![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_46859669.jpg?w=797&h=531&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_46859664.jpg?w=395&h=264&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://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859663.jpg?w=395&h=263&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://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_2_37795186_46859668.jpg?w=396&h=264&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?w=396&h=264&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_46859665.jpg?w=396&h=264&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]