A woman strokes a stray dog in front of Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, on August 23, 2022. - As indelible to Istanbul as its mosques, street dogs have been swept up in a political storm involving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an app that helped get them killed. The sheer number of stray animals -- dogs and cats both -- darting between people and lounging on public squares jumps out at most visitors to Turkey's ancient cultural capital. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

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Dogs of Istanbul at heart of political storm as app leads to killings - in pictures

Street dogs are prevalent across Turkey but have become a polarising topic after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said they should be in shelters and an app allowed users to report the location of stray animals

The National

September 07, 2022

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