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Kelly with Delilah and Harriet

Hairdresser spent £14,000 bringing two feral cats in Turkey to the UK

PoC avatarPosted on November 5, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 5, 2021

NEWS AND COMMENT: Depending upon your point of view, Kelly Walker, is either an angel or she is stupid. For me she is an angel. She loves animals and followed her heart. She saved £14,000 for a deposit for a …

Posted in cat rescue | Tagged Cat News, cat rescue, cat rescuer, good cat news, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | Leave a reply
Imam Mustafa Efe with a kitten inside his mosque: Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque, Istanbul

Pictures of Imam Mustafa Efe conjure up visions of how the Prophet Muhammad interacted with cats

PoC avatarPosted on September 14, 2021 by Michael BroadSeptember 14, 2021

These are brilliant photographs of Imam Mustafa Efe interacting with the community cats which he allows into his mosque; the Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque in Istanbul’s historical Uskudar district. He is quite clear about it; the mosque should be a …

Posted in Islam | Tagged islam faith, Islam faith and cats, pictures of cats, religion and the cat, stray cats of Turkey, the real turkish angora, turkey
Cat brings sick kitten to hospital for treatment

Community cat carries kitten into A&E to be treated by doctors

PoC avatarPosted on May 4, 2020 by Michael BroadMay 4, 2020

NEWS/OPINION-TURKEY: The story is that a street cat, a calico cat in fact, carried her sick kitten into an Istanbul hospital for treatment. It was a demonstration of incredible motherly instincts, on the face of it. The cat dropped her …

Posted in mothering | Tagged calico cat, cat mothering, community cat, mother cat, mother-kitten relationship, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | Leave a reply
Ikram Korkmazer's butcher's shop

Turkish butcher becomes tourist attraction as he feeds cats and dogs

PoC avatarPosted on January 25, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 7, 2022

Turgutlu, Turkey – news/opinion article: Ikram Korkmazer’s butcher’s shop has become a tourist attraction after three years of feeding stray cats and dogs and recording it all on video and publishing it on social media, specifically his Instagram page. I …

Posted in community cats | Tagged cat welfare, Community Cats, instagram, stray cats of Turkey, the real turkish angora, turkey | Leave a reply
Cat Stevens in Istanbul

Cat Stevens in the City of Cats and why he is called ‘Cat Stevens’

PoC avatarPosted on November 29, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 29, 2019

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou) tweeted today, one hour ago, that he is in the City of Cats. In the photograph he is standing in front of a large mosque. I think it is the Blue …

Posted in celebrities and cats | Tagged celebrities, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | Leave a reply
Cat attacks men and not women

Community Cat Attacks Passing Men But Not Women. Why?

PoC avatarPosted on March 25, 2019 by Michael BroadMarch 25, 2019

A Turkish community cat attacks men but not women. The video clearly shows this. People are scratching their heads as to why this happens. The cat is outside a market in Istanbul, the country’s largest city. The cat’s antics have …

Posted in cat aggression | Tagged cat aggression, community cat, defensive cat aggression, female cat, provoked cat aggression, reasons for cat aggression, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | 1 Reply
PALOMA Foresta Resort stray cats

Woman on Turkish holiday blames stray cats for her salmonella poisoning

PoC avatarPosted on March 15, 2019 by Michael BroadMarch 15, 2019

The Mail Online newspaper reports that a British woman, Tracy Marlor on holiday in Turkey, became very ill and, by implication, she blames sick cats who would eat from the tables. She described the hotel, the Paloma Foresta Resort and …

Posted in Stray Cats | Tagged feeding stray cats, stray cats, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | 1 Reply
Ahmet and the cat

Shop assistant jailed for provoking community cat to attack customer

PoC avatarPosted on February 6, 2019 by Michael BroadFebruary 6, 2019

This story comes from Turkey. It is extraordinary, it has to be said. A shop assistant at an electronics store, a mild mannered man in appearance whose name is Ahmet Dilaver, was jailed for allegedly provoking a community cat to …

Posted in crime | Tagged cat attack!, Cat News, community cat, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | 1 Reply
2 women partially blinded by toxoplasmosis?

Is it true that toxoplasmosis partially blinded two Turkish women?

PoC avatarPosted on January 22, 2019 by Michael BroadJanuary 22, 2019

A Turkish online newspaper, Hurriyet Daily News, reports that toxoplasmosis has caused partial blindness in two Turkish women. Both women come from the Western province of Izmir. One woman loves cats and the other is allergic to them. “A cat-borne …

Posted in Zoonotic Diseases | Tagged Cat News, stray cats of Turkey, Toxoplasma gondii, turkey, zoonotic diseases | 13 Replies
Road sweeper brushes street cat

Turkish road sweeper’s act of kindness towards a street cat

PoC avatarPosted on January 6, 2019 by Michael BroadJanuary 6, 2019

This is a super little video. It comes from Turkey. A road sweeper using what appears to be an old-fashioned broom made of selected twigs (or a similar material) starts to gently brush the paws of a street cat. This …

Posted in stray cat | Tagged brushing cats, human to cat relationship, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | 4 Replies
Turkish woman in Turkey strikes stray cat with cloth

Woman ‘steals blanket’ from stray cat and strikes the cat with the blanket

PoC avatarPosted on December 6, 2018 by Michael BroadDecember 7, 2018

This is a little vignette of Turkish street life. There is a cat resting on a mini-blanket in what appears to be a shop front. Firstly a woman in a grey coat comes by and pets the cat. Then the …

Posted in cat abuse | Tagged cat abuse, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | 1 Reply
Yoda blind and deaf cat

Picture of blind and deaf street cat who survived on streets of Turkey

PoC avatarPosted on August 29, 2018 by Michael BroadNovember 28, 2018

This is how he was:

Posted in cat rescuer | Tagged blind cat, cat rescuer, Deaf cat, rescue cat, stray cats of Turkey, turkey | 2 Replies
Leo

Stray cat living on the streets of Turkey enters vehicle and finds a forever home

PoC avatarPosted on March 4, 2017 by Elisa Black-TaylorMarch 4, 2017

This is the story of Leo, a stray cat living on the streets of Ankara, Turkey who one day decided good food and an excellent caregiver were only part of having a good life. Leo wanted a home to call …

Posted in stray cat | Tagged cat rescue, happy ending, stray cats of Turkey, The Articles of Elisa Black-Taylor, turkey | 5 Replies
Kedi a film about the stray cats of Istanbul

The Cats of Istanbul (a film trailer)

PoC avatarPosted on February 16, 2017 by Michael BroadFebruary 16, 2017

This is a trailer for a full-length feature film about the cats of Istanbul called ‘Kedi’. It is made by Termite Films. The director is Ceyda Torun and the star is Bülent Üstün. It gets an 8.4 out of 10 …

Posted in Turkish Angora | Tagged feral cats, stray cats, stray cats of Turkey, turkish angora, turkish van | 14 Replies
Tombili a Turkish street cat

Free-living Istanbul cat remembered in a bronze statue

PoC avatarPosted on October 21, 2016 by Michael BroadOctober 21, 2016

This is another good news cat story. We like them because there are too many bad news cat stories. Most cats in Turkey are “free-living”. Another term is “community cats”. They don’t have owners. They share their time between a …

Posted in celebrity cats | Tagged cat celebrity, celebrity, celebrity cat, stray cats of Turkey | 3 Replies

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