The tourist country Turkey
Turkey has many magnificent tourist attractions like Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia), Ephesus, Cappadocia, the Topkapı Palace,
Pamukkale, the Sumela Monastery, Mount Nemrut, Ani, Aspendos, Pergamum,
Ölüdeniz, Anzac Cove, the Basilica Cistern, Troy, Bodrum Castle, the Blue
Mosque, the Aspendos Roman Theatre, the Library of Celcus, the Goreme Fairy
Chimneys, Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamam, Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Turkish
and Islamic Arts Museum, Süleymaniye Mosque, Chora Church and theGalata Tower.
Turkey has also many secrets that very few tourists know about. Before you decide to visit Turkey as a tourist, please take a moment to find out whether this is a country whose economy and values you want to support. They way innocent and defenseless beings are treated tells a lot about a society. These news stories give you some information on how animals are treated in Turkey.
Please note that many of the images in the articles are very graphic.
Turkey has also many secrets that very few tourists know about. Before you decide to visit Turkey as a tourist, please take a moment to find out whether this is a country whose economy and values you want to support. They way innocent and defenseless beings are treated tells a lot about a society. These news stories give you some information on how animals are treated in Turkey.
Please note that many of the images in the articles are very graphic.
NEWS FROM TURKEY
12 May 2015, the Washington Post
It is estimated that there are more than 50,000 homeless dogs living on the streets of Istanbul, the largest cit in Turkey, excluding the dogs living in the shelters. Even purebreds like golden retrievers which earlier were considered as status symbols, are commonly abandoned when no longer wanted.
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14 October 2014, Hurriyet Daily News
Under Turkish law, animals are defined as goods, not as living, sentient beings. The current Turkish legislation does not contain any regulations for people who torture animals, unless they are the owners of the animals. Normally there’s no punishment at all for torturing animals. If it can be proved that the torturer owns the tortured animal, the criminal charge can be ”damage of property”, and the torturer gets off with a fine.
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Under Turkish law, animals are defined as goods, not as living, sentient beings. The current Turkish legislation does not contain any regulations for people who torture animals, unless they are the owners of the animals. Normally there’s no punishment at all for torturing animals. If it can be proved that the torturer owns the tortured animal, the criminal charge can be ”damage of property”, and the torturer gets off with a fine.
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1 June 2012, Today’s Zaman
Early in the 20th century at least 80,000 homeless dogs were transferred to the island of Sivriada, to starve to death, the worst form of massacres. According to accounts, the dogs' anguished cries could be heard from Istanbul at night. Today, the probem of abandoned and homeless dogs still exists in Turkey - probably worse than ever before - and the horrific suffering of dogs continues.
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Early in the 20th century at least 80,000 homeless dogs were transferred to the island of Sivriada, to starve to death, the worst form of massacres. According to accounts, the dogs' anguished cries could be heard from Istanbul at night. Today, the probem of abandoned and homeless dogs still exists in Turkey - probably worse than ever before - and the horrific suffering of dogs continues.
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12 September 2010, Today’s Zaman
Turkey has an immense stray dog and cat problem caused by the mass abandonement of pets. Homeless dogs in the streets have been hunted down or poisoned, which leads to an agonizing death, or mass murdered in other ways by local municipalities. Under Turkish law, stray dogs must be spayed or neutered and subsequently returned to the area from which they were taken, but the law is ignored. In Istanbul it has become common practice to gather homeless dogs at night and dump them to starve to death in the forests.
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Turkey has an immense stray dog and cat problem caused by the mass abandonement of pets. Homeless dogs in the streets have been hunted down or poisoned, which leads to an agonizing death, or mass murdered in other ways by local municipalities. Under Turkish law, stray dogs must be spayed or neutered and subsequently returned to the area from which they were taken, but the law is ignored. In Istanbul it has become common practice to gather homeless dogs at night and dump them to starve to death in the forests.
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