Turkish State Meteorological Service Fatih Kaya External Relations Division Turkish State Meteorological Service Phone : Fax : Qualifications: External Relations, Internal Auditor. Education: Meteorological Technician School, Engineering Faculty, Institute for International Relations and EU Studies, and negotiation techniques, Internal Auditor. Work: Observer, Forecaster, Chief Forecaster, External Relations Expert. Publications: Total Quality Management and EFQM Perfection Model, TSMS (2007) NGOs effectiveness for Turkey in terms of Globalization and EU (2011)

Content: 1.Introduction 2.Turkey Demographic Geographic Economic 3.Turkish State Meteorological Service History Recent Situation Revolving Funds Capacity Information Product and Services Sectors 4.Conclusion Turkish State Meteorological Service

Turkey: Demographic Population: 76 Million Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.5% (male 10,660,110/female 10,179,850) years: 16.8% (male 6,989,099/female 6,709,480) years: 42.9% (male 17,650,790/female 17,358,730) years: 8.1% (male 3,289,605/female 3,291,199) 65 years and over: 6.7% (male 2,517,219/female 2,973,310) Turkish State Meteorological Service

Turkey: Geographic Information: Turkey is situated in Anatolia and the Balkans, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. Land Line:2,627 km Coastline: 7,200 km Area: total: 783,562 sq km land: 769,632 sq km water: 13,930 sq km Turkish State Meteorological Service

Turkey: Economic: GDP: 822,1 Billion USD PPUnit GDPUSD GDP Growth%4,70,7-4,89,28,82,14,22,9 Turkish State Meteorological Service

Turkey: Economic Structure: SectorsPercent Average ( ) Agriculture, forestry, fishing%8,8 Industry%21,9 Trade, Transport, Telecommunication%31,2 Finance, insurance, real estate, business%21,2 Other services%12,0 Main Climate and Weather-related hazards: Flood, drought and extreme heat/cold temperatures. Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: The Turkish State Meteorological Service, TSMS, was founded in It is the only legal organization which provides all meteorological information in Turkey. The main objectives of the TSMS are: To make observations, To provide forecasts, To provide climate data, archive data, and other information, To communicate these to the public, To provide meteorological needs of army and civil aviation. Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: History 1839 The first meteorological observations in Istanbul 1873 Participated in the International Meteorological Congress (Vienna) 1875 First Observation Network established with 16 stations 1915 Upper air observations and weather forecasts started 1925 Establishment of Meteorological Institute 1938 Establishment of Turkish State Meteorological Service 1949 Became member of International Meteorological Organizations; WMO (1949), ECMWF (1975), EUMETSAT (1984), ECOMET (1999) 2000 Recognized as one of the 23 Regional Training Centre (RTC) of WMO 2008 Became member of ALADIN Consortium Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Recent Situation: Governmental Organization 15 Regional Centers (also serve as regional forecast centers) 3034 personal 605 personal for aviation Head-Quarter ( 969 personal) Annual Governmental Budget 100 million USD (approx.) 2014 Revolving funds income 30 million USD (approx.) WMO-Regional Training Center ( more than 100 countries more than hundred participants) Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Revolving Funds Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Observation Network: 1080 AWOS station(+150 by 2016) 66 AWOS for Aviation (+3 by 2016) 14 Radars(Mobile and Maritime Radars included) (+4 by 2016) 9 points for Upper-Air Observing systems (+1 by 2016) “Recently 6,5 million EURO funds released for ongoing projects and renovation… Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Challanges Complex and irregular topography Several micro-climate regions Hard conditions for observation and weather forecasting Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Capacity Information International As WMO RTC-Turkey: hosted more than 700 participants more than 100 different countries( ) Serving as ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) Calibration Center and Virtual Climate Center for ECO Members (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) Serving as East Mediterranean Climate Center (EMCC) Black Sea and Middle East Flash Flood Guidance Project Center Coordinator of SADCA with EUMETSAT (Meteorological Satellite Data Access for Central Asia) project (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) 28 International Mutual and Bilateral Agreements in the field of Meteorology 65 National Agreements for Meteorological Services Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Capacity Information National Running ALARO, ECMWF, MM5, WRF Numerical Models Running Maritime and Wave Models Running Dust Models, Coding our own programs: “Turk Metcap” telecommunication&data software, “Kardelen” telecommunication&data software, TUMAS data archive and quality control system, Mobile applications(IOS, Android, Windows, JAVA platforms Sound of Meteorology ( Our own radio station since 1962) Software solutions for sectors and users Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Product and Services: Hourly, daily, 4km sq model run Seasonal forecast Frost Warning System Radar and Satellite products Maritime forecasts, Highway forecasting system, Seaway forecasting system, Aviation forecasting system, Crop forecasting system, Flash Flood Guidance System, Drought management, SDS warning system Turkish State Meteorological Service

TSMS: Sectors: Transportation, Agriculture, Military, Education, Justice, Insurance, Aviation, Renewable Energy Sectors, Construction, Forestry, Industry, Education, Turkish State Meteorological Service

Conclusion Thanks for listening… Turkish State Meteorological Service