A Look at Life in Turkey

People load their sacrificial bull on a car during Eid-al-Adha celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey, 16 June 2024. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year. It marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. (Photo by Erdem Sahin/EPA)

An aerial view of the Ilica Beach, which is about 1,200 meters long, in Izmir, Turkiye on July 17, 2024. Izmir's touristic district Cesme hosted local and foreign tourists who took advantage of the Eid al-Adha. (Photo by Berkan Cetin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A composite image assembled of two photos showing people without costumes (top) and people with heads, tails, horns and bones from the animals they sacrifice on the Feast of Sacrifice costumes (bottom), in order to keep alive the memory of the military unit named “Deliler” in the Ottoman period, and they continue the tradition of “Alabas”, has been carried on for nearly 2 centuries, in Mustafakemalpasa district of Bursa, Turkiye on June 17, 2024. Residents of the rural Sehriman Neighborhood of the district turn the skins, heads, tails, horns and bones from the animals they slaughter on the Feast of Sacrifice into costumes. Wearing the costumes, young people suddenly stand in front of people in the neighborhood square and streets in the evening and scare them by making different sounds. (Photo by Sergen Sezgin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Turkish supporters celebrate a goal as they watch a Group F match between Turkey and Georgia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament being played in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 in Kadikoy district in Istanbul. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)

Full Moon rises over Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Isa Terli/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Flowers blooming in Damal district of Turkiye's Ardahan are viewed on June 22, 2024. Residents of the district and visitors take photos among the flowers wearing Damal Local Clothes. Damal district offers beautiful landscapes to its visitors in every season. Due to its high altitude and harsh climate, the flowers blooming in the region, where spring comes late, add color to nature. (Photo by Ismail Kaplan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Wild goat babies, found by citizens in Ispir and Uzundere districts of Erzurum are pictured as they are being bottle-fed, on June 25, 2024 in Turkiye's eastern province of Erzurum. The two wild goats named 'milk siblings' by officials, are being meticulously cared. (Photo by Hilmi Tunahan Karakaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Turkish fans celebrate after their team qualified for last 16 stages following victory with car convoys in the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Czechia and Turkiye on June 26, 2024 in Ankara, Turkiye. (Photo by Rasit Aydogan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A youngster dives into the Bosphorus to cool off during a summer day in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)

Ozer Tetik, who lives in Turkiye's Adana and resembles the character 'Wolverine' played by the famous actor Hugh Jackman is pictured, in Ankara, Turkiye on June 28, 2024. Tetik draws attention with his poses that look like movie scenes at his workplace and on the street. (Photo by Ahmet Serdar Eser/Anadolu via Getty Images)

An aerial view of the site as a dry cargo ship that ran aground after anchoring off Yesilkoy, while en route from Russia to Tunisia as the Coastal Safety General Directorate (KEGM) teams continue its rescue operations in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Tayyib Hosbas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

An aerial view of hand-woven authentic Turkish rugs laid under the sun to complete the coloring process and sanitize in Dosemealti district of Antalya, Turkiye on July 03, 2024. Most of the work on the thousands of hand-woven carpets and rugs laid out in Antalya's fields, from the initial laying to the dyeing process, is done by women. In the spring, women work for days to harvest agricultural produce, and in the summer they turn carpets and rugs into pastels by fading their colors and disinfecting them from germs. (Photo by Orhan Cicek/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Wrestlers compete during the preliminary second round wrestles of the 663rd Historical Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling in Edirne, Turkiye on July 04, 2024. Due to the change of format in Kirkpinar by the Traditional Wrestling Federation of Turkiye, 23 chief wrestlers participated in the preliminary qualification, which was applied for the first time this year in the organization where athletes had the right to participate with league-style scoring for the first time in its history. (Photo by Ozgun Tiran/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A bear cools off in a pond where wild animals cool off in Konya, Turkiye on July 09, 2024. Careful efforts are being made to ensure that the protected brown bear siblings “Efe” and “Ege” spend their summers and winters comfortably. The bears spend the winter months sleeping in the cave-like area, and spend the summer months in a garden with a pool, where they cool off by swimming in the pool when the heat becomes too much. (Photo by Serhat Cetinkaya/Anadolu/Abaca Press)

A Shi'ite Muslim girl takes part in a mourning procession to mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)

Shi'ite Muslims take part in a mourning procession to mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Istanbul, Turkey on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)

Shi'ite Muslim girls take part in a mourning procession to mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)

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