TURKEY IS STILL BURNING - We only have one Earth!

Hi Dear Friends,

I feel so sad. There are huge and extensive forest fires in Turkey. The forest fires continue on the turquoise coast and mountains for 7 days. It started in Manavgat which is a district of Antalya in the South of Turkey. I live in this beautiful town. Manavgat has many green fields and it is covered by forests so this fire turned into a very harmful disaster in a short time. Many villages of Manavgat were destroyed by fire. Also, there are fires in the South and West of Turkey. The provinces are Adana, Mersin, Muğla (Marmaris), Isparta, Denizli... There are villagers, their houses, farming areas, farm animals, wild animals, unfortunately, all of them are damaged by the huge forest fires.
This photo is in Nasa Fire Information for Resource Management System.

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A total of 144 forest fires broke out in many provinces of Turkey. Some of them were brought under control. The flames reach heights exceeding 20 meters at times. It is like hell. This beautiful nature is disappearing, animals are dying, houses are burning. We are suffering. Firefighters work very hard. Volunteers, villagers, farmers are also doing their best but these are not enough to stop these fires. It is needed fire planes because vehicles cannot enter the rough terrain, the fire must be stopped from the air.

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We have helicopters but the fire fighting aircraft are not enough in Turkey so we need fire fighting planes from all countries who can help us. We are destroyed with the total 144 fires. Some of them are still getting stronger because of the hot air and wind. 2 firefighters and 5 people died in these fires.

Turkey chartered three Russian fire planes. Azerbaijan sent a firefighting team with 220 personnel with 53 fire trucks. Ukraine sent two An-32P type firefighting aircraft.

The fire is so big that more planes are needed. Because it is impossible to extinguish fires in many regions without aircraft.

Social media users are asking for help from Turkey with their posts about the fires in the Aegean and the Mediterranean. With the hashtag 'Global Call' and #helpturkey hashtag on Instagram and Twitter, it was aimed to draw attention to the ongoing forest fires in the Aegean and Mediterranean. This topic has become the most talked about hashtag in the world on Twitter. We tag the accounts of supranational institutions such as the United Nations and the European Union.

Spain and Croatia from the European Union sent 3 Canadair firefighter planes to Turkey, today.

The fires still continue. You can share this issue on your social media to help nature. This planet is all of us. Every burning tree takes our breath away.
We have only one EARTH.