A cat and a seagull feeding on a street in Heybeliada, the second largest of the Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey on February 01, 2017. (Photo by Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Artist Sayna Soleimanpour performs a photoshoot in protest against the mistreatment and alienation of Turkish women based on their clothing, during a two-day curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on a deserted street in Istanbul, Turkey, early December 6, 2020. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)

People attend a wounded man after an explosion in Istikla Street in central Istanbul, Turkey on November 13, 2022. According to governor Ali Yerlikaya, an explosion that occurred at roughly 4.20 p.m. local time has resulted in losses and injuries. Emergency personnel were dispatched to the incident. (Photo by Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via Reuters)

A woman visits St Savior in Chora church, known as Kariye in Turkish, in Istanbul, Friday, August 21, 2020. Turkey on Friday formally converted former Byzantine church, St Savior in Chora, into a mosque, a month after it similarly turned Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer, drawing international rebuke. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)

A man watches a classic Turkish movie from his car at a temporary drive-in theatre held in a shopping mall car park amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on May 28, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul and other major cities across Turkey have begun to ease restrictions and have started preparations for the reopening of some locations, shops and services as infection rates continue to drop. As of May 28, Turkey has reported 4,461 coronavirus-related deaths and 160,979 confirmed cases. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Riot police use a water cannon to disperse LGBT rights activist before a Gay Pride Parade in central Istanbul, Turkey, June 28, 2015. Turkish police fired water cannon and rubber pellets to disperse a crowd gathered in central Istanbul for the city's annual gay pride parade, a Reuters cameraman at the scene said. The police appeared intent on stopping the crowd gathering near Taksim Square, the cameraman said. Taksim is a traditional rallying ground for demonstrators and saw weeks of unrest in 2013. (Photo by Kemal Aslan/Reuters)

Miniature food cook Burcu Celenoglu Aydin prepares a dish at her mini kitchen in Istanbul, Turkey April 7, 2018. Social marketing coordinator Burcu Celenoglu Aydin and her husband videographer Anil Aydin cook renowned dishes of Turkish cuisine in tiny measures and upload the videos on social media. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)

A policeman aims his weapon in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016. Members of Turkey's armed forces said they had taken control of the country Friday as explosions, gunfire and a reported air battle between loyalist forces and coup supporters erupted in the capital. President Erdogan remained defiant and called on people to take to the streets to show support for his embattled government. (Photo by Kemal Aslan/Reuters)