Turkish Wildfires. Government is more interested in saving face than saving forests…

Amid criticisms about insufficient firefighting efforts and refusal of offers of help, some social media posts have been shared under the hashtag #helpturkey. Presidency’s Communications Director Altun has slammed the campaign.

Bu fotoğraf Mazi sahilinden, köylünün kurtarabildiği bir kaç hayvandan… pic.twitter.com/HsljiSS7RV

— Hayvanlarla İlgili Bilgiler (@hayvanbilgiIeri) August 2, 2021

Tired: The US got the PKK to burn the forests.
Wired: The US sent in special agents to burn the forests
Inspired: The forests were a "ticking time bomb" sent by the US as Marshall Aid in the 40s and 50s pic.twitter.com/3c8idK28aZ

— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) August 2, 2021

Many have offered … but the government turned away most foreign governments https://t.co/JTLClz1mlK

— Aaron Stein (@aaronstein1) August 1, 2021

https://twitter.com/PieroCastellano/status/1421730922727096321?s=03

While numerous fires are still raging, Turkey’s mass housing agency has wasted no time in coming up with new plans and designs to redevelop the devastated areas. https://t.co/ACaH2Sjoxu

— Paul Benjamin Osterlund (@Paul_Osterlund) August 1, 2021

As paradise burns in Turkey it reveals a governance system that is utterly dysfunctional & in desperate need of replacement with one that is accountable, democratic & transparent, only then what little might be left of the paradise can be saved and reconstructed https://t.co/grDK07x6jz

— Kemal Kirisci (@kemalkirisci) August 1, 2021

#helpturkey pic.twitter.com/XKQaxG7IH2

— Tuba Torun (@avtubatorunn) August 1, 2021