The Millstone

The Millstone

In most of the villages of Tur Abdin the millstones are still existing, also most of them are out of use.

Usually they can be found a little bit outside of the village. At the places where people used to work. Where the old people sat down and talked and the children were laughing and playing. And within all this, a donkey was walking around, driving the millstone.

That´s how flour was produced in the old days, before the villages were depopulated during Seyfo.

I took this photo in Zaz, Tur Abdin, in November of 2015.