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Turkey’s Animal Crisis

Türkiye Says 97% of Its Street Animals Have Been Collected. Now It’s Time To Account For Them

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Dog Desk Animal Action
Aug 14, 2026
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Türkiye’s Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi has said that 97% of the country’s unowned street animals have now been collected and that the government expects the remainder to be removed from the streets by the end of October.

It is an extraordinary claim, particularly because the government has not told us how many animals that 97% represents.

Çiftçi made …

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