The Turkish Ministry of the Environment announced on Saturday that meteorologists recorded 50.5 degrees Celsius in the southeast of the country, What is a new national record. TASR informs this based on the AFP report.
A record temperature was recorded on Friday in Silopi, near the border with Iraq and Syria, stated the ministry in its post on the X Network, with the fact that The whole country measured 132 meteorological stations record temperatures in July.
The previous temperature record, recorded in August 2023, was 49.5 degrees Celsius. The country is currently plagued by a wave of heat and in many regions it is struggling with fires.