August 17, 2019 at 1:33 pm
![A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859669.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1 "Heavy rain hits Istanbul")
A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]
![A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859664.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1 "Heavy rain hits Istanbul")
A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]
![A police officer holds an umbrella in front of a driver standing on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859663.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1 "Heavy rain hits Istanbul")
A police officer holds an umbrella in front of a driver standing on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]
![A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859668.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1 "Heavy rain hits Istanbul")
A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]
![A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859666.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1 "Heavy rain hits Istanbul")
A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]
![A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859665.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1 "Heavy rain hits Istanbul")
A driver stands on top his flooded car at Aksaray underpass following the heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 August 17, 2019 [Serhat Çağdaş/Anadolu Agency]
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