Gli ( 2004 – 7 November 2020) was a cat from Istanbul best known for living in the Hagia Sophia, for which she became an Internet celebrity, grabbing the attention of visiting tourists. Gli was born in 2004 and was raised at the Hagia Sophia. She gained significant media attention when the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque in 2020.
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Key facts
- Animal.image
- Hagia Sophia 2013-03-17g.jpg
- Animal.caption
- Gli at the Hagia Sophia in 2013
- Animal.gender
- Female
- Animal.birth_date
- 2004
- Animal.birth_place
- Hagia Sophia, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
- Animal.death_date
- 7 November 2020 (aged 16)
- Animal.death_place
- Levent, Istanbul, Turkey
- Animal.known_for
- Living in the Hagia Sophia
- Animal.parents
- Sofya
- Animal.children
- Karakiz
- Animal.resting_place
- Hagia Sophia
- Animal.species
- Cat (Felis catus)
- Animal.image size
- 250
- Animal.owner
- Hagia Sophia's inventory(June–November 2020)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Cat
- Gender
- female organism
- Place of birth
- Hagia Sophia
- Place of death
- Levent
- Hair colour
- grey hair
- Country
- Turkey
- Image
- Cat at Ayasofya.jpg
- Residence
- Hagia Sophia
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- Commons category
- Gli (cat)
- date of birth
- 2004-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-11-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name
- Gli
- animal breed
- European Shorthair
- place of burial
- Istanbul
- cause of death
- disease
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Gli ( 2004 – 7 November 2020) was a cat from Istanbul best known for living in the Hagia Sophia, for which she became an Internet celebrity, grabbing the attention of visiting tourists. Gli was born in 2004 and was raised at the Hagia Sophia. She gained significant media attention when the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque in 2020.
Gli died on 7 November 2020 at a veterinary clinic in Levent, Istanbul. It was announced that she would be buried on the premises of the Hagia Sophia. The Instagram account @hagiasophiacat was dedicated to Gli and was followed by more than 118,000 people at the time of her death.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.