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Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the Turkish plains, worrying farmers as they spread and creep closer to residential homes. The drought situation is getting worse, said farmer Tahsin Gundogdu, whose harvest includes potatoes he sells
Sinkholes fill Turkey's breadbasket in drought AFP 1 hr ago © Volkan NAKIPOGLU The sinkholes in Konya are scattered across the local landscape Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the Turkish plains, worrying farmers as they spread and creep closer to residential homes. © Volkan NAKIPOGLU Sinkholes open up when underground caverns created by drought can no longer contain the weight of the layer of soil above "The drought situation is getting worse," said farmer Tahsin Gundogdu, whose harvest includes potatoes he sells to the US food giant Peps...