Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Ceyda Torun’s “Kedi,” a documentary about the street cats of Istanbul. Oscilloscope will release the film theatrically in early 2017, ...

Kanyon is getting fat: since someone stole his basket, this white cat with grey markings who lives at an Istanbul shopping ...

Seven cats bring joy and purpose to the people they choose to adopt. Hundreds of thousands of stray cats roam the streets of Istanbul and are a distinct part of the citizen’s daily life. For director ...

The Broadcast Film Critics Assn. (BFCA) and Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. (BTJA) jointly announced the nominees for the second annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Monday. Leading the ...

Every now and then, the political columnist Ana Marie Cox floods her Twitter feed with cute pet photos. Sometimes it’s because the world suddenly got awful. Other times it’s just ‘cause. She’s been ...

Four years ago, a documentary about the street cats of Istanbul came out called “Kedi.” According to the film’s Turkish-born director Ceyda Torun, the cats are a distinctive feature of the city, ...

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From Ottoman "cat sitters" to modern-day street guardians, Istanbul's bond with its cats runs centuries deep. In Istanbul, a delicate balance is struck daily in its winding streets, mosques, metro ...

Istanbul is known around the world as the city of cats, a place where felines roam freely – loved and protected by the people who share the streets, parks, cafés, and ancient monuments with them.