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 …
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. …
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 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
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 …
There are currently no fires that threaten any settlements in Turkey, the country’s agriculture and forestry minister Bekir Pakdemirli said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in the Mugla province, Pakdemirli said: “The …
With a forest fire in southwestern Turkey under control, there is no threat to populated areas, and holidaymakers can feel safe, Turkish Agriculture and Forest Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said. …
