Istanbul – Ubiquitous and iconic, Istanbul’s street dogs have been swept up in a political storm involving Turkish 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.
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