“It’s a Bad Situation All Over Turkey”
“(We have) rising temperatures and decreasing rain, and on the other side, the water needs for irrigation in agriculture,” Levent Kurnaz, a scientist at Bogazici University’s Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies, told the AP. “It’s a bad situation all over Turkey at the moment.”
The disappearing water in Lake Tuz is only a sign of things to come. A drought that hit the eastern Mediterranean in the 2010s was among the worst in at least 900 years. Climate projections show that the country could see worsening drought as the century goes on, adding to the water stress.
