Recent rainfall has provided short-term relief in parts of Türkiye, but medium- and long-term indicators continue to show that agricultural and hydrological drought remains at alarm levels nationwide, according to both expert assessments and the latest data released by the Meteorology General Directorate (MGM).
Professor Mikdat Kadıoğlu, a faculty member at the Department of Climate Science and Meteorological Engineering at Istanbul Technical University’s Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said that while some regions have experienced temporary improvement, 12- and 24-month drought data point to persistent and widespread water stress.
“Recent rainfall has led to partial improvement in the short term across much of Türkiye, but agricultural and hydrological drought continues on a national scale,” Kadıoğlu told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Tuesday. “The 12- and 24-month data, in particular, raise alarm signals for reservoirs, groundwater and lakes.”
His assessment comes as new MGM figures show that T
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