Kurds burn forests

A major fire broke out on Sunday in the Turkish resort town of Bodrum on the Aegean shore, causing the evacuation of tourists and local hotel staff, as well as residents of 30 homes on the outskirts of the city.

On Monday and the fire swept the forest in a suburb of Manavgat from another resort of Antalya, Turkey, which lies on the bank of the Mediterranean Sea. As stated, Director General Forestry Osman Kahvedzhi, in the air were raised 10 helicopters samoleta-amfibiya 4, 5 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force, and in the fire-fighting operation involving 600 local emergency and fire departments. All told, on Sunday and Monday in different parts of the country have about 28 hot spots in the woods.

Turkish authorities seriously considering criminal version of the causes of fires. It is possible that this is a burning by extremists, including the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party who are trying to undermine the country's tourism sector. But there is another version : in mid-May, Environment Minister Osman Pepe Turkey warned that the country is threatened by this summer the worst drought in recent years. "What awaits her this summer, is not even comparable to what she had previously experienced," he pointed out then. So it can not be excluded that the cause of fire was too dry summers.

Fire began Sunday in the village Kyzyladzhag near the town of Bodrum and the strong winds quickly spread to a nearby forest. Fire brigades and emergency units extinguished the fire which destroyed some 500 hectares of forest and farmland over the past 11 hours. On Monday morning wildfires podobralis close to a popular Turkish resort of Antalya,. With each passing hour fire on the outskirts of the city destroying dozens of hectares of forest.

In the resort area of Manavgat (Antalya suburb) in the air force and 10 helicopters samoleta-amfibiya 4, 5 aircraft of the Turkish Air Force, 30 first-aid machines, 16 bulldozers and 600 fire and rescue services departments. There were evacuated two nearby villages. The fire engulfed an area of 250 hectares. Two houses were burned and six villagers affected by the smoke, were hospitalized.

As the Director-General of Forestry Osman Kahvedzhi only in the country for two days of localized pockets of 28 major fires that raged in the forests cities Bodrum, Antalya, Izmir, Çanakkale, Adapazari, Adana and others. Of the 28 hot spots in 1926 partly or fully under control, said Kahvedzhi.

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