Turkish commandos attend a military training at Isparta Egirdir Mountain Commando School and Training Center Command in Isparta, Turkiye on March 22, 2022. The commandos have become crucial in the anti-terrorist operations. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A photo of pearl mullets, a fish species that is endemic to the Lake Van basin in Van, Turkiye on May 18, 2022. The difficult journey of pearl mullets that live in Lake Van and migrate to the fresh waters by swimming against the flow of water to breed started. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People visit Lake Tuz during sunset in Ankara, Turkiye on May 20, 2022. Lake Tuz, Turkey's second largest lake, is located on the borders of the provinces of Ankara, Konya, and Aksaray, and covers an area of 164,200 hectares when the water level rises in the spring months. With its distinctive natural structure, the lake, which supplies 70% of Turkey's salt demands, is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The lake, which is also known as the world's second saltiest lake, is crucial for the preservation of biological variety. The sunset on the lake, attracts many local and international tourists each year. (Photo by Mehmet Ali Ozcan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Men ride donkey carts along a road near the eastern Turkish city of Van, Turkey, May 21, 2022. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





Pearl mullets, an endemic fish species, try to jump over a small waterfall as they swim upstream to lay their eggs in the fresh waters of Deli Cay River, rather than the highly carbonated waters of Lake Van, near the Turkish town of Ercis, in the Van Province, Turkey, May 22, 2022. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





An aerial view of Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter aircrafts in Balikesir, Turkiye on May 22, 2022. The 161st Fleet Command, the only fleet of the Turkish Air Force with two coded names – coded as “Eagle” during the day and “Bat” at night – takes an active role in both the protection of the airspace in Aegean Region and the combat against terrorism. (Photo by Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An inside view of the salt cave at Salt Mountain in the Tuzluca district of Igdir, Turkiye on May 25, 2022. Tuz Mountain is one of Turkey's most important salt mines. The salt requirement of the eastern Anatolia region comes from this mountain. The salt caves in it are also good for health problems. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An aerial view of Rainbow Hills in Turkiye's eastern Igdir province on May 25, 2022. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





In this handout image provided by United World Wrestling, Hatice Ede Tekin (L) of Turkey competes against Yulia Kremezna Malyk of the Ukraine during the final day of the first stop of the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series on May 29, 2022 in Sarigerme, Turkey. (Photo by Dean Treml/UWW via Getty Images)





In this handout image provided by United World Wrestling, Stefania Zacheila of Greece reacts during her match against Aysegul Ozbege (obscured) of Turkey during the final day of the first stop of the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series on May 29, 2022 in Sarigerme, Turkey. (Photo by Dean Treml/UWW via Getty Images)





In this handout image provided by United World Wrestling, Aysegul Ozbege (facing camera) of Turkey competes against Stefania Zacheila of Greece during the final day of the first stop of the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series on May 29, 2022 in Sarigerme, Turkey. (Photo by Dean Treml/UWW via Getty Images)





In this handout image provided by United World Wrestling, Emine Cataloglu of Turkey reacts during her match against Stefania Claudia Priceputu (not in photo) of Romania during the final day of the first stop of the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series on May 29, 2022 in Sarigerme, Turkey. (Photo by Dean Treml/UWW via Getty Images)





Supporters of “We'll Stop Femicide” Platform Association hold their flags and shouts slogans as they attend demonstration before the closure case against their association in front of the Istanbul Caglayan Court House, 01 June 2022. An Istanbul prosecutor had filed a lawsuit in April, accusing the platform of “activity against law and morals”. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA/EFE)





People pour milk to the eyes of a protester affected by tear gas as protesters clash with police as they commemorate 9th anniversary of Gezi park protests, in which hundreds of thousands marched in Istanbul and elsewhere in Turkey in 2013 as demonstrations against plans to build a replica Ottoman barracks in the city's Gezi Park and grew into nationwide protests against President Tayyip Erdogan's government, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





Turkish guard police take special training, lasting 316 hours, for carrying out their job at best at Police Training Center Directorate of Guarding Training Academy of Turkiye on June 1, 2022. in Ankara, Turkiye. A training covers forty nine different subjects such as “behavior analysis“, “security systems and devices”, “risk analysis and security configuration”, “advanced and safe driving techniques”, “first aid, protocol and etiquette”, “foreign language”, “pedestrian and vehicle protection applications”, “fx pistol scenario training”, “shooting simulation training”, “shooting training”. (Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A diver holds a flashlight at the Cave of Zeus in Kusadasi district of Aydin, Turkiye on June 05, 2022. The cave was formed as a result of a sinkhole eroding a kalk formation by a subterranean river. Its base has the shape of a pool. The blue-green colored carbonated mineral water of the cave is a brackish mixture of spring water from the mountain and salty seawater. The deep pool attracts the attention of local and foreign visitors year-round for bathing and swimming. The cave is 10-15 m deep and 10-13 m wide with a length of 20 m. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An injured baby roe deer is seen after being treated by experts of the rehabilitation center at Efteni Lake Wildlife Development Area in Duzce, Turkiye on June 06, 2022. (Photo by Omer Urer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Goats on rocks are seen in Ankara, Turkiye on June 06, 2022. (Photo by Mehmet Ali Ozcan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watches jet fighters fly past during the final day of military exercises that were taking place in Seferihisar near Izmir, on Turkey's Aegean coast, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Erdogan on Thursday warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean, saying he was “not joking” with such comments. Turkey says Greece has been building a military presence on Aegean in violation of treaties that guarantee the unarmed statues of the islands. (Photo by Turkish Presidency via AP Photo)





Kokboru, traditional horse game, team perform at the opening ceremony of the 5th Etnospor Culture Festival held at Ataturk Airport, in Istanbul, Turkiye on June 09, 2022. (Photo by Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)