Fishes pass by an underwater statue at the Side Underwater Museum, Turkiye's first underwater museum, in Manavgat district of Antalya, Turkiye on June 19, 2023. Built by the Antalya Branch of the Chamber of Shipping, Side Underwater Museum contains a collection of 117 sculptures. Tourists dive in the museum, which is located at a depth of 11, 18 and 24 meters, about 1.5 miles off Side district, where 117 sculptures depicting the richness of Anatolian civilization are exhibited. Underwater Director of Photography Tahsin Ceylan and his crew viewed the museum opened in 2015. (Photo by Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Shia muslims attend the “Ashura” to commemorate the death of Shia Imam Husayn ibn Ali (a grandson of Muhammad) who died during the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, in Istanbul on July 27, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





Sphynx cats are seen in Ankara, Turkiye on July 29, 2023. World Cat Day is celebrated on August 8th every year since 2002. (Photo by Omer Taha Cetin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A white cat is seen in Ankara, Turkiye on July 29, 2023. World Cat Day is celebrated on August 8th annually to raise public awareness of cat adoption since 2002. (Photo by Omer Taha Cetin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A protestor resists against Turkish police during clashes in Ikizkoy, in the Milas district of the Province of Mugla, on July 29, 2023. Local residents and environmental activists demonstrate for the fifth day against the deforestation project of the 750-decare century-old pine forest, intended to expand a lignite field in the forests of Akbelen in Ikizkoy, leading to clashes with Turkish Gendarmerie. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)





A firefighter plane drops water to put out the fire broke out as the intervention continues by land and air in Izmir, Turkiye on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Protesters hold copies of the Koran as they demonstrate outside the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul, Turkey on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





Storks perch on branches of a tree near the Hamzabey Dam, which hosts hundreds of storks every year, in Inegol district of Bursa, Turkiye on July 30, 2023. Storks that live in and around the Hamzabey Dam and have not reached reproductive maturity feed on agricultural lands and watersides. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A drone photo shows the ongoing construction of Yusufeli Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HES) in Yusufeli district of Artvin, Turkiye on August 04, 2023. (Photo by Hakan Burak Altunoz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A man feeds kittens living in a tree at Sapar Murat Turkmenbasi park in Kecioren district of Ankara, Turkiye on August 04, 2023. (Photo by Osmancan Gurdogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Two boys sit on a side and watch an excavator demolishing an old apartment building in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, August 4, 2023. Six months ago today, a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Kahramanmaras and 10 other provinces in southern Turkey on the morning of February 6th. Over 50,000 people died, and hundreds of thousands were left homeless, sheltering in tents and other temporary accommodation. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)





A stray cat sleeps on cafe table in Istanbul, Turkey, 08 August 2023. International Cat Day was launched in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare and it is celebrated annually on 08 August. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA)





A lion cub is seen in Aslan Park, a zoo which was established in 2018 on an 8-decare land in Tuzla district of Istanbul, Turkiye on August 8, 2023. In the zoo some members of Felidae (wild cats) family, which are in danger of extinction, are being reproduced. (Photo by Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A diver swims with tuna fishes at the Aegean sea in Izmir province, Turkiye on August 08, 2023. Sardines and mackerel are used to feed tuna fishes and they are expected to weight 260–600 kilograms before being exported. Turkiye's tuna exports surged by 43%, reaching $40 million in the first half of the year, in comparison to the same timeframe in the previous year. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People swim in pool as the hotel offers ice blocks for tourists, cooling them off, during extreme hot weather in Antalya, Turkiye on August 09, 2023. The hotel provides service of ice fruits and foam party to its customers for them to relieve from heatwave. (Photo by Orhan Cicek/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A man holds a kitten of the cat named Limon, which was adopted from the street on his hand in Duzce, Turkiye on August 10, 2023. Firefighters take care of the cat named Limon, who was adopted by Duzce Municipality Fire Department, and her 3 kittens born 2 weeks ago. (Photo by Omer Urer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A couple getting married poses for a photo at Phrygian Way in Ihsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar, Turkiye on August 12, 2023. Phrygia, where the extensions of the historical Phrygian Valley are located, welcomes local and foreign tourists every year. The valley with 3 thousand years of history attracts attention with its historical rock settlements, carved rock tombs and fairy chimneys around Ayazini village, Goynus Valley and Emre Lake. Rock tomb rooms from the Roman and Byzantine periods, rock settlements and Avdalaz Castle with a cistern in which the rock mass was carved into a settlement are among the places to visit in the region. (Photo by Berk Ozkan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Visitors watch the sky during the Perseid meteor shower over the historical Phrygian Valley near Ihsaniye, in the Afyonkarahisar district on August 12, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





1,5 month old puppy named “Pamuk” is being washed by its owner for it to relief from extreme heat wave in Konya, Turkiye on August 14, 2023. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Hundreds of beautiful handmade Turkish rugs create a spectacular scene from above in the second decade of August 2023. The colourfully designed carpets were being laid out to age in the hot sun in a field in Antalya, Turkey. (Photo by Bahadir Sansarci/Solent News)