Turkish police officers and emergency personnel work next to burned vehicles after a crash on the Iskenderun-Antakya highway, south Turkey, late Saturday, May 6, 2023. A multi-vehicle crash in southern Turkey's Hatay province killed at least 12 people and injured 31 others, including three seriously, officials said. A truck crossed into opposite lanes after the driver lost control late Saturday, colliding with nine cars and two minibuses, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. (Photo by IHA via AP Photo)





Supporters wave Turkish and CHP party flags during an election campaign rally of the leader and Nation Alliance's presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)





Blooming flowers are seen in the Egrigol region with an altitude of 2350, which has a very valuable structure due to its endemic plant and flower species at Taseli plateau in Antalya, Turkiye on May 11, 2023. The foot of Geyik Mountain, located between the Western Taurus Mountains and the Central Taurus Mountains, which separate the Central Anatolia and the Mediterranean region from each other, are referred to as the Alps of Antalya. (Photo by Seyit Konyali/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Supporters listen as Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds a rally ahead of the Presidential elections in the Sultangazi area of Istanbul on May 12, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. Erdogan will face his biggest electoral test as voters head to the polls in the country's general election. Erdogan has been in power for more than two decades, as prime minister and then as president, but his popularity has taken a hit recently due to Turkey's ongoing economic crisis and his government's handling of series of devastating earthquakes that struck the country's southeast in early February. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





A boy looks out a window of a building where a Turkish flag hangs ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 12, 2023. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)





Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 12, 2023. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)





Youngsters stand next to giant election billboard of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Turkish politicians held their final rallies on the last hours of campaigning before Saturday, the eve of pivotal presidential and parliamentary elections that could significantly shape the NATO member's future, before a so-called propaganda ban went into effect. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan walks out of a voting booth at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey 14 May 2023, as the country holds simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Pool via EPA)





Turkish presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (C), leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), carries flowers as he visits Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey, 13 May 2023. Turkey will hold its general election on 14 May 2023 with a two-round system to elect its president, while parliamentary elections will be held simultaneously. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA/EFE)





Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate outside AKP (Justice and Development Party) headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 14, 2023. More than 64 million people, including 3.4 million overseas voters, were eligible to vote. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)





Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and AK Party (AKP) react following early exit poll results for the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Yagiz Karahan/Reuters)





Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags outside the AK Party headquarters after polls closed in Turkey's presidental and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2023. Turkey is braced for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. (Photo by Adem Altan/AFP Photo)





A supporter of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waves flags outside the AK Party headquarters, in Ankara, Turkey on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





A man watches the news as he gets a haircut at his local barber's, following presidential and parliamentary election, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Dylan Martinez/Reuters)





A man reads a Turkish a newspaper a day after the presidential election day, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 15, 2023. Turkey's presidential elections appeared to be heading toward a second-round runoff on Monday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with a firm grip for 20 years, leading over his chief challenger, but falling short of the votes needed for an outright win. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





A boy plays soccer in Ankara after the May 14 Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





A dolphin swims alongside ships and fishing boats at the Bosphorus in Arnavutkoy district of Istanbul, Turkiye on May 21, 2023. (Photo by Isa Terli/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Children play next to tents where they temporarily live with their families after February's powerful quake in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, Monday, May 22, 2023. (Photo by Metin Yoksu/AP Photo)





Women walk past a Syrian restaurant in an outdoor market in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Two opposing visions for Turkey’s future are on the ballot when voters return to the polls Sunday for a runoff presidential election, which will decide between an increasingly authoritarian incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who has pledged to restore democracy. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)