Istanbul:the city of cats
Istanbul is known as the "city of cat"and sometimes referred to as "catstanbul" hundred of thosand of cats have roamed the metropolis for millenniums.
The city streets are lined with food and water bowls and small cat houses placed by residentsin a communal effort to look after street cats.
In Islam cats are considered ritually clean animals and the only animal to be permitted to enter the great Mosque of Mecca.There are many stories in the history books referencing the prophet Muhammad's love cats.
In 2016 a documentary film "KEDY"meaning cat in turkish, which followed the daily life of a group of cats in the city, grossed more than $ 4 million at the box office, making it one of the highest-grossingforeign-language films to date