Money Talks: Feeding Istanbul’s street dogs 

"The world doesn't belong to humans. We have to learn to live together with animals." Well said, sir. One thing that most humans lack is the empathy for stray animals.

let me give you a hint about Turks. You can not find an another nation which built a hospital for only storks, and we built it in 19th century. it was the first animal hospital in the world. I am proud of my country. We are a very hospitable nation.

I visited Istanbul a month ago. Most generous, honest people I have ever met.

respect from the uk, just returned from izmir, i love em

Animals were here before us. Love them, for people that love animals are a special people.

Respect from Canada. We have so much to learn from Turkey.

Everyday is a school day. I never knew, until now, that the Turkish people have a love of animals, making sure that the waifs and strays on the streets get taken care of. Well done.

what a blessed Country.. They have Good Karma from being respectful to animals

You can tell how good a country is by the way they treat animals

"The world doesnt belong to humans. We have to learn to live together with animals" YESSSS 👏👏👏 SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! I wish everyone understood that.

Awww the goverments there have a good heart they provide needing for street dogs.. I hope our goverments here in the philippines also protect street dogs here watching from philippines 🇵🇭

True,I visited Istanbul and dogs were roaming freely with no fear or panic BUT they were really intimidating!! But later on I got used to see them and I wished I can pet them. Cute though.

it's so cool to see an actual dutch pet vaccine and care center in Istanbul .. make me proud of Turks and dutch ! this is pure love , take care people

What a great example of human kindness 👍👍😊 " the earth doesn't belong to us we have to take care of animals" Well said 👏👏👏🙏🙏👍👍👍🤗❤

Wow Turkish people they don't have only good food but also good heart 💖🐕🐾. God bless you. I have a rescue former stray dog from Antalya. He's the best dog ♥️

BEST CITY IN THE WORLD

God bless you. I spend my life helping these animals. Thank you for bringing awareness!

God bless Turkey. Love from Indonesia

My daily prayer is that the rest of the world, especially countries in Asia, will follow Turkey’s very fine philosophy on dogs.

Wow that's why I love turkey 😍☺☺

Dogs have great personality...in fact all animals have.. I daily feed 7 community dogs of my Street..some of them sleep on my portico daily... I have got all of them sterlized except the youngest a 3 month puppy.. from Hyderabad India

That's so nice of ppl I wish all country was this good 💖

Truly amazed by the people. Great job guys, keep it up.

What a really great story , people have a good loving heart.

Bless the lovely and wonderful people of Istanbul for looking after the precious animals. 🙏🙏🙏 you make the world a better place. 👏👏👏 may all the good karma in this world come your way.

Biz kedi ve köpek dostlarımızla iç içe yaşıyoruz. Doğa sadece bize ait değildir. Doğada bizimle eşit bir şekilde yaşama hakkına sahipler.. ♥️🙏🇹🇷

so beautiful to see this all the countries should adopt this programs

Im frm Malaysia, wish my country could learn a lot frm the people of turks to treat an animal with compassion, love n respect,😭😭😭 but sadly its a long process n a long way

Thank you for your love for the Animals....thank you !

God bless Istanbul animals and their ppl.....🙏🙏🙏

Köpeklerin kedilerin ve insanların mutlu yaşadığı bir şehir varsa oda İstanbul'dur

I'd love to walk around Istanbul and just pet and make friends with all the dogs and cats.

What can i say..... another perfect example of the greatness of Turks

Turkish are awesome

Amazing compassionate Istanbul 💓🐕

i've been there, it is amazing how those dogs are friendly and well behaved. This should be an example for many places, where they are stuck in shelters..

respect,salute Turkey

Best part is no accidental case I want to visit this country because paradise for dogs ❤❤❤❤

This earth is not only for human beings. It is also place for all kind of animals, creatures etc. etc. Humans have to accommodate them.

In Istanbul u can never see an ematiated stray dog or cats, they are all FAT AND HAPPY!😂 Very nice ppl👍👍👍👍👍

Thank you for feeding the strays. I admire your kind hearts and efforts 💙

I definitely will be feeding the animals next year 🇹🇷

salute for turks people and their gonverment

thank you,,,,,,,for all you do,,

Thank you 🙏💗

I wish my country was like this.

Turk people , Beautiful people. Allah send his blessing on them. Respect and love.

Please buy a pack of cat food and a pack of dog food when you come to our country.

i wish stray dogs in my country were as big as these stray dogss, i would snatch one from the street and take care of it.

Thank You, Turkey 🎉🎉! 🇹🇷🐾🐶🐕👍🤣💪🙏

Yoo this make me really want to visit istanbul some day

this is what islam wants us to do ,to take care of animals . god says: And there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird that flies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered. (holy quran)

God bless you all in Turkey.

I love Turkey coz as a Muslim country they can actually make lives equal!! Good job Turkey !

media : turk is bad irl:

As Baki Dilek mentioned before, in 19th century there was a hospital for storks in Bursa, named Grabahane-i Laklakan means Hospital for Storks. In Üsküdar district of İstanbul there was a hospital only for cats also. In the walls of some buildings, you lay also see Bird Palaces, if you ask Google writing "ottoman bird palaces" youl'll see lots of examples of these miniature palaces. Besides, rich dwellers of İstanbul used to pay some people money to feed street cats and dogs. In the beginnig of the 1900s, the Sultan of the time ordered to take all the street dogs of Istanbul to an island in Marmara Sea, named Hayırsız Ada and dogs died there starving hunger. Lots of people in Istanbul believed that Ottoman Empire was in 1st World War because of the pains of those dogs. Thank God, Turkey is full of animal loving people. They even do not to kill home spiders, ants, snails.

makes me want to go there..

Beautiful doggies, love from China 🇨🇳😍

Alhamduillah. MashaAllah for people of Isranbul..I'm wondering so many dogs and many cats all on street. Do they fight. May Allah shower Bkessings for your care of these animals as we are instructed to do in our teacings

They all look chunky and well fed

Why people in China eat dogs but in Turkey feed them

BRAVOOO BRAVOOO ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈

Too cool these dudes...lol... too cool for humans these street dogs.

It's not just dogs. They treat cats well too.

MashaAllah ❤️🤲👍🏼

Kids running 🏃‍♀️ behind dogs in my country , chase them with big rocks .....

Thank you very much for that wonderful work. I love animals especially dogs. I am pleased to hear about it. I am from Bangalore India. I would love to come just to see and meet the dogs like Boji.

Nice Turkey 👍

Stray Animals in turkey are valid inhabitents. A good muslim have to care gods creatures well. I m proud of my people .

Chinese: .......what are they doing to free foods!!?

伊斯坦堡的狗狗 街上狗狗排排坐 有人餵食與飲水 友善環境善待狗

EN BUYUK TURKIYE BASKA BUYUK YOK 🇹🇷

I believe Istanbul have the lowest crime rate and the most peaceful city

Nurturing the animals freely is better than adopting them, adopting is equal to jail trying to tame and control them.

we should take a lesson from turkey god bless

Last month I m going tour istanbul more doge city and mall friendly

Amazing!🥰🥰

Stray dogs best

World will be better if all nations follow suit as Turkey.

Çok güzel hayırlı olsun köpek çok akıl maş allah

Everyone should donate to Forest Shelter, at the end of the day they r homeless stray dogs and they do need to be neutered, vaccinated,

Turki😻😻😻

1:30 Bruh, that's Dutch.

It's f unny how much they love cats and not so much the dogs

Who cleans up after the animals?

In Israel dogs have to pay money to get food

0:30 fenerbahce bayragina dikkat :D

Just like we r in India learned to live with cows and dogs

Turkey no1

Good that animals are taken care of as it should be but what about humans? I can barely walk the streets in the quite hours of the day (like very early in the morning going to work or late evening) without being barked at aggresively or sometimes being attacked. Several times this year nearly car crashed because the dogs jump in front of a car out of nowhere!. 3 of my elderly family members have been attacked and bitten. Like this summer it was almost impossible for me to take a walk to the beach without a stick or a stone to chase away some of the aggresive street dogs who patrol the syreets in groups.. How to deal with this problem?

❤️❤️❤️😁😁

Kangels everywhere. Someone in Turkey could make a good living bringing these dogs to the US.

Oh that title gives me nostalgia 🤣🤣

Boji, Boji, Boji!

Why are there so many? Does no one spay or neuter over there?

Kalu Bhuru in Thumbnail.

This is really Beautiful! But just curious: don't Muslims consider dogs dirty & dislike em?? Please help me understand! Thanks!

Show this to the residents of S.E Asia. Dog meat is top of their menu...so unhygienic, and brutal....I hope those ppl change their menu...

Most people think these dogs are abandoned by their owners . May be some of them , you can see some dog breeds bought from pet shops .But most common street dogs are unemployed shepherd dogs or shepherd mix breeds traveled from rural area because villages are usually not keeping much herd animals these days. These dogs are clever but they have strong sense of protecting the area they live. There is also a dark side of this story . Every day we wake up with news of dog attack , dog pack attacking people who are passing by their owned territory , killed few kids , a young girl . A dog in your street can be friendly and calm but nightime when they form a pack its not your cute daytime friend anymore, especially under command of an alfa dog . They kill cats and other herd animals , deers , attack cows too. I am not a dog hater . I am only aware of this problem needs to be solved .We need to discuss it away from dog worshipers ( the ones who think dog is right in any case ) and dog haters. ( the ones who hate dogs and advocate killing them in mass )

And what about the 30,00 cats-??