Boys fish on the Tigris River in the abandoned old city of Hasankeyf before it was flooded, on December 17, 2019. #

On February 21, 2020, many of the buildings in Hasankeyf are surrounded by the rising reservoir. #

People visit the ancient city of Hasankeyf, which is now under water, on February 24, 2020. #

Young Kurdish boys picnic on a partially-submerged building in old Hasankeyf on February 24, 2020. #

Mehmet Altundag, 60, leaves the old town of Hasankeyf after obtaining special permission to visit his house one last time on February 24, 2020. #

This picture taken on February 24, 2020, shows garbage floating in front of the ancient city of Hasankeyf. #

An aerial photo taken on February 24, 2020 shows old Hasankeyf before it was inundated by the Tigris River. #

New Hasankeyf town, in the background, seen across the reservoir from the flooded old town, on August 3, 2020. #

This picture taken on August 5, 2020, shows cows standing in the rising water along the Tigris River in Hasankeyf. #

This picture taken on August 6, 2020, shows buildings in the government-built New Hasankeyf town along the reservoir. #

A boy sits on a school bench in the water, after his village and school were flooded, on August 4, 2020. #

A view of New Hasankeyf on August 6, 2020 #

A woman watches her child playing in the reservoir across from the flooded old Hasankeyf town on August 2, 2020. #