The man who forms an emotional bond with the sacrificial animals he sells delights people with what he does

Vendor Ali Yalçın, who has an emotional bond with animals in Hatay, amuses people with his dialogues with small livestock that kiss him and obey his commands. Yalçın warms the hearts of those who see the bond he establishes with the animals he describes as ‘My sacrificial animals kiss me, come when I say come, go when I say go.’ This Eid al-Adha in Hatay, which was hit by an earthquake, is more lively in terms of sacrificial sales compared to the previous Eid. Compared to last year, there is more activity observed in sacrificial sales, and earthquake survivors have also started buying sacrificial animals before the holiday. In the sacrificial market established in the district of Iskenderun, there are more vendors compared to last year. Ali Yalçın, who comes from Şanlıurfa to sell sacrificial animals in Iskenderun, attracts more attention than other vendors. ‘We are like the members of the same family, we also bring the sacrificial animals to sell to make a living out of necessity,’ said Yalçın. Expressing that he has been coming to Iskenderun to sell sacrificial animals for 30 years, Ali Yalçın said, ‘I have been bringing sacrificial animals to Iskenderun for 30 years, I have the best rams, all my goods are of high quality. We pay attention to all the defects suitable for sacrificial animals and we neither take their sins nor commit sins. We are like the members of the same family, we also bring the sacrificial animals to sell to make a living out of necessity. My sacrificial animals kiss me, come when I say come, go when I say go, stand up when I say stand up, they all listen to me, you saw it yourself, when I asked them to come one by one, they posed in front of your camera. I was alone, you saw it, you witnessed it,’ he said.