#THE STRAY DOG SERIES#

Gülsaniye Ekmekçi, a lawyer who heads the Istanbul Bar Associaton Animal Rights Commission, told Demirören News Agency (DHA) on Sunday that the app should be closed in its entirety, citing the poisoning of 10 dogs in the Muratpaşa district of the southern province of Antalya after the dogs’ location was tagged on the app.ĭevrim Koçak, another lawyer who is among the activists that founded the online platform against the dangers of stray dogs and the app, defends the app. The app shows places with a high concentration of stray dogs and users can upload photos of the pack of stray dogs and pinpoint their exact location in 81 provinces.

#THE STRAY DOG SERIES#

The activists have advocated for more action to remove stray dogs from the streets after a series of dog attacks on people across Türkiye, in which the victims were mostly children. The app Havrita, whose name is derived from the Turkish words for bark and map, was recently launched by a group of activists who run social media accounts to point out what they called the “ stray dog problem” of the country. A bar association in Istanbul plans to file a lawsuit for the closure of the app. A map app where users can upload the location of stray dogs to warn others about possible attacks is under the spotlight due to allegations that it aids those who want to harm or even kill the dogs.

The stray dog