The National Monitoring Programme of Turkey in the framework of MED POL

 Phase IV includes the monitoring of pollution trends at hot spots (estuaries of rivers,

sites subject to urban and industrial waste-water), the monitoring of river inputs, the

compliance monitoring of effluents and bathing waters and the monitoring of

contaminant levels in biota and sediments to follow long-term changes of the

chemical pollution status of the coastal waters. Eutrophication monitoring and

assessment is also included in the programme as a pilot activity.