Teller Report

A new temperature record was set in Turkey

8/15/2023, 10:06:35 PM

Highlights: thermometers showed +49.5 ° C in the province of Eskisehir west of Ankara on Tuesday, August 15. This was told by the head of the Ministry of Environment, Urban Development and Climate Change Mehmet Ozhaseki. On August 14, it was reported that the air temperature rose to +47 °C in the Turkish province of Diyarbakir in the south-east of the country."On August 15, a new temperature record in the history of Turkey was recorded: 49.5° C in Saricakay," the minister wrote.

The Turkish authorities said that the country has set a new temperature record in the history of the country, thermometers showed +49.5 ° C.


This was told by the head of the Ministry of Environment, Urban Development and Climate Change Mehmet Ozhaseki.

In his social network X, he said that in the province of Eskisehir west of Ankara on Tuesday, August 15, the highest temperature was recorded.

"On August 15, a new temperature record in the history of Turkey was recorded: 49.5 ° C in Saricakay of Eskisehir province," the minister wrote.

On August 14, it was reported that the air temperature rose to +47 ° C in the Turkish province of Diyarbakir in the south-east of the country.