Rooster

A man was fined 105,400 Turkish liras ($14,300) for organizing cockfighting in the southeastern Şanlıurfa province.

Police raided an address in the Fırat neighborhood and found 17 roosters bred for fighting, and tools for sharpening their beaks and claws.

The organizer identified by his initials U.T., was fined separately for each rooster.

The police have busted another cockfight amid the coronavirus pandemic, this one in the northwestern province of Bursa's Yıldırım district.
Police teams raided the roof of an apartment in Demetevler neighborhood and detained 47 people, six of whom were gamecock owners and the remaining 41 were spectators.

The fire keeps burning. Last year was the turn of the Red Fire Monkey, now it is the turn of the Red Fire Rooster. According to Chinese astrology, the zodiac cycle consists of 12 animals taking their turn each year. But it is also the five elements - wood, fire, earth, metal and water - that give their own particular character to the animal.

Turkish police have seized 33 roosters who were used for fighting in the southern province of Adana, while also fining three people responsible for organizing the fights.