Animal Friends of Turkey (AFOT) began in May 2018 and since then we have seen Turkish animal rights steadily changing for the worse. The pandemic hit all charities hard, but combined with an incomprehensible transport ban prohibiting charities from transporting dogs from Turkey to the UK, our job became almost impossible. Just when we thought […]

The new law sends a clear message to street dogs and to those who look after them saying: “you’re on your own, the government doesn’t care about you”. The new law is essentially a free pass for anyone wanting to create problems for street dogs. And there are many in Turkey who have been waiting […]