Water and food crisis awaits Turkey within the next decadeĪ serious water and drought crisis await Turkey, but the country acts like it has rich water resources. Meanwhile, wildlife experts are investigating the flamingo mass die-off. The lake already has a low level of water, and blocking the canals only accelerates its death. There are water canals feeding the lake, but villagers block them to divert water to their fields. And from these, most have died because of the current drought. Drought and water receding trigger flamingo mass die-off at Turkey’s Lake Tuz More than 5,000 flamingos deadīird watchers say every year, 5,000 to 10,000 flamingos are born during the hatching season at Lake Tuz. There are only carcasses that dot the lake’s parts in the Cihanbeyli district of Konya. The water receded for a stretch of about 10 kilometers (6 miles). Lake Tuz had been a paradise for flamingos, but now it has turned into a nightmare.
However, the ongoing drought has dried up most of the lake, making it difficult for flamingos to find food. Though it is shallow and gets little precipitation throughout the year, its salty nature is conducive to the nesting of migratory birds.
The lake – the second largest in Turkey and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world – is among the favorite habitat of migratory animals and has long been a hatching ground for flamingos. And the search continues… Thousands of flamingos are dying in Turkey. About 5,000 baby and adult flamingos were found dead on a dried part of Lake Tuz in the central Turkish province of Konya over the past week.
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