Bazaar
Rare upside-down tulips draw crowds to a cemetery
Mark Willard
ByMark Willard•
June 2, 2026Updated: June 2, 2026, 11:47 am EDTPublished: June 1, 2026, 10:46 am EDT

Hundreds of photographers are flocking to a Turkish cemetery, not for ghost hunting, but to capture rare "weeping bride" tulips that bloom upside down. Watch as these protected Crown Imperial flowers create an unexpected spectacle in Van Province, turning a quiet graveyard into Turkey's most unlikely viral photo destination.