Özet:

Turkey is one of the sensitive regions to climate variation in the World. In this study, trends in temperature at annual, seasonal and monthly time scales for the periods of 1975-2005 were examined for the Kahramanmaraş which is mostly located in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Non-parametric tests (such as Mann-Kendall) and linear regression techniques were used to determine trends. The results showed that there is positive statistically significant trend especially in Kahramanmaraş and Elbistan annually. Apparent temperature increases (which are statistically significant) were determined for winter and summer seasons. In contrast, slight temperature increase was found for the season autumn. Keywords: Climate variation, temperature, Mann-Kendall, trend, Kahramanmaraş

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