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Photo of Turkish man who lost everything except kitten in fire awarded
Photo of Turkish man who lost everything except kitten in fire awarded
Anadolu Agency has announced the winners of Photos of the Year awards in voting that marks the essential events of 2018. İlhami Çetin’s “Grandpa Ali and his cat”, which features 83-year-old Ali Meşe clutching onto his kitten after a fire burned down their house in western Turkey, is the winner of the life category. Click through for the story in photos...
Burak Akbulut’s “Sultans of Karate”, which shows Rabia Kusmus and Dilara Eltemur of Turkey competing against Russian team during bronze medal competition at the 24th World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, won the sports category.
In the news category, Özkan Bilgin’s “Mehmetçik’s First Iftar,” which features Turkish soldiers holding the first fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, won the voting.
A total of 223,000 people voted in news, life and sports categories to select the winners among 49 images selected from over 700,000 photographs shot in different parts of the world -- such as Syria, Palestine, Russia, Germany and Spain. Anadolu Agency's Photos of the Year was first held in 2012.
83-year-old Ali Meşe and his cat had watched their home burn down in western Turkey's Bolu province in January.
Their dramatic image drew international attention after it was shared on CNN International and the Ellen DeGeneres Show's official Instagram account.
After almost a year, the man and his cat has a new home.
Thanks to donations from a number of charities and private donors, a new house was built for Meşe in Bolu's Mudurnu district.
Click through for more photos of Mr. Meşe and his cat, who entered 2019 in their new home...
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