MARMARIS, Turkey (AP) — Environmental groups and opposition lawmakers in Turkey are worried that fire-damaged forests could lose their protected status, a claim the government strongly rejected as wildfires burned for an eighth day in the country’s Mediterranean region.
Environmental groups have pleaded on social media for Turkey to get assistance in containing the fires that have consumed some of the forests they protect.
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