Climate Change and Environment

Farmers in Türkiye are grappling with an exceptionally challenging season, as spring frosts, prolonged drought, and a scorching summer heat wave have caused severe damage to crops, prompting urgent calls for government assistance to support struggling producers. Recalling that the agricultural frost disaster in April affected producers in 65 provinces, Şemsi Bayraktar, …

Halil Tandoğan, Head of the Van Beekeepers’ Association, stated that global warming, which has been occurring for years, has caused a decline in honey yields every year and that beekeepers will face difficult times if measures are not taken. Halil Tandoğan, Head of the Van Beekeepers’ Association, informed that there …

Türkiye’s cotton sector is facing a critical downturn as farmers grapple with a trio of challenges: Climate change, rising input costs and declining market demand. Industry experts warn that these pressures are threatening the sustainability of domestic cotton production, which has long been a cornerstone of the country’s textile industry. Extreme weather events and prolonged …

Press release…August 10, 2025… RUNFASTER4EU launches to demonstrate more sustainable oil crop cultivation on marginal lands and upgrade two flagship Italian plants for bioproducts. As Europe seeks to accelerate its green transition, new solutions are needed to produce high-value bio-based products without compromising food production or natural ecosystems. Marginal lands, …

Cotton production faces challenges due to cilimate change and water stressing both in Türkiye and across the world… Fevzi Çondur Fevzi Çondur, president of the National Cotton Council, stated that cotton production is not limited to farmers alone but involves a broad process encompassing agriculture, industry and exports. “Climate-induced water …

The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change announced that July 2025 was the hottest July in Türkiye in the last 55 years. The average temperature reached 26.9 degrees, with a record high of 49.4 degrees recorded in Cizre district of Şırnak province. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate …

Press release… Türkiye’s eastern Anatolia’s province of Malatya, which meets a large portion of the world’s dried apricot demand, is facing its most challenging production season in history. The agricultural frost and cold spell in April 2025 caused significant damage by catching apricot trees in bloom. It is estimated that …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has launched efforts to prevent water level declines, water quality deterioration and loss of aquatic life in eight lakes in Türkiye – Eber, Akşehir, Bafa, Beyşehir, Burdur, Iznik Sapanca and Seyfe. Eber Lake According to information obtained by Anadolu Agency (AA), climate change, rapid population …

Professor Dr. Lokman Hakan Tecer of Namık Kemal University (NKÜ) in Tekirdağ announced that unless effective water management is implemented and as long as it is continued to exploit water resources recklessly, the soil will transition from agricultural drought to hydrological drought! “We will also face the consequences of hydrological …

Ömür Kula, General Manager of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Türkiye, stated that humanity, on a global scale, has depleted the natural resources available for 2025 in less than seven months and that after this date, we have been living by borrowing from nature. “According to calculations by the Global …