Why are there suddenly huge sinkholes in Anatolia? | Focus on Europe

[@acc7090]

Since 2000, no effective irrigation policy has been carried out by the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture in this region. Therefore, there are 10,000 registered and more than 120,000 unregistered irrigation wells dug by farmers in this region.More wells causes more sinkholes.

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@holdmybeer123]

You have to understand, there's a summit going on COP 29. They have to blame climate change and apply pressure. So let's just all unite, it is climate change. (Not)

[@morkaili]

In fact they even cut down some of the few remaining forest patches there to make space for even more farms. Nearly the whole central and northern parts of Turkey were once nearly fully covered in deep forests.

[@c.t5136]

plus deforestation - roots.

[@KJV7154]

wells cause sinkholes....who told you that was true...?

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Water extraction is the cause.

[@109sssss]

the cause is unknown

[@LevonteWickham]

You mean is the guess

[@invoker7826]

Yes. Konya is a dry place but farmers are planting high water demanding crops just to earn more money, and they use ground water to irrigate. This causes water bed to get unstable/decrease in size and you get these holes as a result

[@robwyyi]

@@109sssssare you serious. The researcher stated the cause. But it’s known event since man has irrigated. You ignorance only exemplify how wrong ignorant one can be. Probably your detached on basic world known truths that you think food is made at the market.

[@indianews2451]

​@@109sssssu r ignorant beacause of Over Extraction of Water 💧 Soil Collapsed creating big holes.. It is big Concern..

[@Dee-ye2dk]

You’re taking too much groundwater. You must allow nature to replenish itself. Mono cropping is an issue all of us need to solve. Yes I understand mono cropping feeds the world, but we have to consider improvements to the system.

[@motazabdelazeem3533]

Now it will be the time to recover ground water after people relocation

[@lukewalker4813]

Its the geology, those hole open up because limestone is being dissolved by acidic water. Its a natural process that is being sped up by irrigation.

[@justayoutuber1906]

People somehow think groundwater is free and endless. Same with oil.

[@राकेश_रेल]

Wrong people think earth resource free and endless

[@ihl0700677525]

It is "free" (aside from the cost of building those wells), and technically "endless" (in the grand scheme of thing). It just doesn't replenish/recover fast enough for the current level of usage/consumption.

[@prelovedbargainsandantique2245]

Both water and oil are self replenishing.

[@MartintheTinman]

People don't think, that's the problem

[@aurora.22K]

Especially Nestle. They go around and take it from everywhere. There was a documentary about it on Netflix. Called bottled life ? I think. Picture of the earth and a planstic bottle.If it’s on there still I always tell ppl to watch it.

[@niteliksizbilgi]

Sugar beet and corn, which require a lot of water, should not be planted in that area. Since these two agricultural products provide a lot of income, the technical offices and politicians who control agriculture cannot impose restrictions on this issue. Farmers are also very aware of this situation, but as in this video, they act as if they don't know. They are not honest. If you are wondering why these sinkholes are there, watch the movie Burning Days by Director Emin Alper.

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

Planting the wrong crop for the wrong areas

[@sapphireemerald6882]

But they said that there has been drought in these areas and due to fault lines cracks appeared on earth and water flows through those cracks which caused sinkholes. Any crop that requires water needs to be harvested in areas with good rainfall ratio. Anatolia had that before earthquake in Feb 2022. But geo storming has changed weather around the world drastically

[@Cameron-qc7yk]

Gog and mog are coming

[@Florida_man.2]

As usual the Goverment is the biggest enemy of its own people. I don't care anymore Im gonna get out of this country as soon as I can .

[@catch22ash]

​@@Cameron-qc7ykSomeone always got to bring in his fairy tale belief

[@Cazu_Orddu_Medea]

"I truly believed Apocalypse would arrive," is a mistranslation. "Kıyamet kopuyordu" is a simile, hearing a clashing sound like it's wreaking havoc. Just because they're villagers, not everything they say is superstitious.

[@Cameron-qc7yk]

Mag and gog are coming

[@GHOST-hd4wm]

This is a direct result of tectonic plate activity. The African tectonic plate is rotating clockwise which is the primary reason behind all the wildfires in the countries that border the Mediterranean sea.

[@atifrehmanfarooqui1429]

​@@Cameron-qc7yk they are out already, they are killing Palestinians right now... 😢.. sink holes mean the last hour is close

[@3-Kashmir]

​@@Cameron-qc7yklook into the 10major signs to the day of Judgment in Islam. It'll give you them in order

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@3-Kashmir Sinkholes on the top of the list?

[@canesk2023]

As a Turk, I must say. There are no educated local farmers in our country. If they have an opportunity, they use it until it dries up and destroys it. For a long time, crops that required excessive water were planted. And these crops were irrigated by wild flooding method. This also deteriorated the quality of the soil. Moreover, many chemicals were used because crops could not grow in that soil. Because of their greed, they constantly damaged the quality of their lands and became dehydrated.

[@russell-di8js]

The circular shape & depth are weirdly amazing to see!

[@james4299]

Farmer taking all the water under ground

[@mrbaab5932]

Yep

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

Probably

[@holdmybeer123]

You have to understand, there's a summit going on COP 29. They have to blame climate change and apply pressure. So let's just all unite, it is climate change. (Not)

[@AfsalPA]

Stop buying farm produce ..They will stop taking water for their farms 😂

[@SidVidZid]

Terrifying situation.

[@foobarf8766]

Poor regulations? It's too easy to blame farmers, and blaming them makes excuse for politicians.

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

And it's too easy to blame for governments for our problems. How about greed and feeding overpopulation? It's hard yell that in someone's face.

[@JBondy007]

They should do indoor agriculture that uses 90% less water. hydroponic etc...

[@JohnPhilpott-q5k]

And relies on chemicals for growing crops. I’ll stick with the old fashioned natural process 😊

[@trueloveingod2691]

This is happening worldwide. I feel bad for Turkey, they have a very hard problem to solve given all the variables in that equation. Scary too.

[@holdmybeer123]

Over irrigation is the only culprit. If you believe European Media, they would tie heart attacks to climate change. 😂 Excessive groundwater pumping collapses the natural sub surface rock formations which results in cave ins (sinkholes)

[@Cameron-qc7yk]

Magog and got

[@1701enter]

I hope the farmer was given advice to grow sustainable crops? I live in Spain and to see the plastic greenhouse and forced cultivation is hard on the already dry land. less water intensive crops, licensed and prohibited ground water extraction. much better water management and retention (we have seen how the flash floods are so powerful but not how much of that water was saved.) In my area in Southern Valencia region you can see how the evening dew keeps plants alive even in hot summers as we have just had again this year.This is a natural action yet no one is harvesting this resource? I fear for his region as I suspect it is already too late , once lime stone is weakened it is like chalk and crumbles away or is washes by passing underground water flow. The same will happen in Spain as it is no ones job no ones responsibility, until it is too late, then the wailing and hand wringing will start...

[@teknolojigundemi]

it takes time, education , money , strong farming policies, control etc.

[@jaakkokorhonen]

Instead of planting forests, he is destroying all and any future chance of living on that land, by pumping the aquifer empty.

[@angelalake200]

it's too late for him to do anything & dangerous to remain. 🧎‍♀️‍➡️

[@yavuzselimdogan9852]

My father also has large field in Konya and makes agriculture, and he is very educated but still uses extremely high water from ground, because everybody else does the same thing. This year he make profit approximately 1 TL for each kg of pepper (1$ for 35kg). If he decide not to use that much water, it is impossible to gain that little profit and it is unnecessary to grow plants. So, what is the solution: government must inspect and ban usage of that much ground water strictly for everybody at the same time. Individuals can not do anything other than stimulating and forcing the executives.

[@AD-yq8rl]

Can't your dad find another reasonable way to tackle this problem? I am asking because you're saying your dad is educated but he is still using water from the ground...It sounds super ironic if you'd ask me.

[@iam5085]

1:25 The main point

[@ChadKovac]

That man said that half of Turkey is in danger of collapsing into a sinkhole.

[@Toganyapgu]

Anatolien ist schon immer ein Wasserarmes Gebiet gewesen. Seit jahren haben die großen Städte Probleme mit dem Trinkwasser das zu wenig ist.

[@telliturna4998]

Thank you DW news for that informative video.

[@einbisschenwasvonjenem]

We digged out earth with fossils, Minerals, ressources like coal and other things and thought, this would not destabilize anything. And we are still ongoing because of the money and more profit and still dismiss that money is not even edible and dissmissing that we are destroying our own Habitat and there is no alternative Habitat.

[@nil0bject]

it's actually to do with ground water drying up due to over farming. nothing to do with removing material from the earth. i highly doubt fossil hunting and archaeology would cause any disturbance

[@w1-w2-w3]

@@nil0bject After you take out something, you need to fill something. People has been digging the earth for the natural resources for so long. If the earth didn't disorder after all that, it will be weird. I guess the earth layers are starting to show the signs of damages.

[@istudios225]

@@nil0bject No. Not due to over-farming, but due to hydraulic fracking by western oil and gas corporations.

[@nil0bject]

yeah you things are insane. cheers

[@Teffi_Club]

We are killing ourselves.

[@murb2586]

Fascinating, Why are sinkholes all over the world so cylindrical and symmetrical? How was the space so evenly excavated, wheres the dirt?

[@frederickgolden6694]

This can occur when too much ground water is drained, leaving massive underground caverns. You don't have to have a degree in geophysics to understand this is caused by human activity...

[@AhJodie]

Wow, those are HUGE and frightening!

[@Eli-pj8xm]

1:33 why do climate change gets mentioned first in events like this? And why is the true culprit which is excessive and unabated use of groundwater mentioned last, if at all?

[@katiedid1851]

God bless this man with safety and health. I am so sorry.

[@Wolfcamp555]

Underground water hit a salt dome.

[@vastpeople9623]

Clever comment!

[@zemtek420]

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[@sertankacar8594]

It is bad for nature, but I am happy because people reap what they sow. Konya is one of the driest provinces in Turkey. There is not much precipitation. However, greedy and ignorant farmers have blatantly planted corn, alfalfa, sugar beet, and sunflower which require lots of water. To water these crops, Konyan farmers have excessively overused and drained the underground water, and now their lands are getting swallowed by the emptiness they created.

[@istudios225]

No. Not due to over-farming, but due to hydraulic fracking by western oil and gas corporations. Farming has been conducted in the area for millenia without any dire outcomes. What changed? In the last decade or so, thousands of petroleum exploration licenses for fracking have been given out by the Turkiye govt.

[@sertankacar8594]

@@istudios225 people did not have technology to extract large amounts of water from the ground. They got the technology and then the holes

[@istudios225]

@@sertankacar8594 Exactly! That technology was brought in by money-hungry western corporations colluding with power-hungry governments. No thought for the people, who will suffer the consequences.

[@istudios225]

@@sertankacar8594 Exactly! That technology was brought in by money-h un gry western corpns coll ud in g with p owe r-h un gry govts. No thought for the people, who will suf fer the con sequence s.

[@istudios225]

@@-Highlander-42 He is definitely complicit, because it is his administration which gives out the petroleum exploration licenses.

[@HeathenWays]

Unfortunately it's happening in rest of Europe also.

[@grahammonk8013]

@HeathenWays It's happening everywhere. In this place and others it's too much water extraction, in others there other short sighted behaviours causing other issues. We can provide for more people, long term, if we understand the problems and make the correct decisions, but of course, nobody wants to hear that and simply chooses the cheaper option, or the one that makes the best short term profits. (for themselves)

[@JDk22]

The earth has been telling us something for a while now. We need to answer her call.

[@anjummirza1452]

Excellent information and analysis...

[@infinitus777]

Some prized Geologists say that it has nothing to do with using groundwater. A natural fact already occuring from the past, so you shouldn't type the first thing come into your mind.

[@diraziz396]

Thank you for that important share

[@mabuhayproductionltd3627]

Its smart when you have heavy rain or flooding ? The Water drains into the sinkholes ? then you pleanty of water and no holes anymore.

[@Amazon.sellspkr]

I need job

[@mabuhayproductionltd3627]

@@Amazon.sellspkr what can u do ? and where are u ?

[@mja532]

😢😮. Scary. May Allah keep everyone Safe. Aameen

[@Samayil_2024]

Turkey built 600+ dams and now the water table is acting all wierd.

[@DSAK55]

dams have nothing to do with ground water

[@ethimself5064]

@@DSAK55 Karma does though

[@SimonMester]

​@@DSAK55 literally anything you do with water will influence groubd water

[@Samayil_2024]

@DSAK55 Oh yes they do...

[@juliane__]

@@DSAK55 One short sentence, absolut wording = wrong. As always.

[@CaptApple]

I guess we're lucky that the San Joaquin valley isn't underlaid by limestone so the ground level just drops uniformly, diverting whole irrigation canals instead of falling in. Same damned problem though. Greed and over pumping a limited aquifer. Same thing in Florida as Turkey though. Limestone and falling water tables.

[@pnemonic]

happens by the dead sea too

[@gimarypeace]

That’s scary 😮

[@zarolive6858]

Poor farmer, his farm and his fields is his livelihood. The situation is desperate. God help people like him 🙏🏻

[@petracollins8623]

So scary, dangerous.

[@BrokenhornKT]

One day Mankind will figure out that We just can't Exploit the Earth Anymore !! Like the Human body Even the Earth has its Limits!!!

[@williamhoffer9277]

Truly a tragic situation! I'm quite certain that the technology exists to determine where the sinkholes will occur.

[@brendanperrett8248]

Some will blame climate change but I think it’s aliens 😂😂😂

[@ireneseverova2369]

Because it’s a round 😂

[@tpop3723]

I have a sinking feeling about this.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

congratulations!

[@jewiesnew3786]

Man, that's so deep.

[@AlOfNorway]

The depletion of gas, oil, and water will move our ground.

[@tarnopol]

The earth is fighting back against us and frankly I’m rooting for the earth,

[@csplanets.]

The real problem is too many human

[@martijnkeisers5900]

I feel sorry for him..

[@sibhuskyguy]

Imagine toiling to lay in your crops and raise them only for half your field to get swallowed by a sinkhole....

[@coraltown1]

That really sucks.

[@ermin7169]

"Subsidence" is the word that was mentioned (not even pronounced correctly) but not recognized in this report. Sinkholes are just a warning, but a real problem is water levels that are not appropriately managed and subsidence that is a result. Like in California, Nevada, and Arizona, poor water management will be a major problem with shifting rain and weather patterns. For now pipes, roads, homes and overall infrastructure are damaged because of shifting ground.

[@AlexHanna.esquire]

Every person complains about government, taxes, rules of usage. Until something happens, then suddenly the government isn’t doing enough. Shetland islands wanted independence from Britain, until a Russian warship was off the coast. Then suddenly they wanted protection, but it was explained that as an independent state they needed their own military

[@kalicharan8482]

But it's part of uk, right?

[@Pilvenuga]

The ancients awoke and after a brief stretch, asked the closest villager the way to the nearest church. Upon hearing there is no church, only a mosque - the ancients started digging, chanting "awaken the boys, we're gonna christen these heathens"

[@CarlosLeon-n3t]

That’s insane, I feel for them

[@OriginalJohnDoeFakersBeware]

I have two questions. Are there any mining or drilling operations going on nearby that may be contributing? Why are the holes so perfectly round as if a giant extraterrestrial machine took out an enormous core sample? It seems unnatural that sinkholes would be so perfectly chiseled.

[@watb8689]

basically we humans are living at the edge of cliffs. The sea is covering the rest

[@kinngrimm]

1:30 "caused by drought, climate change and excessive irrigation of fields" excessive irrigation of fields cause sinkholes? Soo where does all that water come from as i assume that is a recent development?

[@thewingedringer]

It comes from the ground

[@kinngrimm]

@@thewingedringer so they take out the groundwater with out giving it enough time for replenishing and therefor sinkholes ... sounds avoidable and formost self-inflicted.

[@Newmusellemihayat]

This is how they treat their supporters , Konya voted %70 Erdogan in last general elections and %50 in local elections

[@selcukcilek555]

Well the best of form of solving the problem would be relocation and stopping illegal water drilling. THAT would cost them the election.

[@Amazon.sellspkr]

I'm from pakistan

[@Newmusellemihayat]

@@Amazon.sellspkr welcome brother Pakistan is always there when we need them, respect to Jinnah

[@WaltayrDantasFilho]

Similar to what happens when there is limestone lithology in the subsurface, apparently, this is what is seen, but the Geologist said nothing.

[@angelalake200]

scary to think that this is not going to stop & the people definitely need to relocate. but , where if the whole country is affected?

[@mericusta1988]

The cause is not drought or irrigation, it is breaking of the layers via geothermal holes. They are creating new passageways between layers that were normally isolated. İt is irrepairable and irreversible

[@Sjalabais]

If sinkholes appear largely along fault lines, what makes them so almost perfectly round? And can these holes be used for something - I suppose they contain cooler air and one could build heat exchanges into them?

[@florinadrian5174]

Ok, I get it, too much groundwater is being used. But this must be happening basically everywhere. And there were those white areas that were safe (2:08). Is there something special about the geological nature of those yellow regions that makes them susceptible to sinkholes?

[@Abuqital2000]

Just wait till the big three appear. One in the east, one in the west and one in the Arabian peninsula.

[@Dreidcs2]

What’s inside? Crumbling ancient ruins buried under the sand and dirt?

[@bobrik335]

Save SOIL.

[@MegaGehendra]

Water pumped out around the region, new geology happening? 😮😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤❤

[@whatsupbudbud]

Don't extract the water and sinkholes won't happen.. Sorry but desert is not the place for agriculture.

[@physicist1994]

the fact that you think anatolia is a desert is madness...

[@whatsupbudbud]

@@physicist1994 if their only water source is underground water as per the words of the farmer, for the intent and purpose of agriculture it is a desert.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Tell that to California and Utah

[@whatsupbudbud]

@@justayoutuber1906 They have the same problems as far as I'm aware, so here - I am telling this to them as well, lol.

[@invoker7826]

It is not a desert, but a dryland. Wheat is native to Anatolian plateau, they should plant less water demanding wheat as opposed to high water demanding corn

[@noorulali1184]

Restorever is a company recharging groundwater using melting glaciers

[@Pmoosa-n7]

where did the dirt go? how come they are perfectly round?

[@ginadelsasso288]

The dirt fell into the hole that used to be filled with water until the farmer pumped it all out.

[@rontherbatoski7395]

No problem new tourist attraction 👌

[@anonymouszero124]

lol, as a tourist i would now risk my life to walk on these lands !

[@JamesAllmond]

Cavern full of water supports, one empty not so much...

[@chrischris8550]

Utilize the hole for rainwater capture? Just line it, so that it is waterproof!

[@Magentacosmicstar]

"They're literally digging themself into a hole" omg

[@DrBozaChaos]

That looks scary 😨

[@VasvaSchulz]

SubhanaAllah,dragi Allah neka im je na pomoći 🤲🤲🤲🤲🤲

[@ZeroDarkness-]

Help?😂😂😂 he doesn't want to help because he the one responsible for the holes as written in AT TAUBAH 51. NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO US EXCEPT WHAT ALLAH HAS DECREED FOR US Stop begging to deity that clearly DOUBLE CROSSING you 😂😂😂

[@nvmtt]

Man, someone is about to summon something really big lol.

[@thendisnye7188]

It's referred to as Karst topography.

[@gamingtonight1526]

Agree with many below: Water extraction as though it will last forever! And the people extracting the water are full of "woe is me"!!!

[@Nara346Fujita]

I’m glad that I don’t live in Turkey.

[@selcukcilek555]

Good for you. BS tellers aren't needed here. We have approx6 to 7 million people from foreign countries who do.

[@istanbullular_dernegi]

4:20 İngilizce bilmiyor musun hoca ?

[@rishavjain5087]

Can this also be related to the tectonic situation of the area?...just asking...

[@muharremsuz]

I dont really know but konya considered safer in terms of earthquakes compared to other cities

[@dexteros5770]

Arakis worm😮

[@angelalake200]

😂👍😳🤔🏃‍♀️

[@فارسليبورد]

أيضا تركيا معرضه لي الزلازل التي لها دور في حدوث التصدعات والحفر في الأرض

[@akakakakakak3084]

Why these sink holes are in almost perfect circular shape？

[@jozews]

why the moon is in almost perfect circular shape

[@RasimBuselik]

Do you suspect aliens?

[@malcolmthompson597]

Why do some people have to answer a question with a question?

[@EPBoulis]

Surface Tension of the soil particles during the fall.

[@DursunX]

to be expected.. subterranean aquifers are emptying at unnatural rates. the ground subsidence has accelerated

[@JTA1961]

Your guv don't care about you...let that sink in

[@TheJeffHolt]

Oil holes! Run!

[@mugenmugen9632]

"Drill baby drill!"

[@jasonmendelli6023]

Planting two crops and creating biodiversity would hold more water and minerals in the soil.

[@Viperdwarrior177]

If you can't provide water to farmers how are they going to grow crops? The food chain starts from farmers.

[@noesalazar6460]

Theirs no water regulations for farmers on ground water

[@ireneseverova2369]

Why is it round?

[@publicname]

Bc it's natural

[@Jitensukham10]

Wow

[@pietrocuffini5307]

could build a huge golf course

[@JohnPhilpott-q5k]

Some day I hope that someone figures out a way of cleaning the salt out of ocean water. That would help as well. But for the immediate solution people need to rethink the irrigation practices being push by governments. Using sprinklers may save a little water inatially in the long term it drains out the auquifer. Flood irrigation is essential to prevent this from occurring

[@AdamAdam-kh5wf]

This is what people get when they greedily dig wells.

[@DavidPKramer]

If drought, climate change and excessive irrigation are causes then other places will eventually also experience this problem.

[@martythemartian99]

Not every place has the same ground conditions.

[@KaTakeCare30]

Aliens made that

[@quienvive675]

☁️ cloud seeding in other areas caused the drought there.