The Turkish Air Force's aerobatic team, SOLOTURK, performs an aerial display over Anitkabir, mausoleum of Turkish Republic's Founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkiye as part of the August 30 Victory Day celebrations on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Muhammed Abdullah Kurtar/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Sheep, goat, cattle, and buffalo hides brought from different provinces of Turkiye to Gaziantep are processed in the city's tanneries, turning into durable and ready-to-use leather on September 13, 2025. In storage facilities, the hides are first shaved, then washed and cleaned in large machines. The hides are dyed with various colors and, after the drying stage, they undergo tanning. Once tanned, the leather is pressed in machines and delivered to craftsmen to be used in the production of Gaziantep's traditional handicrafts, especially yemeni shoes, as well as bags, belts, and many other leather products. Each stage of the process relies on a specific division of labor, with storage, shaving, washing, dyeing, drying, and pressing carried out by different masters. The tanneries of Gaziantep not only form the heart of the city's long-established leather industry but also supply raw materials to hundreds of businesses in the region. (Photo by Nurettin Boydak/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Youngsters dive for fun into the Bosphorus at Kadikoy sea promenade, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, September 16, 2025. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





Chef Yusuf Altinkaya carves the city's historical sites onto registered Diyarbakir watermelons with his special knives and expert touches on September 18, 2025 in Diyarbakir, Turkiye. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A tourist looks out towards the Bosphorus as she poses for a photograph in an open-air studio terrace, in Istanbul on September 18, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





Excavations continue for unearthing the skeleton of a 14-metre-long fin whale, which washed ashore in Mersin in 2021 and was subsequently buried, for use in scientific research, in Mersin, Turkiye on October 07, 2025. As part of the “The Silence of the Whale Turns to Science” project, excavation work at the site where it was buried has made most of the whale skeleton visible, with the aim of reassembling it. (Photo by Serkan Avci/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A body bag lies on the shore as Coast Guard Command members conduct a search and rescue operation following the sinking of a migrant boat off Bodrum, western Mugla province, Turkey, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Kenan Gurbuz/Reuters)





A porter pulls a trolley loaded with goods in the popular Eminonu commercial area of Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Locked harnesses used by porters sit at a porter headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, August 18, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Porters take a break near the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, September 25, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Porters place a load on a co-worker's back in the Eminonu commercial area of Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Suat Demir, a 52-year-old parter, smokes a cigarette after finishing his work day in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, October 2, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Porters use trolleys to pull loads in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Young women wearing folk traditional costumes parade as part of celebrations marking the 102nd anniversary of the creation of the modern Turkish Republic, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, October 29, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel,/AP Photo)





A discarded plastic items collector pulls his cart at Kabatas sea promenade as the sun rises over the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, November 10, 2025. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





People visit Dolmabahce Palace, where modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died 87 years ago, on his death anniversary, in Istanbul,Turkey, on November 10, 2025. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





The crescent moon rises behind the Camlica mosque and Galata tower, in Istanbul, Turkey, early Friday, November 14, 2025. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





An aerial view of excavation site as a residential area dating back approximately 1,500 years to the Roman era is revealed at Perrhe, one of the five major cities of the ancient Commagene civilization, in Adiyaman, Turkiye on November 17, 2025. The newly uncovered structures provide fresh insights into daily life in the region during antiquity and contribute to ongoing research on the historical significance of Perrhe. (Photo by Orhan Pehlul/Anadolu via Getty Images)