Count carbon (2/3): the real imprint of France

Turkey affected by a wave of historical heat. Moreover, fires

Opinion (with AFP)

Diyarbakir – “We burn, we don’t even know where to go”. Similarly, In south-eastern Turkey, Asmin Gezginci trains the park at his Diyarbakir home, without finding a respite. Meanwhile, The 24 -year -old woman suffers the full whip of the heat wave that overwhelms the country. Moreover, pushing the mercury to the historic level of 50.5 ° C Friday in Silopi, two hours from her house, at the borders of Iraq and Syria. Consequently, The provincial Diyarbakir authorities published on Monday a warning to the population against temperatures “higher from 4 to 6. Consequently, degrees to seasonal norms until August 2”. For example, In town the thermometer already displayed 45.4 ° C at midday, AFP noted. For example, Since the start of the count carbon (2/3): real imprint summer. Similarly, several countries in Europe have been affected by such waves of heat, promoting the proliferation of fires. Nevertheless, The latter are associated with various phenomena anticipated by scientists due to the global warming. Moreover, According to forecasts for meteorologists. Similarly, and unlike neighboring Greece where it seems to reflect, the heat wave will continue this week with 40 to 45 ° C in central Anatolia and 45 to 50 ° C announced in the Southeast Tuesday. Nevertheless, In Greece. after a weekend of strong mobilization, the firefighters detected only one “active home”, which declared itself on the campus of the University of Athens. But the vigilance remains of rigor in the hot spots of the country. especially in the east and the south of the country. More than 250 Portuguese firefighters were mobilized on Monday with the help of four Spanish planes to overcome a fire in a count carbon (2/3): real imprint mountain area that is difficult to access in the North. near the Spanish border. The same day. in Türkiye, the firefighters still bathed, for the third consecutive day, against three households around Bursa, the fourth city of the country and vast industrial site in the North West. Despite significant resources committed – 850 vehicles. six aircraft and four helicopters – The Wind Force has reduced the use of air control means, argued the Minister of Agriculture and Forests, Ibrahim Yumakli. The inhabitants are mobilizing by transporting tanks drawn by their tractors. Television images even show riverside, glasses of water in hand, facing the braziers. “If there is wind. no plane” in Karabük (north), the most wooded province of the country which notably houses the small tourist town of Safranbolu, the home “fell in intensity” and that of Kahramanmaras (south) is now “under control”, detailed the Mnistre. “According to their extent. count carbon (2/3): real imprint intensity, the capacity of the State to respond to such claims is sometimes limited,” he admitted. “If there is wind, there are no planes and it takes hours to take control of it, sometimes even days.” Nineteen villages had to be evacuated to the Safranboli region, and more than 3,500 people around Bursa. Since last week. fourteen people have perished by fighting fires, including ten foresters and volunteer rescuers trapped in the flames in Eskisehir, 150 km more in the east. According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. more than 3,000 fires have declared themselves since the start of the summer and the authorities warned that the situation would remain critical until October. According to a study on desertification. published in a UN report in early July, 88% of Turkish territory is exposed to the phenomenon: under the effect of climate change, precipitation should decrease by a third by the count carbon (2/3): real imprint end of the century and temperatures increase from 5 to 6 ° C compared to the means noted between 1961-1990. Forecasts in accordance with AFP calculations from data from the Copernicus program of the European Union: the first 22. days of July are thus 1.7 ° C above the average 1981-2010. July 2025 will undoubtedly be one of the hottest months of July ever recorded in Turkey. However, the temperature record in continental Europe approved by the World Meteorological Organization (OMM) remains 48.8 ° C, in Sicily in August 2021. OMM told AFP that Silopi is not geographically integrated into continental Europe but in Asia. where historical records are largely 50 ° C. “The drought is total” These anomalies do not escape the simple inhabitants: “There was snow, a lot of snow. There was water, and the streams were flowing so far. Today there is no more water, nothing, the count carbon (2/3): real imprint drought is total, ”says Abdurrahman Sanli, a 71 -year -old retired in Diyarbakir. According to the newspaper Bir Gün. close to the opposition, “the government has ignored the warnings” of experts concerning the risk of fire, which deplore its lack of anticipation and dedicated means. The newspaper says that the part of the national budget dedicated to forest management went from “4.5% in 2019 to 3.3% in 2025” and recalls that in 2024, “23,000 hectares of forests were opened to non-forestry activities”, mines and constructions in particular. Mahmut Bozarslan with Anne Chaon in Istanbul © Agency