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Jordan News
28-07-2025
- Climate
- Jordan News
Wildfires Approach Turkey's Fourth Largest City - Jordan News
Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Yumaklı, revealed that wildfires continue to burn in four locations across three Turkish provinces. اضافة اعلان According to the Turkish Anadolu News Agency, Yumaklı stated in a press briefing that fires remain active in the Kestel and Harmancık districts of Bursa Province (northwest), the Safranbolu area in Karabük Province (north), and the Onikişubat district in Kahramanmaraş Province (south). Over the weekend, Turkey evacuated more than 3,500 people on Saturday and Sunday from areas surrounding the major industrial city of Bursa in the northwest, as firefighters continue battling two blazes that have been burning for more than 24 hours. The minister said that over 850 vehicles, six airplanes, and four helicopters have been deployed to the area, where temperatures are expected to continue rising and may reach up to 40°C in the coming days. According to several Turkish media outlets, the fires spread across tens of kilometers over the weekend in this mountainous province, where rugged terrain has made firefighting efforts particularly difficult. Amid a severe heatwave and drought affecting vast areas of the country, Turkish authorities on Sunday once again urged the public to remain cautious, warning that wildfire risks are expected to persist until at least October. – (Petra)
The Independent
26-07-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
One of 10 people killed battling wildfires in Turkey was married just days before
A forestry worker among 10 killed while battling wildfires in Turkey had been married just days before. Turkey's minister of agriculture and forestry İbrahim Yumaklı paid tribute to 'forest hero' Tolunay Kocaman, one of the 10 workers who lost their lives during a forest fire in the city of Eskişehir, in the north west of the country. 'We paid a condolence visit to the precious family of Eskişehir Seyitgazi, our forest hero Tolunay Kocaman who was martyred while fighting to protect our green Homeland,' said Mr Yumaklı. 'May Allah have mercy on our martyr; I wish patience and condolences to his grieving family and loved ones. We will never forget the struggle and sacrifices of our martyrs.' Forestry worker Mr Kocaman, 28, was married on 14 July and returned to duty from his honeymoon three days before he died, according to Turkey's state run news agency. A friend of Mr Kocaman told the agency: 'On the day he was martyred, I took provisions to the fire area in the afternoon. Full moon has arrived to get water supplement. Joyfully out of his vehicle now. Even he said, 'Open up the Full Moon has come.'' Firefighters continue to battle wildfires across Turkey and Cyprus, with new blazes erupting along the Mediterranean coast on Friday, prompting the government to declare two western provinces disaster zones. Firefighters fought 73 blazes on Friday, while forest fires which started in Sakarya, Bilecik and Eskişehir and reached Afyonkarahisar, have been brought under control. Two separate fires, which started in the Safranbolu and Ovacık districts of Karabük, are still ongoing, the minister said, adding: 'We are continuing our response here with two aircraft, 19 helicopters, and our ground vehicles. 'The vastness of the area, its very fractured, rugged terrain, and its fullness of canyons and steep cliffs, will likely present some challenges, but our colleagues have established positions on the ground and are responding. 'As we've mentioned here, occasionally unstable winds may make our work difficult, but God willing, we will overcome them." Mr Yumakli said that Turkey was at war with these fires, describing them as an enemy that does not tire, rest or get hungry. In the midst of the heat, the minister said Turkey broken an all-time temperature record on Friday. Information published by the country's General Directorate of Meteorolgy suggested that temperatures would rise by another 10 degrees, starting Saturday. Mr Yumamli said: 'We are currently facing an enemy not unlike last year's fires or those before, but rather something even more powerful. I want to emphasise this. 'We are fighting such an enemy with two centuries of experience, the Forestry Department, under the coordination of our Governor's Office, all our institutions and organizations, especially AFAD, all our civil society organizations, and our citizens, whose hearts will not allow even a single branch of this homeland to be harmed. 'We will certainly extinguish these fires, just as we have done in the past. Let no one doubt this.' He warned Turkey's citizens: 'Please don't light fires in open spaces. Whatever activity you're doing outdoors, if it's flammable, don't think of it as open space, away from trees and forests. 'Without even realizing it, we could be experiencing what we're experiencing today in Karabük. I wholeheartedly thank all my citizens for their common sense, their support, and their prayers. I wish all my brothers and sisters involved in the firefighting efforts success. May God protect their feet.'
Al Etihad
05-07-2025
- Climate
- Al Etihad
Fires under control in Türkiye's İzmir, blazes continue elsewhere
İzmir (dpa) Devastating fires in the province of İzmir are now under control, the Turkish government announced on Saturday, while firefighting efforts continued in the south-eastern province of Hatay. Emergency services in Hatay worked through the night to extinguish a fire that broke out on Friday afternoon in a forest in Dörtyol, the Anadolu state news agency reported. The fire was spreading rapidly in the dry forests due to strong winds. Since the morning, helicopters have been back in action, Anadolu reported. Helicopters and firefighting planes usually operate only during daylight. The governor of Hatay province said that so far, nine areas of grazing land and almost 2,000 people had been evacuated. A residential home for girls had been repurposed as an emergency shelter. Weather conditions and the topography of the mountainous area were complicating the firefighting efforts of more than 1,000 emergency personnel. Three dead in İzmir In recent days, hundreds of fires have broken out in Türkiye, of which 10 have been large forest fires according to Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı. The province of İzmir has been particularly hard hit. On Saturday, the forestry minister announced on X that another forestry worker had succumbed to his injuries in hospital. In addition to several hectares of burned forest and bushes, three villages have burned down, the city of İzmir's mayor, Cemil Tugay, said. Thousands of animals were also killed in the fires. The animal protection organization Haytap is treating injured dogs, cats or goats in tent clinics in İzmir.
Daily Mirror
01-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mirror
Terrifying Turkey wildfires rage through holiday district as 50,000 evacuated
Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as ferocious wildfires rage across Turkey. For the past three days, forest fires whipped up by robust winds have wreaked havoc in İzmir, which sits in the west of the country in an area loved by British tourists. Those flying into the region have captured videos of the sky burning orange above the city of 2.9 million, with great plumes of smoke billowing up off the tinder-box dry countryside. The intensity of the fires has grown as the week continues, with more than 50,000 people having to flee their homes from across İzmir and surrounding provinces. In Sakarya, 230 people have had to leave behind two neighborhoods, while seven villages have been deserted by 609 people in Bilecik. İzmir's Seferihisar district is the worst-impacted. There, 42,300 have had to flee an area that is made up of 80% summer houses, CNN Türk reported. Helicopter pilots and on-the-ground firefighters are working side-by-side with teams of citizens who are determined to save as much of their land and as many of their homes as possible. They used tractors with water trailers and helicopters carrying water to douse the charred hillsides. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said that 342 forest fires have broken out since Friday. Mr Yumaklı said on Monday that the blaze was fanned overnight by winds reaching 40-50 km/h in Kuyucak and Doğanbey areas of İzmir. The first fire broke out on Sunday between the districts of Seferihisar and Menderes in İzmir, spreading rapidly due to winds of up to 117 km/h, according to Governor Süleyman Elban. Residents in the village of Ürkmez were forced to cut trees to create firebreaks and protect their homes. On Sunday, no flights could land at or take off from Adnan Menderes Airport, which serves the coastal city of İzmir, for several hours. The airport's departure board showed all flights due to leave on Sunday evening were either suspended or canceled. Since then, the airport has been running as normal, with the departures and arrivals boards today showing no delays or cancellations. The area was also hit by wildfires last year, as were many of Turkey's other coastal areas. It is likely that this will become a more and more regular occurrence in the country, as climate change increases the irregularity of weather patterns and raises temperatures. Turkey is not the only European country impacted by blazes this week. Right now, a sweltering 'heat dome' is sitting across swathes of Europe including France, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey, with forecasts from European meteorologists warning that more roasting days are on the horizon. "Extreme heat is no longer a rare event — it has become the new normal," declared U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres via Twitter from Seville, Spain, where the mercury was projected to soar to a blistering 42 Celsius by Monday afternoon. Echoing his oft-repeated plea for dramatic measures to curb climate change, Guterres proclaimed: "The planet is getting hotter & more dangerous — no country is immune."
