Forty-three-year-old background actor Nazim Cihan’s parrot, Pasha, attracts people’s attention in Istanbul. Cihan, an Ottoman Empire enthusiast, wears Ottoman-style clothes in his daily life.
Cihan says that he bought Pasha three years ago upon a friend’s advice, and since then he has gone out with his parrot during his off days. He also mentions that he loves the attention he gets from people about his parrot. (Getty)
Photography by Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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| Nazim Cihan’s parrot “Pasha” spreads his wings in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Pasha gets some love on the bus in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Pasha the parrot poses for a photo in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| A woman takes a photo with her mobile phone with parrot “Pasha” on her shoulder in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan chats with a vendor as his parrot “Pasha” sits on the shoulder of a vendor in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan watches television with his parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan poses with his parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan does a shopping with his parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan gives a kiss to his parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan poses with his parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan holds with his parrot “Pasha” as he flaps his wings in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan chats on phone as he walks with his parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| A woman poses with the parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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| Nazim Cihan heads up the stairs with his parrot “Pasha” in Istanbul, Turkey on March 7, 2017. (Photo: Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) |
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