ISTANBUL – ISTANBUL (AP) — When President Obama visited Turkey last year, he paused to stroke a tabby cat at the former Byzantine church of Haghia Sophia while Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...

When President Obama visited Turkey last year, he paused to stroke a tabby cat at the former Byzantine church of Haghia Sophia while Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looked on with a smile.

Istanbul is known around the world as the city of cats, a place where felines roam freely – loved and protected by the people who share the streets, parks, cafés, and ancient monuments with them.

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Ceyda Torun’s “Kedi,” a documentary about the street cats of Istanbul. Oscilloscope will release the film theatrically in early 2017, ...

Nosy Istanbul Street Cats Begging Fisherman to Share Are Impossible to Resist originally appeared on PetHelpful. Several Mediterranean countries, including Turkey, are famous for their feral cat ...

“A cat meowing at your feet, looking up at you is life smiling at you,” says a man toward the end of Ceyda Torun’s new documentary Kedi. And who could argue? The doc examines the communal raising of ...

A pair of travellers' unusual holiday photos have shed light on one of Istanbul's less well-known sights - its omnipresent street cats. Jürgen, from Germany, and Mike, from the U.S., spent 91 days in ...

“Kedi,” a documentary on the legendary street cats of Istanbul and the people who care for them, has become a surprise hit, surpassing the $570,000 mark at the North American box office in its fourth ...

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Ceyda Torun’s “Kedi,” a documentary about the street cats of Istanbul. Oscilloscope will release the film theatrically in early 2017, ...