Turkey: Danger bells are ringing for Salt Lake!

Turkey's second largest lake, Tuz Lake, shrank by 30 percent due to climate change and unconscious agricultural irrigation in the region. What's going on in Salt Lake, where thousands of flamingo cubs died this summer? Experts announced the date when the lake would 'die'... Turkey's second largest lake, the Salt Lake, is giving an alarm due to drought… The water level of the lake, which meets Turkey's salt need to a great extent and which is visited by thousands of local and foreign tourists every year, has dropped significantly due to drought. Experts pointed out that this is happening due to climate change and unconscious agricultural irrigation in the region. According to the latest researches, the lake, whose surface area is 1,600 square kilometers, shrank by 30 percent. On the subject, Konya Technical University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Geological Engineering Professor. Dr. Muazzez Çelik Karakaya and Konya Technical University Department of ...