Artists are seen during their detailed make-up process before staging the “Madama Butterfly” Opera in Izmir, Turkiye on January 25, 2023. Performing the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's “Madama Butterfly” opera, Izmir State Opera and Ballet artists went through a disciplined work as well as a careful make-up and costume preparation process in order to tell the story of a young geisha in Japan. The artists in “Madama Butterfly” first spend time in make-up artist Nurhan Akay's chair for a look that reflects Japanese traditions, then put on their kimonos and prepare for the performance. (Photo by Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People in costumes take part in the “Bocuk Festival” at Camlica village in the Kesan district of Edirne city, Turkey, 28 January 2023. Bocuk festival is a medieval Thracian tradition to mark 'Bocuk Gecesi' or Bocuk Night that usually falls on the harshest winter night. Every year on Bocuk Night participants in costumes made of white sheets symbolizing the evil creature called Bocuk, scary people as ghosts. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA/EFE)





Residents prepared for a performance wait for the “Bocuk Festival” at Camlica village in the Kesan district of Edirne city, Turkey, 28 January 2023. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA/EFE)





People in costumes take part in the “Bocuk Festival” at Camlica village in the Kesan district of Edirne city, Turkey, 28 January 2023. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA/EFE)





People in costumes take part in the “Bocuk Festival” at Camlica village in the Kesan district of Edirne city, Turkey, 28 January 2023. (Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA/EFE)





People walk around snow covered forest after heavy snowfall in Ankara, Turkiye on February 01, 2023. (Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Passers-by walk at Galata bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, February 1, 2023. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





People and emergency teams rescue a person on a stretcher from a collapsed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, February 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (Photo by IHA agency via AP Photo)





People walk next to a mosque destroyed by an earthquake in Malatya, Turkey, Monday, February 6, 2023. (Photo by DIA images via AP Photo)





People walk next to buildings destroyed by an earthquake in Malatya, Turkey, Monday, February 6, 2023. (Photo by DIA images via AP Photo)





Damage occurred on the roads in Fevzipasa town of Gaziantep's Islahiye district due to earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 affecting 10 provinces centered in Turkiye's Kahramanmaras, on February 06, 2023 in Gaziantep, Turkiye. Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Kilis. Later, at 13.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. Turkiye declared 7 days of national mourning after deadly earthquakes in southern provinces. (Photo by Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A young women removes debris from a destroyed building as she searches for people with emergency teams in Gaziantep, Turkey, Monday, February 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (Photo by Mustafa Karali/AP Photo)





A child is rescued under the rubble of a collapsed building after 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Diyarbakir, Turkiye on February 06, 2023. (Photo by Omer Yasin Ergin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Rescuers carry a woman after she was evacuated from under a collapsed building following an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





Muhammet Ruzgar, 5, is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building, following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





Zeynep Atesogullari is carried out by rescuers from the site of a damaged building, following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Sertac Kayar/Reuters)





A woman reacts as people watch rescue personnel search for victims and survivors through the rubble of buildings in Kahramanmaras, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast, on February 7, 2023. Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved frigid weather, aftershocks and collapsing buildings, as they dug for survivors buried by an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the WHO warned on February 7, 2023, promising long-term assistance. (Photo by Ilyas Akengin/AFP Photo)





Smoke billows from Iskenderun Port fire as people walk past collapsed buildings on February 07, 2023 in Iskenderun, Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)





Gokhan Kinay is assisted by rescuers out of a damaged building, following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





A woman holds a child as she stands near rubble and damages following an earthquake in Gaziantep, Turkey on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)