Kitten

A group of stranded kittens was rescued on May 3 from a rooftop in Turkey using an unconventional method of playing recorded cat sounds on a mobile phone to lure the kittens to come out.

The incident took place in Tabaklar in the northwestern province of Bolu when bystanders realized that three kittens were trapped on a rooftop and called local firefighters for help.

A group of stranded kittens was rescued on May 3 from a rooftop in Turkey through an unorthodox method: Using recorded cat sounds on a cellphone to lure them out.

The incident took place in Tabaklar in the northwestern Bolu province when bystanders realized three kittens were trapped on a rooftop and could not get down, so they called local firefighters for help.

Van cats, which are under protection at the Van Yüzüncü Yıl University (YYÜ) Cat Research Center in the eastern province of Van, gave birth to the first kittens of 2021. (AA Photo)

Kittens were seen as sitting on top of books at "Kedili Tekke" in the northwestern province of Bursa. (AA Photo)

An abandoned kitten was adopted and breastfed by a pregnant dog in Turkey's southwestern Mersin province.

Emre Can Engin found an abandoned kitten on the street and searched for the kitten's mother. Unable to do so, he brought it home and started caring for it.

Van cats, put under protection at the "Cat Villa," gave birth to a total of nine kittens. (AA Photo)

Van cats, put under protection at the "Cat Villa," gave birth to a total of nine kittens. (AA Photo)

In the latest in a string of reports of animal abuse across the country, residents of the village of Agioi Apostoloi on Evia contacted Star TV channel on Sunday with photographs of a kitten which they said had been beaten to death by a 74-year-old neighbor.

Adnan Oktar (C) is seen with his "kittens" in this file photo

Fraudsters have conned a 70-year-old woman in Istanbul into believing that she was wanted by the police for being a suspected follower of arrested televangelist Adnan Oktar, whom he called his "kittens."