Sculpture of cat phenomenon ‘Tombili’ inaugurated in Istanbul

A sculpture created in memory of “Tombili,” a portly cat who became a social media phenomenon after being photographed posing on a sidewalk in Istanbul’s Ziverbey neighborhood, was inaugurated on Oct. 4, World Animal Day.

Following a Change.org campaign demanding that Kadıköy Municipality erect a commemorative sculpture of Tombili, who died in August, sculptor Seval Şahin voluntarily erected the sculpture demonstrating Tombili’s iconic pose on the sidewalk.

The sculpture inaugurated in the same place where the photo was taken at 1 p.m. on World Animal Day.
Kadıköy Deputy Mayor Başar Necipoğlu said in the opening ceremony that 17,000 people on social media had demanded a sculpture for Tombili.

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