An aerial view of Pamukkale, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its mineral-rich thermal waters flowing down white travertine terraces on a nearby hillside, during the spring season in Denizli, Turkiye on May 06, 2024. Thermal waters have been flowing at Pamukkale for 2500 years. Despite the hot weather, the limestone and travertine layers of Pamukkale attract many tourists. (Photo by Ahmet Aslan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





An employee at Plant Factory checks the growth of greens cultivated in a vertical farming system in Istanbul on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Plant Factory is Turkey's first commercial vertical farm. Vertical farming is a method of growing crops without soil in a controlled environment, delivering nutrient-rich water straight to a plant's roots. It can use significantly less water and fertilizer than traditional outdoor agriculture, and by continuously recirculating water, it creates very little waste. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)





Units perform drill missions while ATAK helicopters are being introduced to the press during the International Anatolian Phoenix Exercise-2024 at 3rd Main Jet Base in Konya, Turkiye on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Serhat Cetinkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)





An athlete competes in “Equestrian Javelin League Competitions” organized by the Federation of Traditional Sports Branches in Erzurum, Turkiye on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Hilmi Tunahan Karakaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A couple sit in a public bench at Taksim square in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





An aerial view of the Farasin Plateau with an altitude of 2 thousand 625 meters, also known as “Peace (Huzur) Plateau” as shepherds from different villages graze their cattles in Beytussebap district of Sirnak, Turkiye on May 25, 2024. As the temperature began to increase, the Farasin plateau began to host nomads engaged in animal husbandry. (Photo by Ahmet Aslan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A seagull feeds by hunting pearl mullets that migrate to fresh waters by swimming against the flow to breed in at Lake Van basin in Van, Turkiye on May 26, 2024. The pearl mullet is an endemic species that lives only in Lake Van and is banned to be hunted because it migrates to fresh waters every year during the breeding period. (Photo by Ali Ihsan Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Elite observer day of Exercise Efes-2024 begins on May 30, 2024 in Izmir, Turkey. The elite observer day of Exercise Ephesus-2024, one of the largest combined, joint exercises of the Turkish Armed Forces, has begun. The elite observer day, which was also watched by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is being followed by Yaşar Güler, the Minister of National Defense, the defense ministers and chiefs of staff of friendly and allied countries, and the Turkish Armed Forces command. (Photo by Yavuz Ozden/ dia images via Getty Images)





Dolphins swimming along with the boats at the Bosphorus are seen from Sarayburnu district of Istanbul, Turkiye on June 03, 2024. (Photo by Isa Terli/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Crescent Moon rises behind Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 03, 2024. (Photo by Nurettin Boydak/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A young couple pose during a photo session at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, June 3, 2024. The landmark is a popular location for photograph sessions of couples who are about to or just married. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





A baby, receiving swimming and diving training, is seen underwater in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 6, 2024. In addition to those with normal development, babies with various muscle disorders are given swimming and diving lessons starting at two months old. These lessons, believed to benefit babies' perceptual abilities, intelligence, balance, and coordination, aim to accelerate their development. (Photo by Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A dog is getting a bath at the pet hotel ahead of the Eid al-Adha in Gaziantep, Turkiye on June 07, 2024. The pet hotel, which was established in 2021 on an area of 5.500 square meters in 2021 and has a capacity of 51 pets, offers comfortable accommodation to the animal friends left by their owners those who go out of the city during the 9-day Eid al-Adha holiday. (Photo by Adsiz Gunebakan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Ugur Cit, an academic living in Tunceli, plays the violin in the middle of the Munzur River to draw attention to the beauty of the Munzur Valley National Park in Tunceli, Turkiye on June 08, 2024. (Photo by Sidar Can Eren/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Teams perform during 6th Ethnosport Culture Festival at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 08, 2024. (Photo by Adem Kutucu/Anadolu via Getty Images)





People ride horse during 6th Ethnosport Culture Festival at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 08, 2024. (Photo by Adem Kutucu/Anadolu via Getty Images)





An aerial view of a wheat field as agricultural equipment, harvester being used during sunset at Ceylanpinar Agricultural Enterprise under the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TIGEM) of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture And Forestry in Sanliurfa, Turkiye on June 08, 2024. (Photo by Mustafa Kilic /Anadolu via Getty Images)





Departing from Siirt with approximately 10,000 small livestock, nomads reach Hakkari after days of traveling on June 9, 2024 in Turkiye. Passing through the Hakkari-Cukurca highway with their herds, they continue their journey towards Cimenli village to ascend to the highlands near Mount Sumbul. (Photo by Sayim Harmanci/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A view of the artificial waterfall at the end of the channel used for water discharge at Zernek Dam where the water level has reached 100% due to recent rains in Van, Turkiye on June 9, 2024. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Muharrem Yilmaz, 78, takes his dog “Toprak” to a scooter and a swing ride everyday in Aydin, Turkiye on June 14, 2024. Yilmaz started taking his dog to long scooter rides after realising it likes to play with his grandkids' scooter. Then, he made a swing out of fruit boxes for the dog. Yilmaz adopted his dog Toprak two years ago when he found it in a restaurant garden as a lost puppy. (Photo by Ferdi Uzun/Anadolu via Getty Images)