A woman touches a piece of melting ice on the Cilo glacier of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province on July 13, 2025. As global temperatures rise amid human-caused climate change, new sections of the mountains that were once capped in ice are melting fast year after year. A UN report on desertification worldwide estimates that 88 percent of Turkey's territory is at risk: rainfall is expected to decrease by 30 percent by the end of the century, while temperatures are expected to rise by 5 to 6C compared to the averages recorded between 1961 and 1990. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





This photograph shows an aerial view of the Cilo Glaciers of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





People rest on the Cilo Glaciers of Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province, on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





The harvest of melons grown from heirloom seeds continues in the Besni district, one of Turkiye's prominent melon production centers, in Adiyaman, Turkiye on July 11, 2025. Known for their flavor and high yield, Besni melons are shipped daily by the truckload to various regions across the country. Grown using traditional methods and heirloom seeds, the melons attract strong demand thanks to their aromatic taste. (Photo by Beytullah Eles/Anadolu via Getty Images)





An aerial view shows tourists walking on handwoven carpets laid out in the open fields to soften their colours under sizzling sun in Dosemealti district in Antalya on July 22, 2025. Thousands of carpets and kilims spread out in the sun form a festive and colourful patchwork on the outskirts of Antalya, the large coastal tourist city in southern Turkey. From June to September, in the harvested fields cleared of stubble, traders bring their cargoes to age in the sun, tempering the overly bright hues of their natural colours under its rays and ridding them of any unwanted elements. (Photo by Ozan Kose/AFP Photo)





A worker holds an handwoven carpet laid out in an open field to soften its colours under sizzling sun in Dosemealti district in Antalya on July 22, 2025. Thousands of carpets and kilims spread out in the sun form a festive and colourful patchwork on the outskirts of Antalya, the large coastal tourist city in southern Turkey. From June to September, in the harvested fields cleared of stubble, traders bring their cargoes to age in the sun, tempering the overly bright hues of their natural colours under its rays and ridding them of any unwanted elements. (Photo by Ozan Kose/AFP Photo)





Villagers take part in the traditional “Berobana” dance, a 150-year-old practice symbolizing unity and solidarity, in Savsat district of Artvin, Turkiye, on July 26, 2025. The ritual, once a New Year tradition, has shifted to July and August as villages become more crowded during the summer months. (Photo by Dilara Irem Sancar/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Firefighters attempt to extinguish a wildfire as smoke and flames rise from a forested area in the Gursu district of Bursa early on July 27, 2025. (Photo by Onur Yurtsever/AFP Phoot)





The Waxing Gibbous Moon rises over the sky as Beyazit Mosque is seen alongside in Istanbul, Turkiye on August 04, 2025. (Photo by Isa Terli/Anadolu via Getty Images)





An endangered baby turtle hatched from its egg in its nest on the Belek coast, is trying to reach the open sea by walking along the beach in Antalya, Turkiye on August 05, 2025. In the Belek and Kizilot region, one of the largest nesting areas in the Mediterranean, many baby turtles continue to meet the sea. (Photo by Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





63-year-old Ilhan Gokkurt harvests salt at Palas Tuzla Lake in the Palas neighborhood of Sarioglan, Kayseri, Turkiye on August 08, 2025. Gokkurt provides for his family by harvesting salt from Palas Tuzla Lake, using centuries-old techniques passed down through generations. Located in the Palas Plain, the salt lake was designated a "strictly protected sensitive area" by a 2020 presidential decree, allowing extraction only through traditional methods. As the salt harvesting season begins, Gokkurt sets out at dawn with his horse, named 'Huri'. Wearing wide wooden boards known as “helik” to avoid sinking into the lakebed, he collects the salt by hand, filling plastic containers and dragging them to shore. After bagging the salt, he loads it onto his horse cart and returns home. The harvested salt is then sold to locals in the surrounding area, helping sustain both a tradition and his family's livelihood. (Photo by Sercan Kucuksahin/Anadolu via Getty Images)





The Sturgeon moon is seen rising over Galata Tower in Istanbul, on August 9, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





A damaged vehicle lies under the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Sindirgi in the western Balikesir province, Turkey, on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Reuters)





A person wearing beekeeping attire is seen harvesting Bingol honey, which is produced in a region rich in vegetation, as the harvest season begins in Bingol, Turkiye, on August 17, 2025. Bingol honey, Turkiye's first honey to be registered as a geographical indication by the European Union (EU), will be exported to the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. (Photo by Ridvan Korkulutas /Anadolu via Getty Images)





The baby gorilla named 'Zeytin', found last year at the Istanbul Airport inside cargo transiting from Nigeria to Thailand and currently undergoing rehabilitation, plays at a field as it is being prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Directorate General of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) to return to its natural habitat in Nigeria, at a zoo in Polonezkoy district of Istanbul, Turkiye on August 20, 2025. On Dec. 22 last year, customs enforcement teams at the Istanbul Airport discovered the baby gorilla in a cage-type box on a Nigeria-origin, Bangkok-bound flight. The rehabilitation process of the gorilla continues at a zoo in Polonezkoy. (Photo by Arife Karakum/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A worker cuts harvested tomatoes in half before laying them on white sheets to dry under scorching temperatures in the Karacadag region of Diyarbakir, Turkiye, on August 22, 2025. The tomatoes are salted and left under the sun from early morning until sunset to ensure natural drying. (Photo by Mustafa Kilic/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A man lifts a child into the air as visitors enjoy the sunset from the summit of Mount Tahtali, one of the highest peaks of the Taurus Mountains overlooking the Mediterranean coast, in Antalya, Turkiye, on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Orhan Cicek/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A view shows a painting by 25-year-old artist Ferhat Gumus, who transforms old carpets and curtains into artworks to earn a living and contribute to recycling, in Gaziantep, Turkiye, on August 22, 2025. Gumus repurposes discarded household items into vibrant pieces, offering both an income source and a visual feast. (Photo by Fevzi Kemal Karagoz/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Gizem Apak (C) is seen with her daughter Pera Apak (R) as they feed their adopted donkey named Turkan, while their adopted crow named Gakguk sits on the donkey's back, at their home in Silivri district of Istanbul, Turkiye, on August 26, 2025. The Apak family, who began adopting animals in need about six years ago, now live with donkeys, cows, crows, parrots, rabbits, turtles, roosters, and dozens of dogs, sharing their pool, pond, and garden with them in a life intertwined with nature. (Photo by Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) shout slogans outside the party's headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, September 8, 2025. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)