Abraham

'People are afraid of traveling with their animals. So, the number of livestock has naturally decreased in big cities,' breeder Yunus Coktin said, referring to the outlawed PKK's renewed armed campaign The hustle and bustle of breeders and buyers, the shouts of bargaining, the shaking of hands and, of course, the overpowering smell of countless of cows and sheep...

This year, the Feast of Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, fell on the same day as World Animal Day on Oct. 4.

A Turkish singer’s remarks in which she likened the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants who behead people and those who sacrifice animals have created controversy in the country during Eid al-Adha.

A 13-year-old boy died on Oct. 3 after a goat that had been bought to be sacrificed during Eid al-Adha, fell onto him from the sixth floor roof of a building in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Turks have begun migrating en masse between the various cities and regions of Turkey to spend the five-day Eid al-Adha holiday