Chaparli

[1] The area is the summer quarter of the Derilou branch of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, which in the wake of White Revolution included 40 households.

[2] The number significantly dropped over years and in late 1990s no family migrated to the summer quarter of Chaparli for the lack of experienced shepherds.

The trend has somehow reversed in recent years, and about 20 families pitch their tents in the area, albeit mainly for escaping the unpleasantly hot climate of Derilou village.

Orhan Pamuk in 2001 Turkish novel, My Name Is Red,[3] gives a vivid description of Turkic people's love-hate attitude towards dogs.

The inhabitants treat the beasts with utter respect, a manner which is loathed by more pious villagers of the region as a pagan act.