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Land-grabbers pillaging dried lakes, dams
Racketeers are exploiting legal loopholes to grab lands on lakes and around dams that are drying due to drought and leasing them out for commercial agricultural activities, daily Milliyet has reported.
Those lands, which emerge when water levels in lakes or dams recede, are very fertile but they normally belong to the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ).
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Turkey helping Iraq's water projects
Veysel Eroğlu, Turkey's special envoy to Iraq, on July 11 chaired a meeting to discuss an action plan to solve water related issues in Iraq.
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Turkish delegation to visit Iraq for discussions on water resources
A Turkish delegation will visit Iraq in June to discuss cross-border water resources, with the Turkish government already having appointed a special envoy to Iraq, former Forestry and Water Affairs Minister Veysel Eroğlu.
Gov’t forced to take measures amid below average rainfall across Turkey
The government is trying to take all necessary measures against a possible drought in 2018, following rainfall in 2017 that was far below the annual average, Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Veysel Eroğlu has said.
Turkey experiencing worst drought in 44 years: Minister
Turkey experienced the worst drought in 44 years in 2017, due to a substantial decrease in rain levels, Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu said on Dec. 28, while sharing his ministry’s annual report at the Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center.
11,781 hectares of forest land damaged by fires in 2017: Minister
Forestry and Water Affairs Minister Veysel Eroğlu has said that 11,781 hectares of forest land were damaged by fires, adding that 2017 has been Turkey’s driest year in the past 44 years.
FM Çavuşoğlu calls Turkish citizen injured in Barcelona attack
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has held a phone conversation with a Turkish citizen who was injured in the Aug. 17 Barcelona attack, according to sources from the ministry. Sources said the minister called Emre Eroğlu and extended his get well wishes. Separately, the Turkish Consulate in Barcelona shared a picture of Eroğlu in the hospital on Aug.
Flood and wildfires hit Turkey
Turkey's wildlife has been damaged by fires that erupted throughout the summer days as the cities and agricultural areas were hit by floods in more than 12 cities in just one week.
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Turkish minister blasts meteorologist's comment about possible extreme heatwave in Istanbul
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."
Forest fires across Turkey brought under control: Minister
The forest fires that have erupted across Turkey have been brought under control, the Forestry and Water Affairs minister, Veysel Eroğlu said on June 7.
Amid a sweltering heatwave in Turkey, forest fires in the country's western and southern coasts have been ongoing for the past four days, with hundreds of hectares of forest land already burnt to ashes.