I went to Turkey for only one reason: to see for myself what the legendary “cat-loving city” really looks like.
Although Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey, it is the most prestigious city for tourism in Turkey. Istanbul’s cats are seen by the world through the lens of tourists, attracting more people to go.
On the subway from the airport to the city, there are advertisements with cats on the scene. The locals are used to it, but I find it fresh-it’s not even a breed of cat, just an ordinary pastoral cat.
In Istanbul, you may bump into hundreds of cats in one day, half a day, or even just in a park where cats gather.
Here, you can see all kinds of cats, who walk freely through the busy city and enjoy their sunshine and life unhurriedly.
Not far from the cats, it is often their food box-sometimes it is cat food scattered on the ground, and you can see it again after a few steps.
To tell the truth, before I went there, I always felt that it might be difficult to live up to my reputation, and those too beautiful descriptions might just be rendering.
But what I took for granted was all reshaped in front of reality.
Cats usually have birdbath beside their food. Compared with food, water is more easily neglected.
But in Istanbul, basins for animals can be seen almost everywhere. They even have their own cabin with their names engraved on it.
Cats here vary in size. Although in the eyes of cat lovers, it may not be perfect not to be sterilized, it at least shows that both big cats and kittens are well taken care of.
Even if such a young cat walks around the busy street, there is no need to worry about being captured or hurt.
Cats’ freedom comes from their peace of mind about the environment, and what makes so many cats feel at ease is obviously the sincere treatment of Turks.
They treat cats like they treat their own partners. The place of cats here is beyond doubt.
Some people have changed their growing environment since childhood, and their mood plummeted after returning to their own home. For me who saw cats in Istanbul, it was the same mood at work.
It turns out that there is really a place in the world where small animals can be so calm and comfortable; It turns out that even stray animals will not be driven away and threatened; It turns out that they are even on the advertising screens of subways and buses.
People there seem to be used to the presence of cats around. Looking around, there is almost a “gatekeeper cat” in front of the shop.
They lay lazily in front of other people’s shops, not far from their own rice bowls and basins.
Visitors are happy to see it, and it also brings business to the shop.
Cats don’t know that it is their cuteness that attracts customers; The shopkeeper loves cats, and probably didn’t expect business to be better because of this.
Even when traveling in Turkey, how many people go for the scenery, and how many people want to see the cats there with their own eyes?
Turkish cats don’t know that they are “big stars”. They naturally enjoy the love and care given by people, and walk proudly in the streets of Istanbul without worries.
However, this makes people who have heard some horrible stories feel a gap-even the well-known online celebrity cat on the Internet.
For example, the famous “Wukong”, some people have analyzed the real reason for its death.
Is it because there are regional differences in sinister people’s hearts? Or is it because the price of doing evil is too low?
Whether a weak life can grow old safely is often an unrecorded past. In the hustle and bustle of hot search changes, people’s attention is sometimes just a bustle.
Can any cats be persecuted in Turkey? Local people believe in the doctrine of holding cats at the top of their hearts. Legend has it that if someone kills a cat, a mosque must be built to atone for sins.
Muhammad once cut his robe just to not disturb the sleeping kitten, and then went to business-putting the cat before business, which was a deep love that bordered on spoiling.
What happiness are cats in Turkey. But they are also cats, but their fate is so different.
Cat lovers may not be able to go to Turkey because they can’t change the status quo elsewhere.
But in Istanbul, you don’t need to raise your arms, and one, two, three kittens will take the initiative to approach you and look at you with concern.
People don’t have to do anything, they will come by themselves.
Turkish cats are so happy that people who see them will feel gratified and a little sad.
Cat lovers may not be able to go to Istanbul-what brings tears to people’s eyes is not only the happiness of local cats, but also the unreserved closeness of cats to people.
The word “destiny” may be too shallow in the cat’s eye of Istanbul.
They don’t know what people are sad about, they only use their body temperature to warm them.
They are not convinced of fate. As long as they feel a little warmth, they will repay others.
They had no idea how cruelly someone could harm their own kind.
The Bosphorus Strait divides the Eurasian continent, and people see thousands of customs here.
I also saw another answer besides fate.
