Dog meat

At my local Chinese takeaway, January was greeted with the traditional handing over of the calendar along with my order, a brightly coloured affair that's been a household fixture for some years, according to the Independent. 

Ah, I said, unfurling the scroll. It's the Year of the Dog! That's my birth year!

Scout in İzmir becomes best search and rescue dog among over 40 dogs

An investigation has been launched into a man who reportedly dragged a dog to death after tying it to the back of a vehicle in the southern province of Mersin.

A court in Trabzon province in northern Turkey has ruled that a pit bull dog should be deemed a “weapon” in the case of a man who threatened his ex-girlfriend with the dog, increasing the man’s jail sentence from three years to six years, daily Habertürk has reported.

Another actress is raising a dog from Bulgaria at home. It's Salma Hayek, who had fallen in love with a stray dog in 2014 when she was filming a movie in our country.

The municipality in the Istanbul district of Eyüp has allegedly shot over 100 stray dogs with tranquilizer guns and loaded them into cars to put them elsewhere, stirring the anger of animal rights activists.

The Greek Animal Welfare Society is holding its fourth annual Run With Your Dog event on Sunday, October 1, at the National Bank Woods (Alsos Ethnikis Trapezas - formerly Pikionis Park) in the northern suburb of Filothei. In addition to encouraging people to spend some quality time with their pets, the event is also aimed at raising awareness about the society's activities.

A dog was saved on Sept. 19 by fire authorities and zoo personnel after two unidentified perpetrators put a belt around its neck, dragged it and threw it from a height of 20 meters in the southeastern province of Gaziantep.

The attacker who kicked a dog named "Mia" in the Aegean province of İzmir was released a couple of hours after his detention on Sept. 18.

Police detained the attacker in İzmir's Aliağa district after video footage emerged of him kicking a dog sitting on the pavement.

Police have detained a man in the western province of İzmir after video footage emerged of him kicking a dog sitting on the pavement.

The footage, gathered from surveillance camera footage on a street in the Aliağa district of İzmir, prompted outrage after it emerged online on Sept. 17.