The situation in Turkey’s water reservoirs remains at critical levels due to the severe drought in the country, which threatens water supply in major cities. In Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis with 16 million inhabitants and one of the largest in Europe, after a snowless winter and a particularly dry summer, water reserves continue to fall and now stand at just over 18% on average; the situation is worrying in reservoirs such as the Büyükçekmece lake dam.
Once one of the largest lakes in Istanbul province, it is currently at only 3.76% of its capacity and has become a dry wasteland, which has led authorities to suspend water supply to the city from this lake. Overall, all water reserves on the European side of Istanbul are below 10%.
In Kahramanmaraş, the province at the epicentre of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey of last February, to the desolation caused by the earthquakes adds now a drought that has dried up water reservoirs such as Ayvalı, located a few kilometres east of the capital and which, in addition to providing drinking water, irrigates almost 1,700 hectares of crops; This water reservoir is now barely at 10% of its capacity, and areas that were once submerged under dozens of metres of water now appear as a dry or at best muddy bed.
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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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