A UN official arrives to inspect the Chola Treasure ship coming from Ukraine loaded with grain and anchored in Istanbul, on October 11, 2022. The grain deal between Russia and Ukraine establishing safe corridors along which Ukrainian ships can come in and out of three designated Black Sea ports in and around Odessa creates a traffic jam in Istanbul. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party holds up a placardthat reads “Don't touch my social media” in protest at the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, October 11, 2022. Turkey's parliament continued to debate a highly controversial draft law Tuesday in Ankara. The government says the bill is aimed at combating fake news and disinformation but critics denounce it as yet another attempt to stifle freedom of expression. (Photo by Burhan Ozbilici/AP Photo)





Ambulances and firefighters conduct search and rescue operation at the explosion site after an explosion occurred at a coal mine in Turkiye's northern Bartin province on October 14, 2022. Dozens of miners are trapped underground after a blast at a coal mine in northern Turkiye on Friday. (Photo by Omer Urer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Relatives and friends of the coal miners, who were under the rubble, wait at the explosion site as ambulances and firefighters conduct search and rescue operation after an explosion occurred at a coal mine in Turkiye's northern Bartin province on October 15, 2022. (Photo by Utku Ucrak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Miners carry the body of a victim in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Friday, October 14, 2022. An official says an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has trapped dozens of miners. At least 14 have come out alive. The cause of Friday's blast in the town of Amasra in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin was not immediately known. (Photo by Nilay Meryem Comlek/Depo Photos via AP Photo)





A relative of a missing miner reacts while waiting in front of the state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese Mudurlugu mine in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, October 15, 2022. An explosion occurred Friday evening at the coal mine and rescue efforts continued. (Photo by Khalil Hamra/AP Photo)





A relative of a miner reacts at the explosion site after a blast occurred at a coal mine in Bartin, Turkey, 15 October 2022. According to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, at least 28 people died in the blast, and 11 people were wounded. (Photo by Erdem Sahin/EPA/EFE)





A person waits outside a coal mine after an explosion in Amasra, in Bartin Province, Turkey on October 15, 2022. (Photo by Kemal Aslan/Reuters)





A relative of a miner reacts at the explosion site after a blast occurred at a coal mine in Bartin, Turkey, 15 October 2022. According to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, at least 28 people died in the blast, and 11 people were wounded. (Photo by Erdem Sahin/EPA/EFE)





Security officials stand in front of Istanbul Courthouse during the trial of Turkish pop-singer Gulsen Colakoglu in Istanbul, Friday, October 21, 2022. Gulsen, who is accused of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke she made about Turkey's religious schools, rejected the charge during her first appearance in court on Friday. The 46-year-old singer-songwriter Gulsen now faces up to three years in prison if found guilty. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





A group of women hold placards that read “Gulsen will never walk alone” in front of Istanbul Courthouse during the trial of Turkish pop-singer Gulsen Colakoglu in Istanbul, Friday, October 21, 2022. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





Security officials patrol in front of Istanbul Courthouse during the trial of Turkish pop-singer Gulsen Colakoglu in Istanbul, Friday, October 21, 2022. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)





A child is seen with persimmons in Denizli, Turkiye on October 24, 2022. (Photo by Ummu Nisan Kandilcioglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Protests in Iran, which started with the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after being detained on the grounds that she did not comply with the headscarf rules, continue at the Iranian consulate on October 24, 2022 in İstanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Ozan Güzelce/ dia images via Getty Images)





A man watches a partial solar eclipse in Diyarbakir, Turkey on October 25, 2022. (Photo by Sertac Kayar/Reuters)





A man drives a tractor plowing the field after harvest season as birds fly over it to catch some seeds and insects in Kars, Turkiye on October 25, 2022. (Photo by Ismail Kaplan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A Muslim worshipper prays in Suleymaniye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, October 28, 2022. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday laid out his vision for Turkey in the next century, promising a new constitution that would guarantee the rights and freedoms of citizens. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





People march to mark the republic's anniversary in Istanbul, Turkey on October 29, 2022. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)





Children play amongst pigeons in front of Istanbul's Spice Bazaar on November 03, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey's official inflation rate topped 85.5% in October according to state statistics agency TUIK the highest level in 25 years. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)





Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) are surrounded by riot police as they try to march during a protest in Istanbul, Turkey on November 6, 2022. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)