Poor little rescue girl Nova was found abandoned having been thrown out of a car in Üzümlü, Turkey in May 2022. Just a young dog of approximately six months old, Nova was fending for herself the best way she could by trying to latch on to every human she met. With zero manners though, jumping […]
Adopting with AFOT Tootsie, our very first dog to be rehomed in 2018, meeting her new family. A full 100% of our energies go into one sole aim – finding loving and caring homes for the abandoned, neglected, and abused dogs who have little or no future in Turkey. Turkish (and indeed Foreign) Rescue dogs […]
What To Expect In The First Few Weeks (at least)… Adopting a rescue dog is such a very special thing to do and taking in a dog that has been rescued from a life on the streets or one who had no future is even more special. The transformation you can bring to the life of a Turkish dog […]
Animal Friends of Turkey has been truly blessed to find a patron as fully supportive as she is to us as fabulous patron Sam Hutchinson. Sam has been an incredible supporter to us as a charity ever since she first came into contact with us in applying to adopt an AFOT dog. She took our […]
Animal Friends of Turkey often work together with other dog rescue charities in the UK to help our dogs find homes. We not only work with reputable rescues that will help with mixed breeds but also with breed specific charities who focus on helping a specific breed of dog and AFOT will usually try to […]
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 […]
