Syrian refugees board a bus as they head to border villages of Edirne province, in Istanbul, Turkey, 28 February 2020. The Turkish government announced its decision to no longer stop refugees from reaching Europe, after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Idlib, Syria on 27 February. (Photo by Akin Celiktas/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Female gendarmeries train during gendarmerie commando noncommissioned officer candidates training program at Foca Gendarmerie Commando School and Training Center in Izmir, Turkey on February 14, 2020. (Photo by Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Constructions of Canakkale 1915 Bridge's red and white towers are underway on February 19, 2020 in Canakkale, Turkey. 56,3 percent of bridge towers are completed. Some symbolic figures are associated with the bridge. The name “1915” and the groundbreaking date “March 18” are related to the Turkish Naval Victory on March 18, 1915 during the naval operations in the Gallipoli Campaign. It is expected to become the longest suspension bridge in the world, once completed. Red and white symbolize the colors of the Turkish flag. (Photo by Burak Akay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People walk on a road covered by trees and snow after heavy snowfall in Turkey's eastern Van province on February 13, 2020. Roads have closed in 687 settlements in eastern Turkish city of Van after recent snowfall with snow depth exceeding one meter. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A migrant man sleeps near Tunca River at the city center of Edirne, Turkey, 05 March 2020. Some 10,000 migrants, mostly from Syria, have reached Turkey’s land borders with EU states Greece and Bulgaria with the intention of crossing into the European Union. Greek security forces have used tear gas to stop them crossing, according to media reports. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA/EFE)





Migrants make lit fire while they are camping next the Greece border, along the Turkey-Greece border near Pazarkule, in Edirne district, on February 28 , 2020. Turkey will no longer close its border gates to refugees who want to go to Europe, a senior official told AFP on February 28, shortly after the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an airstrike in northern Syria. (Photo by Ozan Kose/AFP Photo)





A Turkish soldier speaks to displaced Syrians near the town of Batabu on the highway linking Idlib to the Syrian Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, on March 2, 2020. The Syrian government pledged to repel Turkish forces attacking its Russia-backed troops in northwestern Syria as tensions spike between Damascus and Ankara. Since December, Syrian regime forces have led a deadly military offensive against the last major opposition stronghold of Idlib, where Turkey supports some rebel groups. Damascus said it shot down three Turkish drones in the region the day before, while two Syrian warplanes were downed though the pilots escaped unharmed. (Photo by Aaref Watad/AFP Photo)





Soldiers stand behind a barricaded entrance of the Silivri courthouse, before the trial of leading members of Turkish civil society, in Silivri, outside Istanbul, Tuesday, February 18, 2020. The trial of 16 leading members of Turkish civil society that is seen by critics as a momentous bid by the government to crack down on opposition voices and criminalize mass anti-government protests is moving toward a hasty conclusion. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Commandos seen off by their relatives ahead of their departure to join Turkey's 'Operation Spring Shield', on March 05, 2020 in Turkey's Van province. A ceremony held for 210 Commandos who will join in Turkey's Operation Spring Shield in Idlib. They seen off with prays of their families and relatives. (Photo by Mesut Varol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A stockbreeder is seen with his flock amid snow during winter season in Gurpinar district of Van, Turkey on March 04, 2020. (Photo by Ali Ihsan Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A migrant from Eritrea carrying her child walks in a village near the Turkish-Greek border in Edirne province, Turkey, March 12, 2020. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)





Sheep are led by a shepherd at the Cilvegozu border gate with Syria, near the town of Hatay, southeastern Turkey, Friday, February 28, 2020. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, third right, attends a funeral ceremony for Halil Ibrahim Akkaya, one of Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, in Bahce, Osmaniye, Turkey, Turkey, Friday, February 28, 2020. NATO envoys were holding emergency talks Friday at the request of Turkey following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, as scores of migrants gathered at Turkey's border with Greece seeking entry into Europe. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A man carries a wounded boy to an ambulance after an earthquake hit villages in Baskale town in Van province, Turkey, at the border with Iran, Sunday, February 23, 2020. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said numerous people have been killed and several others wounded in Sunday's quake with more people trapped under debris. (Photo by IHA via AP Photo)





Legislators push each other as a brawl breaks out in Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. A fight broke out in the Turkish parliament between lawmakers from opposing parties during a tense discussion about Turkey's military involvement in northwest Syria. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Migrants cross Meric river as they walk towards the Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies, near Edirne, Turkey on March 1, 2020. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)





Female military officers of Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command (JOAK) attend an exercise in Ankara, Turkey on March 6, 2020. Female gendarmeries give “There is nothing that a woman cannot achieve if she wants”. message with their difficult tasks ahead of the International Women's Day. (Photo by Mustafa Murat Kaynak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Female military officers of Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command (JOAK) attend an exercise in Ankara, Turkey on March 6, 2020. Female gendarmeries give “There is nothing that a woman cannot achieve if she wants”. message with their difficult tasks ahead of the International Women's Day. (Photo by Mustafa Murat Kaynak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Supermoon shines over Camlica mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Erdem Sahin/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Employees of the Istanbul Municipality wearing protective gear disinfects a subway carriage to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, in Istanbul on March 12, 2020. Turkey announced on March 11, 2020 its first coronavirus case, a man who had recently travelled to Europe and is in good health. Turkey has announced several measures in recent weeks to try and stop the virus reaching the country, including thermal cameras at airports, cancelling flights to affected countries and closing its border with Iran. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)