The severe drought in Turkey, caused by climate change and aggravated by poor management of water resources, has put the Eurasian country on the list of countries with high water stress (which includes countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan…) after the annual amount of available water is already near the limit of 1,000 cubic meters per capita: a situation caused by the constant decrease in rain precipitations since 2015, which experts expect to worsen in the coming years. Densely populated areas like the Marmara region have become exceptionally dry; in Bursa province, the 4th most populous province in Turkey, the Nilüfer swamp has dried up and the Doğancı dam is just at 27% of its capacity. In Istanbul the situation is also serious, with water reserves at 35%.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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