Turkey: New Record-High Temperatures Strain Water Supplies, Spark Wildfires

Turkey's Environment Ministry announced the highest recorded temperature in the country of 49.5 degrees Celsius (121.1 degrees Fahrenheit) in the central Anatolian province of Eskisehir, beating the previous record of 49.1 degrees Celsius set in 2021, Hurriyet Daily News reported on Aug. 17....