Turkey experiencing severest drought period in last 10 years: Expert


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Published 12 Dec,2020 via Hürriyet Daily News - Turkey has been going through the most severe period of drought in the last 10 years, and the measures and strategies to be taken will impact future generations, according to an expert.

Sevinç Asilhan, an academic from Istanbul Technical University, said the changes in the climate, the decrease in the amount of rainfall, excessive urbanization, reduction in the number of forests and green areas have caused the drought to become severe across the country.

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