The intense heatwave sweeping across Europe – where it has claimed more than 1,300 lives in the past week – has reached Turkey, where temperatures are expected to rise by between 5 and 7 degrees across the country over the coming week. As temperatures rise, many cities in the Marmara, Aegean, Central Anatolia and South-Eastern Anatolia regions will see temperatures exceeding 40 degrees.
From this Monday, temperatures will exceed 30 degrees in many provinces, but the worst is yet to come: the weather will become even more sweltering from the middle of the week onwards, particularly in the Marmara, Aegean, Central Anatolia and South-Eastern Anatolia regions, according to reports in the Turkish media.
In Istanbul, where temperatures reached 34 degrees today, they are expected to reach at least 35 °C between Tuesday and Wednesday. In neighbouring provinces in north-western Turkey such as Düzce, Sakarya and Kocaeli, temperatures could reach 36 or 37 degrees, whilst in Edirne and Kırklareli – in the European region of Thrace – thermometers will exceed 40 degrees.
This spell of extreme heat will also affect the Aegean region. In Aydın, temperatures of between 42 and 43 degrees are forecast, which would set a new temperature record for the region in June. Furthermore, by mid-week, temperatures are also expected to be well above the seasonal average in provinces in western Anatolia such as Denizli, Manisa, İzmir, northern Muğla, Balıkesir, Bursa and Çanakkale.
The risk of forest fires soars
In south-eastern Anatolia, temperatures will approach 45 degrees and the feels-like temperature in the sun could even reach 50 degrees in some places. All these factors have also caused the risk of forest fires in Türkiye to soar, particularly in Çanakkale, Edirne and along the Aegean coast, where temperatures are forecast to exceed 40 degrees.
According to Turkish experts in meteorology, this heatwave was not expected to hit Turkey in June, suggesting a particularly hot summer with even more intense heatwaves to follow in July and August. Over the next few days, it is recommended to avoid going outside unless absolutely necessary, particularly in the case of elderly people, children or those with chronic illnesses: these at-risk groups should remain in the shade indoors during the middle of the day and go outside preferably in the morning or at dusk.
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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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