Shepherds in Turkey come together in the first decade of September 2023 to paint and then wash their flock in a tradition dating back centuries. The shepherd's festivities called Yünüm Böğet, a two day annual event held at the start of September, held in the village of Hasanpaşa, Turkey. (Photo by Bahadir Sansarci/Solent News & Photo Agency)





A European Cave Rescue Association (ECRA) member, goes down into the Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, Friday, September 8, 2023. Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)





Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) are seen in their migration stopover areas near Gulf of Izmit in Kocaeli, Turkiye on September 08, 2023. (Photo by Huseyin Yildiz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





46-year-old Ibrahim Erdogan, who has been fishing for 25 years, poses for a photo with thefishes he caught on a boat at Lake Beysehir in Konya, Turkiye on September 09, 2023. Erdogan, who is fishing in Beysehir Lake, one of Turkiye's most important freshwater fish production centers, collects the nets in the water in the early hours of the morning. (Photo by Esra Hacioglu Karakaya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A general view of tomatoes left under the sun to dry at the foot of Mount Suphan in Adilcevaz district of Bitlis, Turkiye on September 09, 2023. The dried tomatoes are salted and sold to a company in Izmir, processed and sent to many European countries, especially Italy. (Photo by Harun Nacar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Members of the CNSAS, Italian alpine and speleological rescuers, carry a stretcher with American researcher Mark Dickey during a rescue operation in the Morca cave, near Anamur, southern Turkey, Monday, September 11, 2023. A rescue operation is underway in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains to bring out an American researcher who fell seriously ill at a depth of some 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) from the entrance of one of world’s deepest caves last week and was unable to climb out himself. Mark Dickey is being assisted by international rescuers who by Monday had brought him up to 300 meters (nearly 1,000 feet). (Photo by CNSAS via AP Photo)





American researcher Mark Dickey, center, talks to journalists after being pulled out of Morca cave near Anamur, south Turkey, on early Tuesday, September 12, 2023, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance. Teams from across Europe had rushed to Morca cave in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains to aid Dickey, a 40-year-old experienced caver who became seriously ill on Sept. 2 with stomach bleeding. (Photo by Mert Gokhan Koc/Dia Images via AP Photo)





Turkish riot police hold shields during a protest in support of We Will Stop Femicide Platform outside the courthouse in Istanbul on September 13, 2023, on the sidelines of the last hearing of a trial seeking to ban the platform. Turkey on September 13 resumed the trail of an anti-femicide campaign group that prosecutors are trying to shut down on charges of violating administrative laws and “morality”. Riot police cordoned off Istanbul's main courthouse and detained two supporters of the We Will Stop Femicide Platform ahead of a likely verdict later in the day. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





Turkiye's first female professional aerobatic pilot Semin Ozturk Sener, who represented Turkiye in Romania in 2018 and in Germany this year, performs a flight in Eskisehir, Turkiye on September 13, 2023. Sener aims to participate in more flight events abroad to represent Turkiye in 2024. (Photo by Yavuz Emrah Sever/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Women beekeepers wearing pink clothes start to harvest the honey that they produce with the support offered in the highlands above 2 thousand altitude, in Gevas district of Van, Turkiye on September 16, 2023. Unlike the white masks worn by their colleagues, women beekeepers, produce honey in the high points and difficult geography of the region with pink masks they have prepared for themselves. The beekeeper members of the Artos Women's Agricultural Development Cooperative, which was established with the initiatives of the Gevas Honey Producers Association in 2015 to contribute to the employment of women and has been serving since then, make organic production. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Women beekeepers wearing pink clothes start to harvest the honey that they produce with the support offered in the highlands above 2 thousand altitude, in Gevas district of Van, Turkiye on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Women beekeepers wearing pink clothes start to harvest the honey that they produce with the support offered in the highlands above 2 thousand altitude, in Gevas district of Van, Turkiye on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Women beekeepers wearing pink clothes start to harvest the honey that they produce with the support offered in the highlands above 2 thousand altitude, in Gevas district of Van, Turkiye on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Tour boats are seen in Adrasan, a popular tourist destination on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, in Antalya province, Turkey on September 17, 2023. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)





A personnel assists the endangered griffon vulture taking flight during his treatment after endangered griffon vulture is found injured and fatigued at the Van Yuzuncu Yil University (YYU) Wild Animal Protection and Rehabilitation Center in Van, Turkiye on September 19, 2023. It was determined that the vulture's exhaustion was a result of hunger. Following its treatment, the bird, which was placed in the center's garden and provided with care, to be released back into its natural habitat once it has fully recovered. (Photo by Mesut Varol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A cow decorated with charms, colorful ropes and beads is seen as the local cattle breeders who prepared sash, loincloth and their local clothes known as “bush vest” before coming to plateau, their animals in Trabzon, Turkiye on September 24, 2023. Cattle breeders return to Black Sea plateaus as the weather gets colder. Breeders, who have been migrating to the highlands for centuries in the region, have completed their migration preparations before their return journey. (Photo by Hakan Burak Altunoz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Local cattle breeders who prepared sash, loincloth and their local clothes known as “bush vest” before coming to plateau, decorate the cows with charms, colorful ropes and beads in Trabzon, Turkiye on September 24, 2023. (Photo by Hakan Burak Altunoz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A cow decorated with charms, colorful ropes and beads is seen as the local cattle breeders who prepared sash, loincloth and their local clothes known as “bush vest” before coming to plateau, their animals in Trabzon, Turkiye on September 24, 2023. (Photo by Hakan Burak Altunoz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Commuters take a ride in a ferry crossing the Bosphorus near Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque, background left, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, September 27, 2023. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





Female firefighters complete their preparations before responding to the fire during the practice in Altindag district of Ankara, Turkiye on September 23, 2023. 40 female firefighters, among the 1174 firefighters within the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department, take part in search and rescue operations in natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and all kinds of explosions and collapses. Female firefighters, who act upon receiving a report from the fire brigade command center, arrive at the scene within minutes, ready to respond to the fire, using the fire trucks in which they wear protective fire suits, and intervene in the fire. (Photo by Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)