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The General Directorate of Meteorology shared global and national temperature and drought analyzes for the 2016-2025 period. These data show that temperature records have increased in Türkiye in the last 10 years and the average temperature will reach 15.6 degrees Celsius in 2024.
ANKARA MİLLİYET - Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum shared the global and national temperature and drought analyzes of the General Directorate of Meteorology (MGM) for the 2016-2025 period on his social media account. In its post, the institution stated, "Climate change is not a matter of the future, but of today. According to the analysis shared by our General Directorate; 2024 was Turkey's hottest year on record, and 2025 was the driest year since 1964. Combating climate change is now a necessity. We continue to work with the goal of a climate-resistant Turkey."
Temperature record in 2024
According to MGM's analysis report on measurement data of different international organizations, the 2016-2025 period was the hottest 10-year period on a global scale. Many high temperature records have been recorded in Turkey in the last 10 years. Türkiye's average temperature, which was 15.1 degrees Celsius in 2023, was approximately 1.2 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 normal, according to MGM values. 2024 was Turkey's "hottest year on record" with an average temperature of 15.6 degrees Celsius. The average temperature in Turkey between 2016 and 2025 was 14.9 degrees Celsius.
Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change
Precipitation deficit and drought
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