Abstract :
This study was carried out to collect information about Turkish Native Horse Breeds. The horse has
always been a strong figure in Turkish history and they were used them for different purposes. Because of several
reasons horse population of Turkey decreased until present time. At the present time in Turkey there are horse breeds
of Anatolian Native, Canik, Coloured, Cukurova, East Anatolian, H?n?s?n Kol?k?sas?, Karacabey, Karakachan, Kula of
Camardi, Malakan, Midilli of Ayvacik, Nonius, Thrace, Turkish Arabian, Turkish Thoroughbred, and Uzunyayla.
Some of those breeds are endangered and some of them are nearly extinct. The Genetic Engineering and Biotechnical
Institute (GEBI), Marmara Research Centre applied a project entitled the “In Vitro Conservation and Preliminary
Molecular identification of some Turkish Domestic Animal Genetic Resources” (TURKHAYGEN-I). Limited
cryopreservation of genetic material of five breeds, Canik, Cukurova, Kolukisa of Hinis, Malakan and Mytilene, has
already been undertaken at GEBI.
