very
easily and
very
quickly.
We Can
teach this
dog easily
without
giving
much
training...
without
difficulty.
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
In the
picture
you are
watching
our
puppies
are two
months old.
However,
now they
are 6.5
months old
and we
have taken
them
hunting.
As you
know,
these were
five
puppies.
We gave
three of
them to
our
friends.
They are
also
training
them for
themselves.
I will
take care
of these.
Even
though
this is
the second
time they
are going
hunting,
they are
trying to
search
very well.
They are
not afraid
or scared
of the
rifle
noise.
Up until
now they
still have
not had a
serious
hunting
training.
From now
on, God
willing,
we will
work with
them more
seriously.
They will
be good
dogs. They
appear to
be so. In
any case,
hunting is
in their
genes.
Both of
them have
the
characteristics
of being a
good
hunting
dog.
Turhan
ÜNLÜDOĞAN
Perhaps it
is for
genetic
reasons or
I believe
that this
dog is
somewhat
more noble.
It is a
dog which
Can be
trained in
a very
short
period of
time.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
I made a
doghouse
for my dog.
It has a
bar type
swinging
door.....
I showed
it to the
Çatalburun
once and
now it
goes in
and out as
it pleases.
Other dogs
learned it
in exactly
six months.
..... You
Can use
the
Çatalburun
dog for
all kinds
of hunting,
in the
water and
in rocky
areas. It
endures
both heat
and cold.
Besides
this, it
has the
characteristic
of being
obedient.
This is
very
important
for a
hunter.
For
example, I
believe
that well-trained
hunters
who love
nature do
not hunt
to kill an
animal.
They want
to watch
nature, to
be happy,
but in the
meantime
want be
together
with the
game, the
dog and
their
rifle. For
example, I
have my
dog point
most of
the time
...........
if you
don't want
to kill
the game,
if you
want to
set the
game free
in nature,
then when
you order
your
Çatalburun,
"come
here,
leave that
game alone",
then it
will come.
Since this
dog has a
very
strong
sense of
smell,
when you
tell him "bring",
it will
follow the
game for
hours,
wherever
it goes,
finds it
and brings
it back.
These
characteristics
are
magnificent
in our
opinion.
That is,
very great
characteristics
which a
hunting
dog should
have.
(Ek-1)
..........
It is not
the quail
season at
the
moment.
There are
no quail
in our
region,
they
migrated.
It is a
brooding
bird, of
course its
wings were
cut so
that it
could be
used for
brooding.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
If you set
free a
home quail
or a
partridge
raised in
coops
............
a dog Can
follow it
up until a
point.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
Pointing,
this is
pointing...
Sit down,
Kontes,
sit down
my girl...
pounce on
it...
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
When it
gets the
scent of
the quail
itself, it
will sense
that it is
not a game
raised in
nature,
but a
quail
raised in
a coop at
home and
it will
abandon
the
pointing
immediately,
in short,
you cannot
fool the
Çatalburun
with such
a thing.
Sit down...
Pounce on
it...
Where is
it, give
it, bring
it my girl,
give it,
bravo...
bring it
Kontes,
give it to
me my girl,
give,
bring,
give it my
girl,
pounce on
it. It is
playing.
Kontes
bring it.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
This look
is a look
to its
master.
Actually,
its master
should be
above it.
When it
saw the
camera
instead of
a rifle
behind it,
the dog
did not
take it
seriously.
Does it
disturb
you? It
does not
disturb at
all. Look,
it does
not
bite...
Bring it
my girl,
Kontes.
The dog
did not
find a
feather.
Bring it,
my girl,
bring it.
The most
important
characteristic
of the
Çatalburun
dog is
that it
does not
harm the
game.
The quail
does not
have
feathers.
Its wings
are wet.
The dog
cannot
keep the
game in
its mouth.
The dog is
perplexed
and trying
not to
bite and
not to
choke the
bird. That
is, how
Can I hold
this. Look,
the dog is
holding
the bird
and the
wing is
slipping
from its
mouth.
It does
not
torture
the bird.
At the
moment
there is
no damage
to the
bird.
Let us
shoot the
same event
with Tom,
the
Pointer.
Tom will
immediately
catch the
bird, bite
it and
bring it.
In other
words, he
will hurt
the animal.
(Ek-2)
Bravo, my
girl.
Bring it.
Bring it,
my girl,
give...
The
characteristics
of our
Çatalburun
dogs are
that they
hold the
animal
without
hurting
it. The
dog lifts
it from
its wing
or its
feathers.
When you
say "let
go" it
lets go.
That is
its main
feature.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
the
primary
characteristic
separating
these
Çatalburun
dogs from
other dogs
is that
these
animals
are very
calm, that
is, not
like a
Pointer or
a Lavrak.
?? It is
not
avaricious
and
aggressive
towards a
game like
this.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
Look, if
you
noticed
the
Çatalburun
dog did
not take
the game
into its
mouth,
because it
did not
get the
command.
Tom, the
other one,
see how he
held onto
it. Tom,
bring it
my boy.
Tom, Tom
bring it.
(Ek-3)
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
Sometimes
it looks
as though
the dog is
pointing
at one
stage,
that is,
its tail
is
motionless,
its entire
body is
motionless
and you
think that
there is
game there.
Yes, that
is correct,
there is
game at
that
moment,
but if
this game
is a
francolin
or a
pheasant,
for
example,
these
birds
sometimes
do not
stay still,
they move
again.
Consequently,
the dog
abandons
pointing,
that is,
it means
that the
game is
moving, it
means it
is moving
again.
Kontes,
come my
girl, come,
come in,
my girl
come in.
Bravo...
Come my
girl,
Kontes,
come, come.
The dog
does not
obey this
command,
but if I
were to
say, "Where
are you,
come my
girl, come,
where are
you...
(KONTES
APPEARS)
The dog
thinks it
is going
to hunt.
Bravo, my
girl,
bravo..
Tom, come
here my
son, come
in.
Since I
could not
train my
dog to get
in and out
through
the window,
it does
not use
the window.
It is used
to the
door.
(IT COMES
IN AND
GOES OUT
THROUGH
THE DOOR.)
Bravo, my
girl,
bravo.
Bring it,
my girl,
bring. Let
it go, let
it go.
(FOR THE
BALL IN
HER MOUTH)
(Ek-4)
SHARON
Bring it,
my girl,
bring it.
Let it go,
let it go.
(SAID FOR
THE BALL
IN HER
MOUTH.)
Go inside.
Come on,
go to your
place,
inside,
inside.
Come, come,
my girl.
Now, let
us close
her eyes.
Come on,
bring it!
It is a
piece of
meat in my
hands.
When I
forbid it,
she would
definitely
not eat
it.
- No, it
is
forbidden.
Don't eat
it. If you
eat it,
you'll see!
- Take it!
Eat it!!
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
the
primary
characteristic
separating
these
Çatalburun
dogs from
other dogs
is that
these
animals
are very
calm, that
is, not
like a
Pointer or
a Lavrak.
It is not
avaricious
and
aggressive
towards a
game like
this.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
The
characteristics
of our
Çatalburun
dogs are
that they
hold the
animal
without
hurting
it. The
dog lifts
it from
its wing
or its
feathers.
When you
say "let
go" it
lets go.
That is
its main
feature.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
These
Lavrak and
Pointer
dogs,
which I
have
mentioned,
Can be
calmed
down when
they are
given
special
training,
but this
is a very
difficult
job.
..........
Whereas,
there is
no need
for our
Çatalburun
dogs to
have such
a training.
In any
case,
during a
hunt, they
always
return to
their
masters to
determine
where
their
masters
are.
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
When the
hunter and
the dog go
hunting,
they start
to act as
a whole.
Each game,
each dog
has its
own unique
features.
The dogs
have
unique
communication
between
themselves
and their
masters.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
from time
to time,
it looks
back to
see where
its master
is. That
is, the
dogs never
separate
from their
masters
and these
dogs have
the idea
of always
working as
a team, in
other
words,
they never
hunt on
their own.
MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
The
Çatalburun,
even when
pointing,
when its
body does
not move,
it
instinctively
establishes
communication
with its
master.
The dog
turns and
looks and
tries to
see you
eye to eye,
even when
its body
does not
move and
checks if
you are
ready or
not. It
checks
whether or
not you
will shoot.
This is an
important
characteristic
that
cannot be
given up
by an
expert
hunter,
because we
do not
want to
shoot
every game.
In
general,
other dogs
do not
establish
this
communication
with their
masters.
..........
But the
Çatalburun
dogs,
after
pointing
to you,
generally
do not
attack the
bird
unless you
give a
command.
..........
It does
the
hunting
for you.
It loves
nature
together
with you.
It amuses
itself
together
with you.
For
example,
my Pointer
dog named
Tom hunts
the game
for
himself.
Turhan
ÜNLÜDOĞAN
..........
After a
while, the
Çatalburun
dog starts
to like
what you
like. That
is, many
hunters
would
agree with
what I
say. These
dogs wait
for the
hunting
day, for
example,
Sunday
mornings,
very
seriously
and we
witness
that they
get
anxious to
go hunting
on Sunday
morning.
Durmuş
Öztürk
This
animal
gets as
much
pleasure
from
pointing
as you get
from
shooting
the game.
This is
one of
their
major
characteristics.
Ergün
Levent
..........
When the
dog gets
the scent,
it goes
immediately
and waits
there, so
that its
master Can
come and
shoot the
rifle. It
does not
move at
all. That
is, if its
foot is up
in the air,
it stays
in the air.
If its
hind foot
is in the
air, then
its hind
foot stays
in the air.
If its
forefoot
is in the
air, then
its
forefoot
stays in
the air.
Question-
For how
long will
it stay
like that?
Well, it
depends on
when its
master
will come.
It will
not move
at all.
That is,
until its
master
comes and
shoots the
rifle.
That is,
there is a
word.
There is
the word "pounce".
It waits
for its
master. We
say "pounce"
and the
dog
immediately
pounces on
the game.
The master
shoots
with the
rifle and
if the
game is
hit, it is
hit, if it
is not hit,
then it
goes away.
..........
..........
Sharon is
an
excellent
hunter. I
Can say
that in
Tarsus
there are
only three
or four
like this.
Question-
In other
words,
what is
the
difference
that
separates
Sharon
from other
dogs?
Well, I
don't know,
whether it
is because
it is a
Çatalburun
or because
of its
training
in time.
Perhaps it
is because
of its
training.
Durmuş
Öztürk
PICKS UP
THE PUPPY.
These dogs
have a
sense of
smell from
the ground
and also
have a
sense of
smell from
the air.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
Since they
are of a
shorter
build,
they
follow the
scent from
its tracks.
They never
get scents
from
higher up.
They find
the tracks
of the
game in
this
manner.
Ergün
Levent
Well, this
is the way
Sharon
hunts.
When we go
hunting,
first she
smells the
air to see
if she Can
smell
anything
in the air.
When she
senses the
smell from
air, then
she puts
her nose
onto the
ground.
When she
gets the
scent, she
puts her
nose onto
the ground
and
follows
the scent
on the
ground.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
..........
Unfortunately,
this
actually
happened
because of
the mixing
of the
breeds
with the
Pointer
dogs or
the Kurt
Zağar dogs.
That is,
because
their
genes
mixed with
the genes
of other
dogs,
recently.
In my
childhood,
I remember
it very
well that
these dogs
were all
purebred
and always
followed
the scent
by putting
their
noses onto
the ground.
That is,
if these
dogs are
getting
scents in
another
way today,
then it is
not their
fault, it
is because
they have
been mixed
with other
breeds.
Ergün
Levent
(TO BE
FILMED)
Yes,
Sharon
could be a
crossbreed,
because we
don't know
who her
father is.
They
brought
her to us,
but I
don't know
if she is
a purebred.
ALTERNATIVE-MUZAFFER
CANBOLAT
Each
hunter
wants to
create a
genotype
which
suits his
own desire.
They
crossbreed
the Setter
with the
Pointer,
the
Pointer
with the
Çatalburun,
and the
Çatalburun
with the
tall
Cocker,
etc.
ALTERNATIVE
- HÜSEYİN
Kara
When they
crossbreed
the Setter
with the
Pointer,
then they
hunt very
quickly
and very
well,
actually,
they are
the dog
the
hunters
like the
best.
MUZAFFER
Tamer
Now a
Çatalburun
dog club
is being
established
in Tarsus
and
consequently,
we will
register
all of the
Çatalburun
dogs.
Consequently,
we will
now have
pedigreed
dogs.
..........
I am sure
that
within a
maximum of
three
years we
will
obtain the
same dogs
which
lived one
hundred
years ago.
Mustafa
SARPKAYA
Hunting is
a hobby
for me,
but it is
a hobby
that is
like a
passion.
..........
We are
establishing
excellent
friendships
with the
Yörük
nomadic
shepherds
living at
the
elevations
of 2500 m,
3000 m in
the Taurus
and Bolkar
Mountains
and people
there who
like
hunters
and who
Can move
with the
hunters.
In our
way, we
are
offering
examples
of a good
life........
.....................
This is
our way of
life. We
are
hunters.
When we
say
hunting,
it doesn't
mean only
to shoot
and kill
birds.
When we do
it for
sport, we
also try
to enjoy
the
mountains
and rocks
and to
enjoy
nature.
This is
hunting
for me.
.....................
The
primary
purpose of
our
raising
dogs is
for the
dogs to
serve us.
...............
At least
they are
not
ungrateful
like
people.
They give
you
something
in return
in some
way,
either by
showing
that they
love you
or by
telling
you that
they are
happy when
they see
you. They
do this
without
betrayal.
Doing
these is a
service to
you. We
experience
these with
the
animals.
Furthermore,
when we go
hunting
they find
the game
we wanted
to hunt in
the
easiest
manner, in
the best
manner and
they
present
them to
us. They
do this,
besides,
in any
case, I
love
animals
very much.
Thus, we
are
protecting
this dog
species as
much as we
Can (PETS
THE DOG),
by
breeding
them and
giving to
family
members
and
friends.
Otherwise,
these
animals
incur
costs for
us. For
example,
the mother
of these
dogs
became
ill. It is
a kind of
skin
cancer
called
"trichophyti".
?? It is
very
difficult
to treat.
However, I
had it
treated by
spending a
lot of
money and
with
superhuman
efforts.
..........
That dog
is Suzi,
the
grandmother
of these
dogs. In
hunting
her
movements
are slow,
she is
old, but
she is a
very
beautiful
dog in
spite of
this and
she pays
back the
expense
and
efforts we
made, at
any rate,
I believe
she does.
We cut off
the entire
tail of
our
hunting
dogs. The
reason for
this is
that they
constantly
wag their
tails when
walking in
the bushes
and they
bleed and
become
wounded
when they
run into
bushes and
thorns.......
For that
reason, we
cut the
tails of
these
dogs,
provided
that it is
not too
short...........................
MUZAFFER
Tamer
Generally,
a dog even
senses the
scent of
an animal
which
passes a
certain
place half
an hour
before.
Moreover,
................
even if
two of the
same kind
of animal,
for
instance,
if the
tracks of
two
partridges
cross each
other,
then the
dog Can
even
distinguish
these from
each
other.
THE Tarsus
ÇATALBURUN
DOG
Undoubtedly,
in Turkey
when the
word dog
is
mentioned,
the Sivas
Kangal Dog
is the
first dog
that comes
to mind.
The Sivas
Kangal is
a dog
breed that
has become
famous in
the world
among the
Anatolian
Shepherd
Dogs.
However,
other than
the
Kangal,
the
existence
of a very
special
and
purebred
hunting
dog
species,
also
unique to
Turkey, is
not even
known in
Turkey,
let alone
in the
world.
Moreover,
setting
aside
Turkey,
even the
people in
Tarsus,
which is
the source
of these
hunting
dogs we
are
talking
about,
were not
aware
until very
recently
that these
dogs are a
purebred
dog
species
unique to
Tarsus.
The
hunters of
Tarsus,
who say
that the
sense of
smell of
these
Çatalburun
dogs is
very
strong,
take care
of these
dogs
because
they are
tame,
obedient,
loveable,
learn to
hunt
quickly
and
because
they take
tremendous
pleasure
in
hunting,
but they
have just
started to
learn that
these dogs
are unique
to Tarsus
and they
are a
special
breed
raised in
Tarsus.
Up until
now,
Tarsus was
famous for
being the
birth
place of
St. Paul,
the
Christian
saint. On
the other
hand, the
Seven
Sleepers
Cave,
which is
included
in the
beliefs of
both the
Christians
and the
Muslims,
where it
is
believed
that the
seven
sleepers
slept for
exactly
309 years,
is also
within the
lands of
Tarsus. As
it is
known, one
of the
most
famous
figures of
the Seven
Sleepers
legend is
the dog
called
Kımir.
However,
it appears
that there
is another
dog
species in
Tarsus
which is a
candidate
to become
a partner
in the
fame of
this dog
called
Kımir- the
Çataburun
Dog.
Why is it
called
Çatalburun?...
Because it
is as
though it
has two
noses...
It is not
easy to
describe
what we
mean
without
seeing it.
This
documentary
called The
Tarsus
Çatalburun
Dog, which
tries to
present
these
Çatalburun
Dogs,
unique to
Tarsus,
has the
Tarsus
hunters,
who have
lived with
and
trained
these dogs
for years,
tell about
them.
