Photographer's Note
Cats are everywhere in Istanbul, and very comfortable. We saw this little house at the entrance to Gülhane Park. We could not figure out whether it started as a pigeon house and was taken over by cats, but now it is a cat house.
The population of Turkey is mostly Muslim. There is Islamic lore that encourages tolerance of cats. One popular story is about a cat which thwarted a poisonous snake that had approached the Prophet Muhammad. In another one, the Prophet found his cat sleeping on the edge of his vest. Instead of shifting the cat, the Prophet cut off the portion of the vest that was free and wore it without disturbing the cat. According to a popular saying, the penitence for killing a cat is to build a mosque.
İstanbul Sakinleri
Kediler İstanbul'da her yerde ve çok rahatlar. Gülhane Parkı girişinde bu küçük evi gördük. Bu bir güvercin evi olarak başlayıp kediler tarafından devralınmış mı biz çözemedik, ama şimdi bir kedi evi.
Türkiye nüfusu çoğunlukla Müslüman. Kedilerin toleransını teşvik eden İslami irfan vardır. Bir popüler hikaye [Hz.] Muhammed’e yaklaşan zehirli bir yılanı bertaraf eden bir kedi hakkındadır. Başka birinde, Peygamber yeleğinin kenarında bir kediyi uyur bulmuş. Kedinin yerini değiştireceğine, Peygamber yeleğinin serbest kısmını kesmiş ve kediyi rahatsız etmeden giymiş. Popüler bir rivayete göre, bir kediyi öldürmenin pişmanlığı bir cami inşa etmektir.
pajaran, papagolf21, kordinator, jhm, mirosu, ChrisJ, adores, PiotrF, fritzi007 marcou esta nota como útil
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pajaran
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(102782) 2015-01-31 23:41
Pozdrav.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesnatna teskt o mackama ...
Dobar trenmutak snimka i kontrast, lepo pokazane macke i mala drvena kuca.
Lepe macke.
I kod nas mnogo ljudi drzi macke kao ljubimce.
Sve najbolje.
Paja.
papagolf21
(152601) 2015-01-31 23:52
Bonjour, cher Murat,
« J’ai beaucoup étudié les philosophes et les chats. La sagesse des chats est infiniment supérieure. »
de Hippolyte Taine
Entente cordiale entre chats.
Très bonne image.
Amitiés.
Philippe
kordinator
(8738) 2015-02-01 0:32
Hello Murat
Good time footage and contrast nicely shown cats and small wooden house.
Wonderful light and very nice colors.
Excellent vertical format and composition.
Great photo job.
Knd regards
Saša
lousat
(130061) 2015-02-01 2:06
Hi Murat,a lot of cats living in Istanbul as i can see..ehhe..and they seems happy,an original capture,maybe a bit overexposed and oversaturated but interesting and very rich,nice idea,i like it! Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano
emka
(152388) 2015-02-01 2:25
Hi Muraat, I have heard different stories about cats in Istanbul, anyyway as cat lover I was delighted to see them everywhere. I hoppe that this photo survives moderators action. Maybe write that they are stray cats, not pets.
Warm reagrds from Argentina
MAlgo
jhm
(203133) 2015-02-01 3:38
Hello Murat,
My wife and I are great animals friends, certainly of cats
You took the picture in high quality and sharrpness.
I like this splendid picture with the different colours.
Nice presentation, excellent of colours.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice Sunday,
John.
ikeharel
(105977) 2015-02-01 3:42
In my town, we have a known corners where many cats are having groups, well feed by local ladies and a bit of a threat to dogs, Murat.
Those cats look also well fed and content...
Have a nice sunday,
Ike
Nicou
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(193806) 2015-02-01 5:51
Hlelo
quelle maisonette pour les chat sueprbe, il sont très cou le couleur mervielleuses quel rendu et vue originale bravo.
amitié
Nicou
mirosu
(16313) 2015-02-01 6:22
Hi Murat,
Excellent, very cute photo. Nice arrangement with so many cats in the front of cat house. Excellent light, nice details.
Nicely done.
Greetings,
MIRO
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holmertz
(92938) 2015-02-01 7:10
Hello Murat,
Absolutely a strange cat house but they seem to like it. The cats are as always very cute and, as always in Istanbul, they seem to be well fed and cared for.
Kinde regards,
Gert
marabu61
(11587) 2015-02-01 11:31
Hello Murat
I would be surprised if this was an original cat house, so I rather believe the version of the occupied pigeon house. Anyway the cats seem to enjoy the house and the sun a lot in your good mood composition here.
have a great week
Daniel
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(284) 2015-02-01 18:32
Hellos Murat
Lovely cat scene congregated around the colourful wooden house. I love cats because they are shrewd and independent. I would probably have cropped a little the right edge, which is somewhat distracting.
Ruben
rychem
(72179) 2015-02-01 22:28
Fortunately, there are not homeless cats, they are lucky in a little red house, very well observed and captured
regards Ryszard
ChrisJ
(160138) 2015-02-02 15:10
Hello Murat
Lots of stray cats and dogs in large cities all over Turkey. Good sharpness and the bright red orange facade of the bg cathouse adds a superb warm vs cold colour contrast against the metallic blue steel poles of the bg fence. it was probably unintentional by the designer but from this angle the square within a diamond resembles a star of David. Tfs!
adores
(46979) 2015-02-02 15:32
Hi Murat!
There are several bowls for water and food, maybe the house was built for them and I'm really glad because the poor ones need a shelter. Beautiful composition with the colourful house and the cats all around, they seem to be enjoying the sun.
PiotrF
(52330) 2015-02-03 16:35
Hello Murat,
Nice scene !Good composition and quality, fine presentation.
Nice shot
Regards
Piotr
fritzi007
(14698) 2015-02-05 11:56
Hallo Murat,
schöner Schnappschuss, aber ich hätte wegen dieser Katze meine Weste nicht geschnitten!
Viele Grüße
Wolfgang
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