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Ayşegül Arslan

Bursa, Turkey's fourth-largest city, could run out of water in 40 days

Bursa, Turkey's fourth-largest city, could run out of water in 40 days

Environmental advocates discuss the city's reservoir drought crisis and propose solutions.

21 November 2024 Ayşegül Arslan

Fill rate of İstanbul's dams are at 12-month low

Fill rate of İstanbul's dams are at 12-month low

The fill rate of the city's dams is at 35.47 percent, with some of them having nearly dried up, according to the city's water administration.

24 November 2022

NGOs blame 'wrong agricultural policies' for mass flamingo deaths in drying lake

NGOs blame 'wrong agricultural policies' for mass flamingo deaths in drying lake

Hundreds of flamingos that had just hatched were found dead in a dried part of Lake Tuz in central Turkey.