Permissible
- All colour varieties
1 breeder is on record here.
Medium-sized, elegant cat with long silky coat and graceful build. One of the oldest natural cat breeds.
Ancient natural breed from Turkey, possibly one of the oldest longhaired breeds. Prized in Turkey's national zoo breeding program in Ankara. All-white cats with odd eyes are traditionally most valued.
Generally described as affectionate, agile, clever, gentle, intelligent, playful, social and athletic.
That is the breed in general, not a promise about one animal. Ask the breeder what their own line is like, and meet the parents before you decide.
Breed reference from The Cat API.
Drawn from sources, not opinion: The Cat API; International Cat Care — Inherited deafness in white cats; FIFe breed standard. An empty column means we hold nothing for that side, not that there is nothing to say.
The Turkish Angora standard is published by the FIFe (Fédération Internationale Féline), the international federation of pedigree-cat clubs, and it is what show judges apply. This section sums up what it says about coat and colour. It does not assess any one animal: use it to know what to ask the breeder.
Single, body coat of medium length
long at the frill and tail.
The hair is very fine and shows a silk-like sheen.
The coat is silky and sleek
slightly wavy on the belly.
No undercoat.
Permissible
Shortened from FIFe standard TUA — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source. FIFe lists this standard’s last modification as 2024. Text read on 31 Aug 2026.
The colour varieties FIFe recognises for this breed are listed, with their EMS codes, in the table at the end of its standard. FIFe describes each colour group in the General Part of its standards.
The colours and patterns the standard admits, and what it prefers, discourages or disqualifies in each. An accepted colour says nothing about health. Quotations from the FIFe are in English, as the standard publishes them; the headings are ours.
Known hereditary risks for the Turkish Angora breed, and the specific documentation to request from any breeder before paying a deposit. A responsible breeder will have these readily available; deflection is a red flag.
1 condition documentedThis is breed-level literature, not veterinary advice about an individual animal — your vet knows the animal.
Health checklist (PDF)Documented in this breed, but no source says how many of its dogs carry or have them. That is a gap in the evidence, not a sign they are rare.
Breed-level information from The Cat API. It describes the Turkish Angora in general; any individual animal can differ.
Cats carrying the dominant white coat gene, especially when paired with blue eyes, have a substantially higher chance of being born deaf in one or both ears, because the same gene disrupts development of the inner ear; longhaired white cats are reported to be about three times more likely to be deaf in both ears than shorthaired white cats. Angoras are not required to be white or blue-eyed by the breed standard, so this risk sits with that specific colour combination rather than with the breed as a whole. The sources below document white and blue-eyed cats generally, across breeds — no Turkish-Angora-specific study was found, but the causal gene and its effect on hearing do not vary by breed.
What to ask for
A BAER (brainstem auditory evoked response) hearing test result for the specific kitten, and ideally both parents, if the cat is white and/or blue-eyed. There is no DNA test for deafness itself — the dominant white (W) DNA test confirms the colour genotype, not hearing
Cats carrying the dominant white coat gene, especially when paired with blue eyes, have a substantially higher chance of being born deaf in one or both ears, because the same gene disrupts development of the inner ear; longhaired white cats are reported to be about three times more likely to be deaf in both ears than shorthaired white cats. Angoras are not required to be white or blue-eyed by the breed standard, so this risk sits with that specific colour combination rather than with the breed as a whole. The sources below document white and blue-eyed cats generally, across breeds — no Turkish-Angora-specific study was found, but the causal gene and its effect on hearing do not vary by breed.
What to ask for
A BAER (brainstem auditory evoked response) hearing test result for the specific kitten, and ideally both parents, if the cat is white and/or blue-eyed. There is no DNA test for deafness itself — the dominant white (W) DNA test confirms the colour genotype, not hearing