As you can guess pro-government media is quick to blame PKK for fires. Even if this is the case, the government could be more ready?
Four people and scores of animals have died in the fires that erupted in 21 provinces throughout Turkey. Authorities don’t rule out “sabotage.”
After Antalya, forest fires broke out in multiple locations in Adana, Mersin and Osmaniye.
A massive forest fire in Turkey’s Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya has killed three people, the country’s agriculture and forestry minister said on July 29.
BBC Turkish has a good collection of videos:
Turkey: More than 20 forest fires at once, arson suspectedhttps://t.co/poIIHkZx5t
— AtillaYesiladaENG (@AtillaEng) July 29, 2021
The pro-government media in Turkey are putting out a steady stream of stories all claiming that the forest fires were PKK-linked terrorism pic.twitter.com/D5mVFw57Nz
— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) July 29, 2021
Interior Minister Soylu, as reported by CHP MP: No intelligence as of yet that forest fires were the result of sabotage. https://t.co/3lIt0iPGXK
— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) July 30, 2021
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