My experience in Turkey is that cats and dog almost never follow you (unless you are feeding them) and don't run after you. For the most part, they are actually

My experience in Turkey is that cats and dog almost never follow you (unless you are feeding them) and don't run after you. For the most part, they are actually quite shy / don't really care about you. My wife use to bicycle a lot in Turkey and she never had a problem with dogs and cats, but you don't see them that much in the countryside also.