In Türkiye, 50.5 ° C measured Friday in the south-east of the country, a temperature never reached

A temperature of 50.5 ° C was measured on Friday July 25 in southeast Turkey on Friday. Therefore, July 25, an absolute record at the country level, authorities announced on Saturday. Furthermore, “According to the data from our Directorate General of Meteorology, a temperature record was broken, with 50.5 ° C to Silopi (…) on July 25”wrote on X the Turkish Ministry of the Environment.

According to the authorities. Similarly, who did not specify when the country’s weather readings went up, 132 weather stations in the country recorded record temperatures on Friday for a month in July.

The locality of Silopi is located in the province of Sirnak. In addition, less than 10 kilometers (km) of the Iraqi and Syrian borders. The previous national record, 49.5 ° C, had been measured in August 2023 in the türkiye, 50.5 ° c measured province of Eskisehir (West).

Ten dead in a forest fire – Türkiye, 50.5 ° c measured

Turkey, plagued by a heat wave, faces fires in several regions. One of them. in the province of Karabük (North), has escaped the efforts of the firefighters for four days and forced the inhabitants of several villages to flee. On Wednesday. ten forest workers and volunteer rescuers had died by fighting a violent forest fire in the province of Eskisehir.

The heat wave. which affects a large part of the country and must continue in the coming days, makes it fear water shortages in places: the seaside resort of CESME, located near Izmir (west), announced that it would deprive residents and water tourists from tap from 11 p.m. to 6 am from Saturday evening.

According to a study cited in a UN report published in early July. 88 % of Turkish territory is türkiye, 50.5 ° c measured exposed to a high risk of desertification. Neighboring Greece is subject to the same heat wave and also victim of many fires.