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This is anectodal but I am Turkish and we have tons of cats roaming the city streets. Anyone visited Istanbul can vouch for it.

There are no rats hanging around. I am 39 years old, living in Ankara (capital city) and never once seen a rodent within the city. I don’t know if it is something else entirely but I believe cats have something to do with it.

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Others appear to agree with your sentiment: https://www.reddit.com/r/istanbul/comments/10sia4d/rats_in_i...

I did some quick searches and nothing shows concretely that this is due to the high cat population, only anecdotally. Regardless, it's certainly a thing.

https://turkeynomad.com/posts/why-cats-istanbul

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