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In the following years, in accordance with the law No 3127, it was requested to form a single meteorological service working on a regular. On May 15, 1957, with the order No. 6967 it was attached to the Ministry of Agriculture. On January 8, 1986, the Service took its current name with the law No 3524. [1]
Tornado outbreak of April 13–16, 2012 – This was day 2 of aforementioned outbreak; it was only the second high risk to be issued on Day 2 (the day before the event; first Day 2 high risk was for April 7, 2006) and the first/only to date ever issued on the initial (0600Z) Day 2 outlook. [278]
The Turkish lira partially recovered in early 2021 with the government's increase in interest rates. However, the currency began to crash due to inflation and depreciation starting on 21 March 2021, after the sacking of Central Bank chief Naci Ağbal. The Turkish lira reached a then-all-time-low of ₺8.8 to the dollar on 4 June.
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[26] [27] The temperature has risen by more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F), [28] [24] with the hottest year so far being 2024, [29] and there is more extreme weather. [ 30 ] Current greenhouse gas emissions are over 1% of the global total, [ 31 ] and energy policy includes subsidizing both fossil gas [ 32 ] and coal . [ 33 ]
The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps , brought into practice in 1949 after World War II .
[58] [59] The area is also relatively snow-poor, with less than 10 days of snow in all parts of the region, [58] around half of which accumulates and stays on the ground for more than a day. [ 20 ] Sunshine ranges from 2000 to 2300 hours, with a notable west–east gradient, the eastern side being more cloudy.
On 15 August 2018, Qatar pledged to invest $15 billion in the Turkish economy making the lira rally by 6%. [122] [121] On 29 November 2018, the Turkish lira hit a 4-month high in value against the US Dollar. It recovered from 7.0738 against the dollar to 5.17 on 29 November, an increase of 36.8%.