President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan noted that 202 of 214 forest fires in 46 provinces had been contained.
In a post he shared on his social media account, President Erdoğan gave information regarding the forest fires.
In his post, which included an infographic, President Erdoğan stated, "We continue our efforts to extinguish forest fires intensively by constantly increasing the number of our land and air intervention vehicles. We will never surrender our country to desertification; we will not leave it arid."
Stating that 18 amphibious aircraft, 850 water tenders and water tankers, 57 helicopters, 150 earthmovers, 9 UAVs and 5 thousand 250 personnel participated in the firefighting efforts, President Erdoğan said that, with the contributions of the private sector and non-governmental organizations, four foreign aircraft and one helicopter would also be deployed in these efforts.