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Istanbul’s dog days

First loved and then massacred during the days of the Ottoman Empire, stray dogs in modern Turkey still can't find much peace.

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"Angelus Novus" is one of the works on display in the "Four-Legged Municipality" exhibition in Istanbul. — (Sinan Cansel/Istanbul Research Institute)

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