Ali Kemer, a 50-year-old horse-breeder, herds horses in Hormetci village on the foothills of Mt Erciyes, in a central Anatolian province of Turkey.
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Kemer is a third-generation horse breeder of the untamed "yilki". He cares for about 350 of them and charges visitors US$8 ($12) to photograph the horses, which he uses for their upkeep.
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Thousands of other wild horses roam free on the mountains and plains of Turkey's Anatolia region, the descendants of horses that were abandoned by farmers.