2 days of administrative leave given in Turkey’s western Manisa due to scorching heat

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A scorching heatwave has hit Turkey with the arrival of the summer with temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius in several provinces. 

Accordingly, the Manisa Governor’s Office has given two days of administrative leave to disabled, pregnant, and chronically ill civil servants working in the western province, state-run Anadolu reported on June 12.

In Manisa city center, the temperature was recorded as 41.2 degrees Celcius whereas it reached 42.8 in Saruhanlı district.

10-year-old Volga Poyraz, who tried to cool off in the fountain in Cumhuriyet Square, said that there was no sea in the city and that he could not endure the weather otherwise.

Another citizen said the heatwave that arrived in July and August in previous years hit Manisa early this year.

Maksut Argun, working by the fire at a doner restaurant, said that it was difficult to work in hot weather, that he cooled off by taking a shower during breaks, and that he drank 3 liters of water a day.

Similarly, the temperature was recorded as 44.6 degrees Celcius in the western province of Aydın. 

This figure surpassed the record of 44.4 degrees Celcius set on June 27, 2007, and was the hottest June day since 1938. The temperature reached 45 degrees Celcius in the Köşk district.