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.