Overview
- A family court ruled that Bugra must pay 10,000 Turkish liras every three months for up to ten years to support two cats in ex-wife Ezgi’s custody.
- The payments will be adjusted annually for inflation, with local reports citing CPI linkage, and they will cease upon the cats’ deaths.
- The settlement also includes a separate 550,000-lira compensation payment to the ex-wife.
- Legal context cited in coverage notes that pets are microchipped with owners registered as legal guardians, and abandoning animals can draw fines up to 60,000 liras.
- Outlets describe the ruling as a rare or first-of-its-kind arrangement that could set a precedent, while some reports still label pets as moveable property under Turkish law.