Wanrnings of Water Shortages in Turkey

Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir are hit by water shortages and warmer whether causing difficulties and made municipalities to announce a set of bans to manage water using forceful rhetoric in punishing those who do not abide by the rules. Ankara's Mayor warned that only six months of reserves were left due to th e lack of precipitation, informing that water at the Cabuk Dam near Ankara stands at half of last year's level (Turkis Daily News, May 17). Mayor of İstanbul in similar warning talked about 6 months supply as level of water decreased 47% compared to last year (Anatolya news agency), informing his attempts on addditional supply and emphasising on people's cooperation to conserve water instead of cutting supply.