A Look at Life in Turkey

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Turkish soldiers walk in front of the Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the founder of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, ahead of the 84th anniversary of his demise in Ankara, Turkiye on November 07, 2022. (Photo by Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)


A full moon rises behind the Camlica mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)


A woman takes a ride in a ferry crossing the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)


A full moon rises behind the Camlica mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)


People stand in silence at 09:05 a.m., the death time of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Turkiye, during the 84th anniversary of his demise, in Istanbul, Turkiye on November 10, 2022. (Photo by Emrah Yorulmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)


A man holds up a Turkish flag with the portrait of Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's during the 84th anniversary of his death, in front of Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, November 10, 2022. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)


People leave the area after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue Sunday, Istanbul, Sunday, November 13, 2022. A bomb exploded on a major pedestrian avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people, wounding dozens and sending people fleeing as flames rose. (Photo by Can Ozer/AP Photo)


A boy affected by the blast is cared for after an explosion on Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare on November 13, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. It is unclear what caused the explosion that left at least four people dead and dozens injured, according to the city’s governor. The previous terrorist attack in Istanbul was in 2017, a nightclub mass shooting incident killing 39 people and wounded 79 others. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)


People leave the area after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue Sunday, Istanbul, Sunday, November 13, 2022. (Photo by Can Ozer/AP Photo)


An ambulance rides past people laving a store as Turkish policemen try to secure the area after a strong explosion of unknown origin shook the busy shopping street of Istiklal in Istanbul, on November 13, 2022. Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya tweeted that four people died and 38 were wounded according to preliminary information. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)


Police and emergency service members work at the scene after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Kemal Aslan/Reuters)


Members of a forensic team work after a strong explosion of unknown origin shook the busy shopping street of Istiklal in Istanbul, on November 13, 2022. Turkish President condemned the “vile attack” that ripped through central Istanbul, and said it killed six people and wounded over 50 others, on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)


View of ambulances and police at the scene after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Kemal Aslan/Reuters)


People leave to a secured area after an explosion on Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare on November 13, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. It is unclear what caused the explosion that left at least four people dead and dozens injured, according to the city’s governor. The previous terrorist attack in Istanbul was in 2017, a nightclub mass shooting incident killing 39 people and wounded 79 others. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)


Emergency personnel investigate the scene after an explosion occurred on Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare on November 13, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)


People leave to a secured area after an explosion on Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare on November 13, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)


A boy separated from his parents is cared for after an explosion on Istiklal street, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare on November 13, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)


Security and ambulances at the scene after an explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue, Sunday, November 13, 2022. An explosion on one of Istanbul's most popular pedestrian thoroughfares killed four people and injured 38 on Sunday, authorities said. The cause of the blast on Istiklal Avenue was not immediately clear. Five prosecutors were assigned to investigate the explosion, state-run Anadolu news agency said. (Photo by Emrah Gurel/AP Photo)


People attend a wounded man after an explosion in Istikla Street in central Istanbul, Turkey on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via Reuters)


Turkish policemen try to secure the area after an explosion at Istiklal Street, in Istanbul, Turkey 13 November 2022. According to governor Ali Yerlikaya, an explosion that occurred at roughly 4.20 p.m. local time has resulted in losses and injuries. Emergency personnel were dispatched to the incident. (Photo by Erdem Sahin/EPA/EFE)