Turkey has a stray cat (and dog) problem. The filthy, adorable creatures are everywhere. Istanbul alone is home to an estimated 100,000+ stray dogs, and who knows how many hundreds of thousands of cats.
I kind of love cats (so do most tourists, as it turns out), so I couldn't help but pester every poor, innocent feline I came across by snapping a million and a half photos.
There's just something inherently striking and photogenic about a cat walking nonchalantly among some ancient ruins or lounging on a fallen Roman column.
So to honor all those strays - and to give me something to do with all these cat pictures - here is a blog post dedicated entirely to pictures of Turkey's cats.
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| Google helpfully created this GIF for me automatically. |
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| "Can't a guy (or gal) bathe in peace?" |
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| Oh hai there! |
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| "Excuse me while I scratch my face against this 2,000 year old column." |
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"D'you think you've got enough pics of us yet, silly human?"
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| This Cappadocian cat had a great routine - jump into my lap for a few minutes, jump down and take a walk around the hotel lobby for a few minutes, then jump back up for some more tlc. |
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| ...And, to bring things full circle, a picture of me taking a picture of a cat. |
There are eight million (give or take a few million) cats in Turkey - this has been the story of just a few of them.
...And thus ends my shameless ploy to draw internet traffic with pictures of cute cats.
Holy cow--the picture moves! That is cool! You've got a great eye for photographing cats. Do I sense a new career move in the future?
ReplyDeleteThat last comment was really from me (Lara).
ReplyDeleteThe cats are so cute! You got some good shots of them!
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