Flat-Coated Retriever

Şenol Özbakan, a former ship skipper who lived in a minibus with 12 abandoned golden retriever and Rottweiler dogs that he adopted in the western province of Muğla's Bodrum district, has died of multiple organ failure at the age of 56. 

Özbakan, who recently had a lung problem and was at risk of developing cancer, had been receiving treatment at Bodrum State Hospital.

Şenol Özbakan, a former deck-man who adopts abandoned golden retriever dogs in the western province of Muğla's Bodrum district, has thousands of followers on his social media accounts thanks to his "Golden Gang." 

The 56-year-old Özbakan, who lives with his 13 dogs in his old minibus parked in Bodrum's industrial site, draws attention for his life. 

Abandoned Golden Retrievers living on the streets of the Aegean holiday resort town of Marmaris are being sent to England to be adopted as part of an initiative carried out by a Scottish town resident.  

A sniffer dog serving with Bulgaria's Customs Agency has discovered over 20.4 kilogrammes of heroin in a car crossing from Turkey at Lesovo checkpoint, the agency announced on Tuesday.

"Inspector" Chara, a golden retriever trained to discover narcotic substances, found the heroin hidden in a secret compartment beneath the driver's seat of a Bulgaria-registered car.