Turkish Lakes Region

Two photographs, one taken in 2018 and the other this year, of Lake Burdur, have shown how Türkiye's seventh largest lake is disappearing.

The lake came to the country's agenda when, in 2018, photographer Tamer Yılmaz shot an aerial photo of two streams leaking from small puddles in the dying areas of the lake.

Around 10,000 square meters of wetland have dried in Turkish Lakes Region in five decades due to pollution and the overuse of water, an expert of the Society of the Protection of Turkish Nature (TTKD) has said.

Lake Beyşehir, a tectonic freshwater lake in Turkey's southwestern province of Konya, faces the danger of drought due to years of low rainfall and misuse of its water for agricultural purposes.

The lake, once known as the "sea of Konya" due to its water depth and considered the source of life for Turkey's breadbasket Konya Plain, is now on the verge of drying up.

Over 800,000 people visited Turkey's Lake Salda dubbed as the Turkish Maldives due to its crystal clear water in the southwestern province.

In a statement, the governorship of Burdur said that despite the novel coronavirus epidemic over 800,000 people visited the site.

The governor of the southwestern province of Burdur has said that no construction will be allowed in the Lake Salda area, referring to the natural beauty known as the "Maldives of Turkey."

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