Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animal rights advocates held a demonstration in Istanbul's Yenikapi Square against the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Legislators approved Tuesday a new law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from Turkey's streets that animal lovers fear will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister on Sunday pledged to fully apply a law to remove millions of stray dogs from the streets in the wake of the death of a 2-year-old girl. The legislation — ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s top court on Wednesday rejected a request to annul a contentious law designed to remove millions of stray dogs from the streets, which critics said could lead to mass ...

A bill that paves the way for the mass killing of stray dogs was passed in parliament late Monday night. The bill, introduced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), ...

Legislators in Turkey approved a new law aimed at removing stray dogs from the country’s streets, leaving animal rights activists fearful that the dogs will be killed or placed in overcrowded shelters ...

ISTANBUL — At his shelter on the outskirts of Istanbul, Murat Cem Yetkin refers to his dozens of stray dogs as “the kids.” There is Handsome, the pudgy hound, and a massive Kangal Shepherd named Sarin ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Legislators approved Tuesday a new law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from Turkey’s streets that animal lovers fear will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up ...

Mr. Genc is a journalist and novelist and the author, most recently, of “The Lion and the Nightingale: A Journey Through Modern Turkey.” He wrote from Istanbul. When I step out of my apartment in ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Legislators approved Tuesday a new law aimed at removing millions of stray dogs from Turkey’s streets that animal lovers fear will lead to many of the dogs being killed or ending up ...