Bekir Pakdemirli

Turkish authorities have started a drive to protect stray and wild animals from heavy snowfall and storms that have lasted for nearly a week and severely affected life across the country.

Several public institutions and municipalities supplemented the wildlife with food to prevent the species that have been suffering from food shortages from starving in harsh winter conditions.

Mussels will be used in line with a massive cleanup campaign launched by authorities to eliminate the problem of mucilage that has severely threatened the marine biome of the Marmara Sea, a senior official has said.

As many as 274 forest fires in Turkey have been brought under control while one continues to burn in the Aegean province of Muğla, the country's agriculture and forestry minister said on Aug. 10. 

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Turkey will send two aircraft to Greece in a bid to support its neighbor's efforts in tackling the devastating wildfires that have erupted across the country for the past week.

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Ankara will provide aircraft to Greece as forest fires in Turkey have mostly been brought under control, the agriculture and forestry minister said on Aug. 9.

Turkey has gotten under control all the forest fires in the country, except for two blazes in the southwest, said the agriculture and forestry minister on Aug. 9. 

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"In 53 provinces, we have dealt with 270 forest fires, with 268 now under control," Bekir Pakdemirli told a press conference in Marmaris, Muğla after a firefighting coordination meeting.

Turkey has brought under control all forest fires, except blazes in Milas and Köyceğiz in the country's south, said the minister of agriculture and forestry on Aug. 9. 

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"#ForestHeroes continue their work with great devotion from land and air in Milas and Köyceğiz," Bekir Pakdemirli said on Twitter.

There are currently no fires that threaten any settlements in Turkey, the country's agriculture and forestry minister said on Aug. 8. 

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Speaking to reporters in the southwestern Muğla province, Bekir Pakdemirli said: "The overall situation regarding all forest fires in Muğla is getting better."

A fire in a residential area of southern Turkey forced some people to evacuate as the country continues to battle massive wildfires that broke out last week on the country's southern and southwestern coasts.

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The number of people who have lost their lives due to massive forest fires in southern Turkey has risen to eight, the country's agriculture and forestry minister announced on Aug. 1.

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A number of wildfires are still blazing in Turkey but more than 100 have been brought under control, according to officials Sunday.

The Minister of Forestry and Agriculture, Bekir Pakdemirli, tweeted that five fires were continuing in the tourist destinations of Antalya and Mugla but that 107 others had now been subdued.