Lake Tuz

Flamingos, the heralds of spring, have started to arrive at Lake Tuz to nest in the central provinces of Aksaray, Konya, and Ankara, where they go for their annual breeding season. This year's arrival of the iconic pink birds marks the anticipation of warmer seasons ahead.

The flight route, life span and cycles of 262 baby flamingos, expected to fly at the end of this month in İzmir Bird Sanctuary in the Gediz Delta, will be monitored with the rings attached to their feet.

Conservation projects will be developed for flamingos with the data to be obtained.

As part of the rescue measures taken by the Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry, flamingos in Lake Tuz are being provided with the necessary support to conserve and protect them, Environment Minister Murat Kurum claims.

"We are working day and night not to lose any baby flamingo," Kurum said on Aug. 19 in a tweet.

The flamingos in the İzmir-Gediz Delta, which is of great importance in terms of breeding and habitat for flamingos in Türkiye, have been photographed with satellite images obtained via Google Earth.

Lake Tuz, Turkey's second-largest lake in Central Anatolia, is in great danger as some parts of the lake have already dried up and the rest of it may be on the brink of extinction in 30 years, an expert has warned.

Turkish authorities have launched an investigation after thousands of baby flamingos were found dead on a dried part of Lake Tuz (Lake Salt) in the Central Anatolian province of Konya this week, reviving debates about the impact of drought on the ecosystem.

The layers of salt in Lake Tuz, Turkey's second-biggest lake, is diminishing as the water mass of the lake is shrinking, an expert warned on June 6.

"Due to drought, the lake faces the threat of shrinking, as the water has ebbed around a kilometer," Hatice Ünal Ercan told Demirören News Agency.

Flamingos that have arrived in Düden Lake in the Kulu district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya early this year due to warmer weather have migrated again due to a shift to colder weathers recently. The lake is currently home to only ducks and a few bird species.

Lake Tuz, Turkey's second-largest lake in Central Anatolia, has turned pink, creating an impressive sight for visitors.

A colony of flamingos has landed on Büyükçekmece Lake for the first time, creating a beautiful scene but also providing another indicator of global warming.
Fikret Can, a local observing the lake on the European side of the metropolis for some 40 years, said that he had first spotted three flamingos there in 2013.