Looking at this beautiful cat now, surely no one would think that it had endured those wretched days of wandering the streets of Istanbul, Turkey.

No one noticed, stopped to help, or cared about this deformed cat during its miserable days of wandering the streets of Istanbul, Turkey. People seemed too afraid, to the point that they couldn’t even look at the cat’s face because it was ‘too ugly.’ That was until a 7-year-old girl appeared, brave and kind, and changed the cat’s life forever…

This little girl found the cat among the trash bins in a condition of hunger, malnutrition, and lacking love. She took the cat home and begged her father to do everything to save the pitiful cat. The cat was immediately taken to the veterinarian and given the necessary medication, even undergoing surgery to correct its appearance and functions.

Now, the cat not only underwent a miraculous transformation in its appearance, but it also has a completely different life. People named the cat Gülümser, which means “the cat always smiles.