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When Complaints Replace Welfare in Turkey’s Stray Dog Policy

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Dog Desk Animal Action
Apr 15, 2026
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A Telegram group with over 3,800 members is currently coordinating mass complaints through CİMER, Turkey’s Presidential Communication Centre, with the aim of removing stray dogs from public spaces.

At one level, this is participation in a public system.

At another, it raises a more difficult question: what happens when volume replaces assessment?

Because t…

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