Fires have been reported in area of southeast Turkey, including in and around the beach resort town of Kusadesi, which is on the country’s Aegean coastline.
Firefighting helicopters were deployed at the weekend as fires raged late last week and into the weekend, with high temperatures creating conditions conducive to wildfires.
The European Forest Fire Information System reports there have already been 126 fires in Turkey this year already, more than in 2022 and 2023, burning through nearly 36,000 hectares of forest.
