reporter: eker has a vision, for dogs and humans.e is looking for a special kind of street dog, with intelligence, good character, and instinct. gÖktan: i'm looking for dogs i can train. first, we have to help them get over their street trauma. then they can get used to people and, if possible, learn to be sniffer dogs. reporter: tracking and rescue dogs are especially needed after the earthquakes which repeatedly strike turkey. february's catastrophic quake took the lives of at least 50,000 people in the southeast. search dogs helped rescue dozens, but there weren't enough. most of the dogs came from abroad. gÖktan eker arrives at an animal shelter looking for suitable candidates for his project. for many years he worked for a police canine drug unit. he knows what to look for in a dog. gÖktan: this one is very sociable and isn't afraid of people. first, i check to see if it's healthy. then i watch how it gets along with other dogs, and finally with people. reporter: eker himself was a rescuer in the earthquake zone, but without dog

reporter: eker has a vision, for dogs and humans.e is looking for a special kind of street dog, with intelligence, good character, and instinct. gÖktan: i'm looking for dogs i can train. first, we have to help them get over their street trauma. then they can get used to people and, if possible, learn to be sniffer dogs. reporter: tracking and rescue dogs are especially needed after the earthquakes which repeatedly strike turkey. february's catastrophic quake took the lives of at least 50,000 people in the southeast. search dogs helped rescue dozens, but there weren't enough. most of the dogs came from abroad. gÖktan eker arrives at an animal shelter looking for suitable candidates for his project. for many years he worked for a police canine drug unit. he knows what to look for in a dog. gÖktan: this one is very sociable and isn't afraid of people. first, i check to see if it's healthy. then i watch how it gets along with other dogs, and finally with people. reporter: eker himself was a rescuer in the earthquake zone, but without dog

reporter: eker has a vision, for dogs and humans.e is looking for a special kind of street dog, with intelligence, good character, and instinct. gÖktan: i'm looking for dogs i can train. first, we have to help them get over their street trauma. then they can get used to people and, if possible, learn to be sniffer dogs. reporter: tracking and rescue dogs are especially needed after the earthquakes which repeatedly strike turkey. february's catastrophic quake took the lives of at least 50,000 people in the southeast. search dogs helped rescue dozens, but there weren't enough. most of the dogs came from abroad. gÖktan eker arrives at an animal shelter looking for suitable candidates for his project. for many years he worked for a police canine drug unit. he knows what to look for in a dog. gÖktan: this one is very sociable and isn't afraid of people. first, i check to see if it's healthy. then i watch how it gets along with other dogs, and finally with people. reporter: eker himself was a rescuer in the earthquake zone, but without dog