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Türkiye was shot by fresh fires, leaving 1,500 people to evacuate their homes, while at least 13 were reported to have died.

Residents of Bursa received early warnings about violent fires spreading to the forested mountains northwest of Türkiye on Sunday. According to local authorities, fires rapidly moved to the region and allowed 1,765 people from nearby villages to be evacuated. Within the last 24 hours, at least 76 fires have been reported in the country, the important ones are still burning in Bursa, Karabuk, UAK and Kahramanmaras.

Orhan Saribal, an opposition parliamentary for the state, described the scene as a “apocalypse ..

Türkiye’s Interior Minister, after one month of fires in the country after the Western Izmir and the wrist “disaster areas” declared.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the country was faced with a “really disaster” and 25,000 people were involved in urgent efforts.

On Friday, fresh fires exploded on the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye and asked the government to declare the two Western provinces as a disaster zone. New fires were reported in Adana and Mersin, east of Antalya.

Meanwhile, the teams continued to fight the ongoing flames in Eskisehir and Karabuk, which burned for days.

The photographs took dramatic flames and thick smoke scenes near the high -storey apartments in Antalya, a popular summer destination for both locals and tourists.

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