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Midnight Raid on Ege University in Izmir... Approximately 200 Dogs Were Rounded up, and Clashes Erupted on Campus!

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Bornova Municipality raided the training center belonging to the Ege University Animal Rights Society at night to collect dogs. Nearly 200 dogs were rounded up with the help of the police. A scuffle ensued between students who gathered in front of the training center to protest the dog roundup, municipal teams, and the police.

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Bornova Municipality raided the training center belonging to the Ege University Animal Rights Society at night to collect dogs. With the help of the police, more than 200 dogs were rounded up. Students who gathered in front of the training center to protest the dog roundup clashed with municipal teams and the police.

·Türkiye
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Bornova Municipality raided the training center belonging to the Ege University Animal Rights Society at night to collect dogs. Nearly 200 dogs were rounded up with the help of the police. A scuffle ensued between students who gathered in front of the training center to protest the dog roundup, municipal teams, and the police.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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In Izmir, approximately 200 stray dogs living on the Ege University campus were rounded up in a nighttime operation accompanied by riot police. Tensions arose between students and animal rights activists who opposed the removal of the dogs and the security forces.

A protest was held in Izmir against the roundup of dogs at the Ege University Animal Shelter by police and municipal officials in the middle of the night. Animal rights advocates, who said the fate of the dogs is unknown, claimed that they were beaten, subjected to pepper spray, and had their electricity cut off during the intervention. The article "Dogs rounded up at Ege University in the middle of the night: Students and animal rights advocate…

In Izmir, animal rights advocates protested the midnight roundup of approximately 160 dogs cared for by students at Ege University. A statement released on behalf of the group said, "Despite all opposition, the AKP government, which has fueled hatred and channeled public taxes to trolls, and the local administrations that implemented this law, which enacted one of the bloodiest animal-hating laws in Turkish history, are responsible." Animal righ…

Dogs cared for by students on the Ege University campus were rounded up at night under police escort. Students who resisted the intervention were tear-gassed. Animal rights advocates will march to Bornova Municipality today demanding an explanation for the dogs' fate.

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Cumhuriyet broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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