Supporters of Turkish CHP party leader and Nation Alliance's presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu wave Turkish flags during an election campaign rally in Ankara, May 12, 2023. (Photo: Ali Unal/ AP)
Mehmet Emin Yilmaz (R), a Kurdish farmer, speaks during an interview in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on April 28, 2023 (Photo: ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
A picture representing the Twitter symbol is seen on a smartphone in front of a Turkish flag in Istanbul on March 26, 2014 (Photo: OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
A woman stands in front of election campaign flags hanging on historical Sur castle at the historical Sur district in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey (Photo: ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivering remarks via live video link at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey, April 27, 2023. (Photo: Turkish Presidency Press Office/HO/AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), waving next to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (R) and Prime Minister of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (L). (Photo: Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey / AFP)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurates Turkey's first nuclear power plant via a video link, at the Presidential palace in Ankara, April 27, 2023. (Photo: Turkish Presidency via AP)
The head of the Kurdistan Regional Emergency Team, Tahsin Sheero Ahmed, on Tuesday received an award from the Turkish president Erdogan (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
A protest against the arrest of journalists working for Kurdish media outlets including Mezopotamya news agency in Istanbul, on 31 October, 2022 (Photo: Yasin AKGUL/AFP via GETTY)