Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Before too Late

Before too Late

Consisting of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom, H2O, in other words water, which is “seen in solid, liquid and gaseous states in nature “, is at the very center of human existence.

Without water human is hungry, dirty, rotten and dry, in other words nothing.
There are also those who describe their wish with water and write about human through water.
Can Yücel says “Friends are like rivers, some of them have less water, some of them more, in some  you can only wash your hands, in some you wash all your soul.
The rhythm in human relations and the fluidity in social life are mostly compared to water in nature. It is the flow of the heart to the heart that connects one person to another. Sadness and despair do not suit people and nature will take its course. 
In the global pandemic days when we are forced to live by isolating ourselves from others which of us is not thirsty already, like a clear stream, to the people who nourish, purify and feed us?
Isn’t it our worst nightmare to be in need of a drop of water in a heartfelt capital, which has been mentioned in historical texts where it has generous water resources and has been mentioned with fresh water fountains up until yesterday, and to become arid in terms of both natural resources and human relations?
That city is the city of those who, with the abundance and wisdom in their hearts, take a dry branch in their hands and find the place of the spring under the earth, those who are as dear as water.
In the report titled “Climate Change and Agriculture” published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in 2020, it is stated that the Mediterranean Basin is one of the regions expected to be affected the most by the climate crisis in the world.
The report said the drought will be felt in the wider region increasingly in Turkey and an average year in anticipation of increased number of very hot days too.
It is also among the determinations in the report that the quality of water, soil and consequently food products will deteriorate and that sustainable food safety problems will arise.
Of course, all these are concerns expressed in the report regarding the near future...
Water and soil; the two main actors that make human beings and they are two divine treats that feed each other and human.
Disrespect for water, land, and human beings makes our existence infertile and makes the city unidentified.
Policies that encourage the adoption of a savings-oriented approach and conscious water consumption in agricultural activities in the Konya plain and in the city-wide water use should be developed rapidly.
It will be a meaningful effort for local administrations, which are the administrative units closest to the public, to immediately put forward a comprehensive action plan for combating drought specific to Konya, and to discuss possible problems and solutions.
People should take precautions before too late...