Bekir Pakdemirli

Turkey replaces agriculture and forestry minister

Turkey replaces agriculture and forestry minister

Turkiye has replaced Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli with Vahit Kirisci, according to a decision published Friday in the Official Gazette. The 62-year-old Kirisci has a bachelor’s degree in agricultural …

Top forestry official recounts Turkey’s biggest wildfire

Top forestry official recounts Turkey’s biggest wildfire

This was not a fire, this was a disaster, head of the Directorate of Forestry in Turkey's Antalya Vedat Dikici said. Dikici explained how the wildfires spread in Antalya where they caused destruction for 10 days. …

Fire in Turkey's Bodrum taken under control

Fire in Turkey's Bodrum taken under control

A fire broke out in grassy areas and macquis groves in the Turkish district of Bodrum in Muğla in the evening on August 10. The firefighting teams intervened into the fire from both land and air. While the flames spread fast to …

Turkey almost coped with forest fires

Turkey almost coped with forest fires

Turkey managed to put out 238 out of 240 wildfires in 47 provinces on the 13th day of a string of blazes raging across the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli announced on Monday that only two fires were still underway in Muğla, a southwestern province

Number of forest fires in Turkey reduced to 5 out of 240

Number of forest fires in Turkey reduced to 5 out of 240

Turkey managed to put out 235 out of 240 wildfires in 47 provinces on the 12th day of a string of blazes raging across the country. Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli announced that only five fires …