cats of istanbul

Yüksük diyesim geliyor ama demiycem sanırım; ü harfi şanssız bir ses çünkü. Yüksüğün Batı medeniyetinde tartışmasız Türklere ait olduğu kabul edilen tek icat olduğunu biliyor muydunuz? Ya da bir iki üründen biri.

Batıda sokakta köpek yokmuş; pöh! Kendini doğadan üstün gören o Batı medeniyetinde yeterli barınak ve bakımevi var. Bizimse o kabul görmeyen medeniyetimizin bir parçası sokağımızın köpeği, kasabımızın kedisi. Ayrıca biliyorsunuz barınak açmaya çalışıyorum. İster barınak ister kedi, köpek oteli, öyle ağır şartlar koymuşlar ki kim açabilir bilemiyorum. Açsa da kim devamını getirebilir?!

Neyse, bu yüksük de başıma mı kaldı, bilemiyorum. İmkansızı deniyorum, bildiğim bu.

I found this kitten on the street, under the cars. I’ve asked neighbors about her and waited for one and a half day for the mother to come. There was no mother. She was so small, tiny and she could not survive on her own. So I took her to the vet. She was examined, she had the first treatment there.

After staying there for several days I took her in Ponçikhane and I am trying to find a home for her.

Toma on the other hand was brought here by another neighbor. He and his brother had survived some tragic events I guess because this neighbor told me that his mother was killed in an accident and she could not leave them there alone. So she brought them here and left them on the streets. I told her that she can not do this, it is so dangerous, yet she did it.

As a result, couple months later I found the death body of the other brother. After that this neighbor accepted to take Toma inside. But they did not do that properly. They took him in only when they are here.

So he is back on the streets for months now and during that time he always wanted to get in to Ponçikhane (a shelter home for these cats). I take him in whenever he wants to.

The only problem is that he always gets out to check if his owners came back or not. They just don’t.