A drone photo shows members of Foca Gendarmerie Commando School and Training Center Command during a military drill offshore Izmir, Turkey on June 23, 2021. (Photo by Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Cows enter the water on the Sazlidere dam, in Istanbul, near the construction site for the first bridge of the Kanal Istanbul project, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to build a controversial alternative waterway to the north of Istanbul that would bypass the Bosphorus Strait. Many oppose the project, fearing it would cause irreparable environmental damage. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Musicians Roni Aran and Herman Artuc, members of the ethnic instrumental music band of Fungistanbul, perform with instruments made by materials collected from landfills, at a recycling depot in Istanbul, Turkey on June 17, 2021. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





A demonstrator carries a rainbow flag during a protest against an attack on a local office of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the killing of a woman working in the office, in Istanbul, Turkey on June 17, 2021. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





Sea-surface-cleaning vessels and barrier-laying boats of Istanbul Municipality clean up the sea snot, a thick slimy layer of the organic matter also known as marine mucilage, spreading through the Sea of Marmara and posing a threat to marine life and the fishing industry, in Istanbul, Turkey on June 15, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





People participate in a protest against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Ankara, Turkey, July 1, 2021. (Photo by Cagla Gurdogan/Reuters)





People participate in a protest against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2021. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





Demonstrators march as they try to gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in central Istanbul, Turkey on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





Protesters are detained by police in central Istanbul, Saturday, June 26, 2021. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and detained dozens of LGTBI activists as hundreds defied a ban and tried to stage a gay pride event. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





A protester performs a dance act as police walk to disperse a pride rally in central Istanbul, Saturday, June 26, 2021. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and detained dozens of LGTBI activists as hundreds defied a ban and tried to stage a gay pride event. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Liana Georgi blows her whistle as riot police try to disperse her and others gathering for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in central Istanbul, Turkey on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





Turkish police detained dozens of demonstrators participating in an LGBT pride march in Istanbul, Turkey on June 26, 2021. Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and blocked attempts by protesters to gather in large numbers after a government decision to ban pride events in recent years. (Photo by Diego Cupolo/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Riot police detain a demonstrator as LGBT rights activists try to gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in central in Istanbul, Turkey on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





Police officers detain a demonstrator as LGBT rights activists try to gather for a pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in central Istanbul, Turkey on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





Demonstrators scuffle with plain-clothes police officers as they try to gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in central Ankara, Turkey on June 29, 2021. (Photo by Cagla Gurdogan/Reuters)





People participate in a protest against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2021. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)





People participate in a protest against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2021. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





German singer and songwriter Liana Georgi hits a metallic curtain as she participates in a protest against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2021. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)





Nature and photography lovers visit Mount Cilo in Turkey's Eastern Anatolian province Hakkari on June 09, 2021. Cilo Mountains located on Ikiyaka mountains declared “National Park” is one of the natural beauty spots for travelers in Hakkari's Yuksekova district. 27,500 hectares of national park area draws attention coexisting four seasons with colorful flowers and snow on top of hills. Uludoruk, the second highest mountain in Turkey, located on Cilo Mountains, is often visited due to its waterfalls, glacial lakes and snow. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Fishers go on sea during sunset in Trabzon province in the Black Sea region of Turkey on June 20, 2021. (Photo by Hakan Burak Altunoz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)