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Living like sultans: Istanbul's pampered street cats

27 January 2026
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2026-01-27 09:44

For centuries, cats and Istanbul's residents have been very close, an ancestral culture that remains even today. When the bed of stray cat Kanyon was stolen at a shopping mall, residents decided to build him a new home. He's not alone: according to City Hall, Istanbul has more than 160,000 cats living on its streets who are regularly fed and fussed over by the city's 16 million residents.

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