From sunbathing on ancient ruins to curling up in temples and metro stations, an estimated 150,000 cats roam free and live well in this colorful city.

A pair of travellers' unusual holiday photos have shed light on one of Istanbul's less well-known sights - its omnipresent street cats. Jürgen, from Germany, and Mike, from the U.S., spent 91 ...

Istanbul's bounty of stray cats amazed Sir Evelyn Wrench, a former editor of Britain's The Spectator magazine who wrote in 1935 that Turks thought drowning kitten litters was cruel, so they ...

In fact, the city is famous for its many – many! – stray cats. They’re literally everywhere, peering down from fence posts and lounging on stairclimbs.

Street cats, unowned and on their own, have been a feature of Istanbul life for uncounted centuries, and according to “Kedi” their presence “embodies the indescribable chaos, the culture and ...

Istanbul is a city blissfully overrun with cats. But you have to look for them to see them—unless they come to you first, which is often exactly what happens. The documentary Kedi, directed by ...

As that Turkish title indicates, “Kedi” is shot on the streets of modern Istanbul, with director Ceyda Torun, who was born in the city, and her intrepid cameraman and co-producer, Charlie ...

In Istanbul, a center of culture, commerce and power for more than 2,000 years, the past never feels distant. Yet ...

Although we live in an age where the internet is probably 15 percent cat videos -- and there's even an International Cat Video Festival -- there hasn't been a film about cats quite like Kedi, a ...