"Cengizhan" Shows His Softer, Feline Side with Heroic Rescue in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 9 November 2020

"What's all the fuss about? This is just what Cengizhan 

would do."

Yesterday at five-thirty in the morning a fire broke out in a ground

floor flat of a 3-story apartment building on Aydos Street in the Fatih

neighborhood of Pursaklar district, Ankara.  Sisters Nazmiye Şevval

Y. (21) and İrem Y. (17) were sleeping but woke up thanks to the

cries of their cat Cengizhan.

The girls fled the burning flat, as police, firefighters and a health

team arrived.  The sisters were treated for smoke inhalation and

firefighters entered the flat to rescue Cengizhan.  The fire was 

doused in half an hour, with some damage resulting, and an 

investigation was opened regarding the cause.

Cengizhan became an instant hero on social media: "This is why I

love house pets!"; "Hero cat Cengizhan!"; "They risk their lives 

for us so let's protect them, too!"; "A perfect hero story!"

     Ankara's Esenboğa Airport renamed in hero's honor.