Mehmet Bayır

Some 30,000 people have visited a center in the eastern province of Van, where rare Van cats have been put under protection, since June 1.

Van cats are domestic cats found in the Lake Van region that are famous for having heterochromia (having one eye of blue, the other of amber color).

There's nothing - earthquakes, family ties, the chance for a summer holiday - that stops Mehmet Bayır from taking care of his cats.