Mikdat Kadıoğlu

Online weather forecaster Kerem Ökten faces a criminal complaint from Professor Dr. Mikdat Kadıoğlu for allegedly using a fake diploma, while on the other hand, Ökten has denied misleading claims of being a meteorology graduate, attributing his popularity to being passionate.

With the rising impact of global warming and climate change, the Black Sea region will experience increased evaporation that would potentially surpass precipitation in less than a decade, affecting the region's unique agricultural production, an expert has warned.

In the face of the recently rising temperatures, encouraging local governments to paint buildings white as a defense against the scorching heat could be a remedy, an expert has put forth.

Turkey is at risk of becoming a "disease-prone desert" with water resources and forests disappearing, Professor Mikdat Kadıoğlu from the Istanbul Technical University's Meteorological Engineering Department said on April 19. 

A new front has been opened in a controversial debate between meteorology expert Professor Mikdat Kadıoğlu and the country's top exam body, the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), over the possibility of "manmade earthquakes" after North Korea's sixth and largest nuclear test, claimed to have detonated a "hydrogen bomb" on Sept. 3.

Forestry and Waterworks Minister Veysel Eroğlu has criticized the comments of a meteorologist about a possible extreme heatwave in Istanbul on July 30.

Eroğlu blasted Professor Mikdat Kadıoğlu, saying "scientists do not claim, they prove."