You can find so many cats everywhere in Turkey. This one we met first – as soon as we crossed the border, at the gas station where we were waiting for our co-travellers to join us. Looking at her luxurious, silky coat, we recognized her as a representative of Turkish Angora, one of the ancient, naturally-occurring cat breeds, having originated in central Turkey, in the Ankara region.

The Turkish Angora is a lithe, lean, active cat, medium to small in size. It is a long haired breed; some say it is the oldest longhair breed of all. Although most people think of the Turkish Angora as a white cat, it in fact comes in almost all colors: black, blue, red, cream, silver, smoke, tortoiseshell, blue-cream, and all the shades of tabby, as well as these colors with white trim
(Location: Kapıkule)

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