Turkey: Deceased Internet cat Tombili immortalised in statue
A statue of Tombili the famous Internet meme cat was unveiled in the Istanbul district of Kadikoy on Tuesday, marking World Animal Day.
SOT, Seval Sahin, Sculptor (Turkish): Tombili deserves his sculpture to be made in the likeness of the pose that he took in that photo. He had great posture.
SOT, Basar Necipoglu, Kadikoy Deputy Mayor (Turkish): Tombili the cat used to live at the spot where we are now. We lost him on the first day of August. The residents of the neighbourhood started a campaign on social media and the Internet after losing him, saying that 'we want to see Tombili's sculpture here.' In a short time 17,000 signatures were collected, and the municipal authorities and our mayor decided this sculpture should be erected at this spot.
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Thirsty Stray Cat in Antalya
In Antalya, Turkey, a tram driver is waiting for the stray cat to drink water.
Turkey: Tillerson praises Turkey's 'brave men and women' for resisting 'coup plotters'
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lauded the 'courage' of Turkish people during the failed coup attempt, which took place one year ago, speaking at a World Petroleum Congress awards ceremony in Istanbul, Sunday.
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В Стамбуле увековечили память кота, задумчиво сидевшего на тротуаре
В Стамбуле поставили памятник умершему 1-го августа коту Томбили, который любил сидеть с важным видом на тротуаре, облокотившись на бордюр. Скульптуру авторства Севала Шахина расположили на улице в районе Зивебей, где жил Томбили. Открыли памятник 4 октября — во Всемирный день животных.
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President Erdoğan to pay sculptor compensation over ‘freak’ comment
A court has ordered President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to pay 10,000 Turkish Liras to the artist responsible for a sculpture in the northeastern province of Kars, which he had demanded the removal of and described as a “freak.”
During a Jan. 8, 2011 visit to Kars, then Prime Minister Erdoğan slammed the city’s new 35-meter-tall “Monument to Humanity,” created by sculptor Mehmet Aksoy.
An Istanbul court ruled on March 3 for Erdoğan to pay 10,000 liras in moral indemnities to Aksoy, partially accepting the 100,000 liras case Aksoy had filed against Erdoğan.
While Aksoy’s attorney defended their 100,000 liras case by saying that labeling the sculpture a “freak” was an insult to Aksoy, Erdoğan’s attorney claimed that it was not as an insult, but rather a critique.
The sculpture debate entered Kars’ agenda in 2005 when then Mayor Naif Alibeyoğlu, of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), tasked Aksoy with building a monument that would symbolize Turkish-Armenian friendship. The project included two figures facing each other, with an open hand facing them.
Alibeyoğlu, however, decided in 2008 to switch ranks and join the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). While the monument was still under construction that year, the Council of Monuments decided to stop its installation, arguing that the monument’s ground was actually a historical site. The monument was dismantled in the subsequent years, as its site was declared a protected area.