Editing Turkish Angora (section)

{{Distinguish|Turkish Van|Van cat|Persian cat}}
{{Redirect|Angora cat|the breed formerly known as British Angora|Oriental Longhair}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
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{{Infobox Catbreed
| name          = Turkish Angora
| image         = Turkish Angora in Ankara Zoo (AOÇ).JPG
| imagecaption  = Turkish Angora cat at the [[Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo]] in [[Ankara]]. The zoo breeds and sells Turkish Angora cats.<ref name="dream_cat">{{Cite web|url= http://www.erkr.de/ezoo.htm|title=Turkish Angoras in Ankara Zoo&nbsp;... or on the road investigating the Turkish Angora |first=S. |last=Loeschke |work=Erkr.de |date=November 1997 |access-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718235710/http://www.erkr.de/ezoo.htm |archive-date=18 July 2011}}{{Self-published source|date=December 2023}}</ref>
| altname       = Ankara<ref name="hurriyet_daily_news" />
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| country       = {{TUR}}
| notrecognized =
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| cfastd        = https://cfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/turkish-angora-standard.pdf
| fifestd       = http://www.fifeweb.org/dnld/std/TUA.pdf
| ticastd       = https://tica.org/phocadownload/ta.pdf
| gccfstd       =
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| acfastd       = http://www.acfacat.com/Breed%20Standards/TURKISH%20ANGORA.pdf
| acfstd        =
| ccastd        = https://www.cca-afc.com/documents/BreedStandards/TURKISH_ANGORA_20200203_021135.pdf
| otherstd      =
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|}}<!-- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_Catbreed for more info.-->
The '''Turkish Angora''' ({{langx|tr|Ankara kedisi}}, '[[Ankara]] cat'<ref name="hurriyet_daily_news">{{cite news |title=The white beauty of Ankara: Ankara Cat |url= http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-white-beauty-of-ankara-ankara-cat.aspx?pageID=438&n=the-white-beauty-of-ankara-ankara-cat-2001-10-14 |work=Hürriyet Daily News |access-date=8 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084317/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-white-beauty-of-ankara-ankara-cat.aspx?pageID=438&n=the-white-beauty-of-ankara-ankara-cat-2001-10-14 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>) is a [[cat breed|breed]] of [[domestic cat]]. Turkish Angoras are one of the ancient, [[natural breed]]s of cat, having originated in central [[Anatolia]] ([[Ankara Province]] in modern-day [[Turkey]]). The breed has been documented as early as the 17th century. Outside of the United States, the breed is usually referred to as simply the '''Angora''' or '''Ankara cat'''.<ref name="hurriyet_daily_news" /> These cats have slender and elegant bodies.