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(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 25 August 2022)
Noisy neighbors.
In the İncek neighborhood of Ankara's Gölbaşı district, businessman
Ahmet Zeki Öner opened a café and restaurant on land that he rented
from Yılmaz Kıbrıs in 2015. In May 2021, Öner turned the restaurant
into a zoo instead. (!)
However, the roars of the lions and tigers in the zoo disturbed local
residents, as did the foul smells emanating from the facility. The zoo
was closed for a week because of these complaints but in August 2021
Öner obtained a license to operate a "B group" zoo. Neighbor Niyazi
Gürel took exception to this ruling and the court assigned an
investigator to look into the situation.
The investigator's report noted that there were 3 lions, 2 tigers, 8 lion
cubs, a deer, 3 monkeys, an iguana, a boa constrictor, an Egyptian snake,
various kinds of birds, rabbits and peacocks in the zoo. The lions and
tigers, because of their genetic make-up, roar continually to assert their
territory but this had a disturbing effect on the psychology of the human
neighbors (!).
They're cuddly...for a while.
The court ruled that because of the foul smell and noise, it had been a
mistake to grant the license in the first place so the zoo is now closed.
Neighor Gürel noted that "I'm 80-years-old and I've lived here for 26
years. When summer came I couldn't stand the foul smells coming
from the urine and feces. I live right next door and the lions roar until
morning so I can't sleep. Last year a monkey escaped and was caught
only with great difficulty. What would happen if a lion escaped?!
There's no such thing as a 1,100 square-meter zoo!"
Gürel's lawyer Merve Nur Özkan stated that "the Ministry has given
the owner two months to transport the animals from here so this period
ends in September. As a result, this place will be sealed shut."
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