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		<title>YILDIZ ÜNİVERSİTESİNDE ZULÜM &#8211;  OUTRAGE AT YILDIZ UNIVERSITY</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viktor Larkhill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Çılgınlık ve aptallık işgali&#8230; Sadece dündü, Yıldız üniversitesi rektörünü yayınladığı bildiride kampüsteki kedilere bakan gönüllülerle ortak çalışılacağını belirttiğinde. Aptal yerine konulduk. Prof. İsmail Yüksek bize yalan söyledi. Bize Yıldız Üniversitesindeki kedilerin toplanmasına son verileceği söylenmişti. Geçtiğimiz günlerde Rektör toplumun çeşitli kesimlerinden telefonlar aldı. Bunlardan bazılarına verdiği yanıtlarda işbirliği yapacağını söyleyerek gönüllülerden hayvanların kısırlaştırılmasında yardımda bulunmalarını istedi. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Çılgınlık ve aptallık işgali&#8230;</p>
<p>Sadece dündü, Yıldız üniversitesi rektörünü yayınladığı bildiride kampüsteki kedilere bakan gönüllülerle ortak çalışılacağını belirttiğinde.<br />
Aptal yerine konulduk. Prof. İsmail Yüksek bize yalan söyledi.<br />
Bize Yıldız Üniversitesindeki kedilerin toplanmasına son verileceği söylenmişti. Geçtiğimiz günlerde Rektör toplumun çeşitli kesimlerinden telefonlar aldı. Bunlardan bazılarına verdiği yanıtlarda işbirliği yapacağını söyleyerek gönüllülerden hayvanların kısırlaştırılmasında yardımda bulunmalarını istedi.</p>
<p>Maalesef arka planda Rektörümüz temizlik işçilerine mümkün olduğu kadar çok kedi toplanması konusunda emir vermiş.<br />
Aşağıda kayıp kedilerin bir listesi var. Hepsine birer isim verdik ki onları birer &#8220;can&#8221; olarak düşünün, sadece sıradan birer &#8220;kedi&#8221; değil.<br />
1. Mamie &#8211; tekir anne, emzirdiği 4 yavrusu var; Benek, Duman, Zeytin ve Peynir.<br />
2. Melek &#8211; siyah beyaz bir anne (3 bebeği veterinerde tedavi görüyor)<br />
3. Pamuk &#8211; beyaz anne<br />
4. Pıtırcık &#8211; tekir erkek<br />
5. Çiçek ve Böcek &#8211; kız erkek iki kardeş</p>
<p>Aynı anda Rektör hem sözlü hem de yazılı olarak yalanlarını sürdürüyordu. Hatta evinde bir kedisi ve bahçesinde bir köpeği olduğunu söyleyecek kadar ileri gitti.<br />
Merak ediyoruz; acaba kedisi hakkında ne düşünüyordur&#8230;<br />
Kampüs çalışanları yakalamalara şahit ancak kovulma korkusuyla konuşamıyorlar.<br />
Rektörlük şimdi de üniversite görevlilerini ve öğrencileri, kedileri doyuran gönüllüleri taciz ediyor. Kedileri istemeyen akademisyenler (!) ise her zaman olduğundan daha kışkırtıcı. Öyle görünüyor ki yıllarca süren öğretim yaşamları onlara bir şey öğretmemiş, çete halinde bir grup kedinin üzerine gitmekten başka tabii.</p>
<p>Durum içler acısı.</p>
<p>Sahip Çıkalım! ülkemizin en saygın yüksek öğrenim kuruluşlarından birinde süregitmekte olan bu talihsiz durumdan medyayı haberdar etmek için elinden geleni yapacaktır.</p>
<p>Genellikle kurumların?insanların yaptığı bu tür şeyler kimse suçlarının farkına varmadığından gözden kaçar. Yıldız üniversitesinin durumunda bu böyle olmayacak.</p>
<p>Bizi izlemeye devam edin&#8230; gelişmelerden sizleri haberdar edeceğiz.</p>
<p>Lütfen rektörü aşağıdaki telefonlardan arayın veya kendisine bu adresten email gönderin.</p></div>
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<p style="margin:0;">Ismail YUKSEK</p>
<p>Phone: +90 212 261 20 02<br />
<a href="mailto:yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank">yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr</a></div>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">Madness and foolishness prevails.<br />
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">Just yesterday we informed that the Rector of Yildiz University had decided to cooperate with the volunteers caring for the cats of the campus.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">We were fooled. Mr. Ismail YUKSEK lied to us.<br />
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">We informed that our volonteers were able to stop the collection of the cats at Yildiz University campus. The following day, the Rector Ismail YUKSEK received a large number of complains from members of the public. He replied to some of them offering his cooperation and asking for us, the volunteers to assist them in the neutering of some of those cats&#8230;</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">Unfortunately, in the background, the Rector gave orders to his cleaning team of collecting as many animals as possible.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">So this is the count of the missing cats. We have given them names, so that you can relate to them as individual lives, not just &#8221; a cat&#8221;.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">1. Mamie&#8230;a tabby mother feeding four kittens, Benek, Duman, Zeytin and Peynir.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">2. Melek, a Black and white moter (her kittens were at the clinic for treatment)</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">3. Pamuk, a white mother</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">4. Pitircik, a tabby male</span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">5. Cicek and Bocek, brother and sister.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">In the meantime the Rector continue lying both verbally and by email correspondence. He went as far as saying that he has a cat a home and a dog in the garden.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">We wonder what his cat thinks of him nowadays&#8230;</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">The employees of the Campus are witness to the catching, however, they dont want to speak out because of fear of being fired.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">The Rectorate is now harrassing the university staff and students, volunteers feeding the cats. The academicians who don&#8217;t want the cats are now more and more virulent. It seems their many years of teaching experience has not taught them anything and, in a pathetic display of mob mentality are now ganging up against a bunch of cats.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">The whole situation is pathetic.<br />
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">Lets Adopt will do its utmost to bring out the attention of the media to this unfortunate situation currently taking place in one of Turkey&#8217;s institutions of higher learning&#8230;</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">Usually institutions/people get away with things because nobody notices their crimes. This wont be the case at Yildiz University.<br />
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">Stay tuned.. we will be updating you as events develop.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-GB">Please drop a line to the rector or call him on:</span></span></p>
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<p>Phone: +90 212 261 20 02<br />
<a href="mailto:yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank">yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr</a></p>
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		<title>Yıldız Kampüsünde son durum&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viktor Larkhill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yıldız Kampüsünde son durum&#8230; - Başka kaynaklardan da doğruladığımız kadarıyla eğer 14 Temmuz gecesi gönüllüler müdahale etmemiş olsalardı kampüste yaşayan kediler toplanıp bilinmeyen bir yere atılacaktı. Kedi-Avı işi üniversite görevlilerine değil kampüsün temizlik ve düzeninden sorumlu olan temizlik şirketine verilmiş ve kendilerine fazla mesaiye kalmaları, mümkün olduğu kadar kediyi endüstriyel çöp torbalarına koyup ağızlarını bağlamaları söylenmiş. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yıldız Kampüsünde son durum&#8230;</p>
<p>- Başka kaynaklardan da doğruladığımız kadarıyla eğer 14 Temmuz gecesi gönüllüler müdahale etmemiş olsalardı kampüste yaşayan kediler toplanıp bilinmeyen bir yere atılacaktı. Kedi-Avı işi üniversite görevlilerine değil kampüsün temizlik ve düzeninden sorumlu olan temizlik şirketine verilmiş ve kendilerine fazla mesaiye kalmaları, mümkün olduğu kadar kediyi endüstriyel çöp torbalarına koyup ağızlarını bağlamaları söylenmiş. Torbalara doldurulan kedilerin bilinmeyen bir noktaya atılabilmesi için de otoparkta bir araba bekletilmiş.</p>
<p>- Durum ortaya çıkınca panikle beraber çelişkili mesajlar verilmeye başlanıyor elbette. İnkar edin! Şimdi durun, sonra halledersiniz!!<br />
- Dün akşam rektörden, kendisinin de bir hayvansever olduğunu, bahçesinde bir köpeği, evinde de bir kedisi ve bir de kuşu olduğunu bildiren komik bir mesaj aldık. Kedisinin sahibi Sayın Yüksel&#8217;in yok etme güdüsünden ne kadar haberi var bilmiyoruz. Herhalde büyük hayal kırıklığına uğrardı.</p>
<p>- Kampüste olan biteni yakından izliyoruz. Sizi de bilgilendireceğiz. Rektörden, şu ana kadar yaşananların  bir hata olduğuna ve bundan böyle hayvanların toplanıp bölgelerinden uzağa atılmasını yasaklayan 5199 sayılı Hayvan Haklarını Koruma Yasasına uyulacağını bildiren bir özür mektubu bekliyoruz.</p>
<p>Bu mektup yayınlanıncaya kadar gözümüz Sayın Yüksel&#8217;in üzerinde olacak!</p>
<p>Lütfen Rektör Profesör Dr. Yüksek’e telefon açıp veya yazıp konuyla ilgili düşüncelerinizi bildirin.</p>
<blockquote><p>Telefon: +90 212 261 20 02 Fax: +90 212 261 42 84<br />
<a href="mailto:yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank">yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Saygılarımla,</p>
<p>V Larkhill</p>
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		<title>Update on the situation of the Cats at Yildiz Campus..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viktor Larkhill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[-  We have confirmation from several sources inside the University that the cats living at the campus would have been caught and dumped somewhere else if volunteers hadn&#8217;t been there on the evening of the 14th of July. The Cat-Hunting job was not assigned to the University staff but to the cleaning company who is [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-US">-  We have confirmation from several sources inside the University that the cats living at the campus would have been caught and dumped somewhere else if volunteers hadn&#8217;t been there on the evening of the 14th of July. The Cat-Hunting job was not assigned to the University staff but to the cleaning company who is in charge of the cleaning and maintenance services. As a part of their duties that day the workers were order to stay over-time, and to use the heavy duty bags to collect as many kittens as possible. A van was provided and was waiting at the car park to carry the bags full of cats and dumped them at an unknown location.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-US">- After the case was revealed there was a panic and contradictory messages started to circulate&#8230; <strong>Denie!!!</strong> <strong>Stop now!! do it later!!!</strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-US">Last evening we received a <strong>ridiculous</strong> letter from the Rector himself stating that he is an animal lover and has a dog at his garden as well as a cat and a bird at home!! (we wonder what Mr. Yuksek cat thinks of the extermination instincts of his master. He must surely be quite dissapointed.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-US">- We are monitoring closely the situation at the campus. We will update you. We are expecting anytime a letter of apology from the Rector himself stating that his actions were a mistake and that he will, from now on abide to the Animal Welfare Law 5199 that specifically prohibits the collection and dumping of animals away from their territory.<br />
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<p style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';" lang="EN-US">Until this statement is issued Mr. Yuksek&#8217;s name will be under constant scrutiny by Let&#8217;s Adopt.</span></p>
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<p>Please drop a quick line or a call to Prof. Dr. Ismail YUKSEK, The Rector.</p>
<div>Phone: +90 212 261 20 02<br />
<a href="mailto:yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank">yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr</a></div>
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		<title>A lesson for the Rector of the Yildiz Technical University</title>
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		<dc:creator>Viktor Larkhill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lesson for the Rector of the Yildiz Technical University Yildiz Technical University. A respected center of higher learning, training ground for some of the brightest young minds in the country. So many people hold this institution in high regard. Unfortunately, sometimes, even Universities can align themselves with the views and positions of the uneducated. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_752" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 378px"><img class="size-full wp-image-752" title="Ismail Yuksek" src="http://letsadopt.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/yuksek.jpg" alt="Ismail Yuksek" width="368" height="457" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ismail Yuksek</p></div>
<p>A lesson for the Rector of the Yildiz Technical University</p>
<p>Yildiz Technical University.</p>
<p>A respected center of higher learning, training ground for some of the brightest young minds in the country. So many people hold this institution in high regard.<br />
Unfortunately, sometimes, even Universities can align themselves with the views and positions of the uneducated.<br />
The story that follows would be bad enough on its own but it is truly scandalous and pathetic coming from such a respected institution.<br />
I could tell the story with all kind of details but as I don&#8217;t want to bore you. I will be straight to the point.</p>
<p>- Rumours start circulating that the Office of the Rector of the Yildiz University will be catching the cats living in an out the campus and dumping them somewhere else. Apparently the rector, Prof. Dr. Ismail YUKSEK believes that there are too many cats and that they are dangerous animals filled with fleas.</p>
<p>-  We called the General Secretary and offered our assistance in neutering the cats and sterilize, vaccinate. They told us that under no circumstance they were planning to catch any cat and that they understood to drop the cats somewhere else would be dangerous to the cats. We would never do that! they say&#8230;</p>
<p>- Those who never tell the truth express themselves in the same way so we didn&#8217;t believe a word&#8230;.</p>
<p>- In the evening we sent a group of volunteers to patrol the campus and make sure all cats were ok. And what did we found? To our surprise we bumped face to face with a couple of university workers busy catching cats and dropping them on a plastic bag to be closed with rope and thrown away.</p>
<p>- As usual people doing that kind of job are cowards.. they run away the moment they saw us, dropping the bags behind. Upon questioning they denied everything, first they denied having anything to do with the bags (and its content) then they acknowledged the situation but refused to tell us who they received orders from&#8230; then they ran away..</p>
<div>It was pathetic.</p>
<p>So, here is the truth. The Rector of the Yildiz Technical University, Ismail Yuksek, is responsible for this cowardly act. What were those two individuals going to do with the cats? were they going to drop them in the highway? Maybe in some garbage container?</p>
<p>Yildiz University is filled with students who are animal lovers. Many of them are our members. Mr. Yuksek, what a ridiculous way to taint the good name of your insitution.. Your actions and those of your team are wrong, illegal, criminal and cowardly. Furthermore they are useless.. No matter how many cats you catch and drop (or kill) there will always be new cats arriving. The only way to reduce the cat population is to neuter the existing cats and allow them to stay in their territory. Anything else is not only useless, its illegal, cowardly and ridiculous&#8230;</p></div>
<p>Please drop a quick line or a call to Prof. Dr. Ismail YUKSEK, The Rector.</p>
<div>Phone: +90 212 261 20 02 Fax: +90 212 261 42 84</p>
<p><a href="mailto:yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr" target="_blank">yukseki@yildiz.edu.tr</a></div>
<p>Simply tell him that his actions are bringing disrepute to this respected institution and that he should use his brains for something productive instead of planning cat catching operations&#8230;</p>
<p>Unbelieveble&#8230;.</p>
<p>Viktor Larkhill</p>
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