The reservoir behind the Ilisu Dam begins to fill, photographed on October 2, 2019, near Mardin, Turkey. #

Buildings of the Koctepe village slip beneath water behind the Ilisu Dam on October 2, 2019. #

Cetin Yildirimer, known as Mazlum, a 28-year-old tour guide who will lose his job, looks at the ancient town of Hasankeyf at sunset on August 19, 2019. #

The Tigris River flows through the town of Hasankeyf on August 14, 2009. #

Yildiz and Gunes Fidan carry their family’s possessions to their new home in the settlement of New Hasankeyf, three kilometers away, on October 3, 2019. #

Members of the Fidan family off-load their possessions from the back of a truck to their new home in the new settlement on October 3, 2019. #

Newly built houses are seen in New Hasankeyf, about three kilometers from the old town (in background, left), on October 3, 2019. #

A woman watches from a field as the historic tomb of Zeynel Bey is relocated by a self-propelled modular transporter in Batman, Turkey, on May 12, 2017. #

People take pictures in front of the relocated 15th-century tomb of Zeynel Bey in New Hasankeyf on October 3, 2019. #

A shepherd tends to his flock grazing in a field by the Tigris, near the Kilic village, which will be significantly submerged by the Ilisu Dam, on October 3, 2019. #

An old cemetery (in the foreground) sits in Hasankeyf, with New Hasankeyf structures visible in the background, on October 3, 2019. #

Cetin Cile watches his mother's body being relocated from the old Hasankeyf cemetery to the new one on September 15, 2019. #

Cetin Cile watches as his mother's coffin is buried in the new Hasankeyf cemetery on September 15, 2019. #

A man stands in front of caves on the steep hills overlooking the Tigris River in Hasankeyf on March 22, 2006. #

A man rows along the Tigris River toward the village of Mardin, which will soon be partially submerged by the waters of the nearby Ilisu Dam, on July 29, 2018. #

Hasankeyf, photographed at night, on October 1, 2019 #

Children play along the Tigris River in Hasankeyf on July 29, 2018. #

People enjoy the shallow water on the banks of the Tigris in Hasankeyf on October 2, 2019. #

An old village near the ancient Hasankeyf fortress, photographed on October 3, 2019 #

The ancient town of Hasankeyf is seen from above, with visible earthworks and road construction to accommodate relocation efforts, on October 1, 2019. #

The shrine section of Imam Abdullah Zawiya is relocated to a new site on September 10, 2018. #

Women take a selfie as the Artuklu Hamam, a centuries-old bathhouse, is loaded onto a wheeled platform to be relocated on August 6, 2018. #