Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Turkey: arsonist responsible for Bursa forest fires arrested

Turkey Türkiye

@hispanatoliaen.bsky.social

#Turkiye #NewsUpdate #turkeywildfires #turkiyeyaniyor - Arsonist responsible for #wildfires arrested in Turkey. Police prevented the suspect, who was reportedly mentally ill, from being lynched after being caught with a petrol canister.

Police prevented the suspect, who was reportedly mentally ill, from being lynched after being caught with a petrol canister.

Turkey evacuates thousands as firefighters battle wildfires; wildfires rage across Bulgaria - Sight Magazine

July 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM Everybody can reply

Sight Magazine

@sightmagazine.bsky.social

Turkey evacuates thousands as firefighters battle wildfires; wildfires rage across Bulgaria @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Turkey #Turkeywildfires #Bulgaria #Bulgariawildfires

sightmagazine.com.au/news/turkey-...

Firefighters battled wildfires across Turkey amid a searing Mediterranean heat-wave, with authorities evacuating more than 3,600 people.

July 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM Everybody can reply

1 reposts

Turkey fights against wildfires ravaging Bursa province

Turkey Türkiye

@hispanatoliaen.bsky.social

#BREAKING #News #TurkeyIsBurning #TurkeyWildfires - #Turkiye tries to stop #forest fires ravaging Bursa province. 4 #wildfires are still active in Turkey, 2 of them in Bursa: more than 3,500 people have been evacuated and one forestry worker has died.

4 forest fires are still active in Turkey, two of them in Bursa, where more than 3,500 people have been evacuated and one forestry worker has died.

July 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM Everybody can reply

1 reposts

David R. Mellor

@mellordavidr.bsky.social

Turkey has the 2nd largest army in NATO please please please send them all and give them the equipment they need to save us #Turkey #turkeyisburning #turkeywildfires

July 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM Everybody can reply

Turkey Türkiye

@hispanatoliaen.bsky.social

#BREAKING #News #turkeywildfires #AntalyaYanıyor - Another #wildfire breaks out in the #Turkish province of Antalya, now in the Gazipaşa district, where the fire that started at 11:00 today advances towards a hard-to-reach forest and is out of control.

hispanatolia.com/en/turkey-fi...

July 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM Everybody can reply

1 reposts

Firefighters struggle to contain wildfires as heatwave sears Turkey and Cyprus - Sight Magazine

Sight Magazine

@sightmagazine.bsky.social

Firefighters struggle to contain wildfires as heatwave sears Turkey and Cyprus @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Turkey #Cyprus #wildfires #Turkeywildfires #Cypruswildfires

sightmagazine.com.au/news/firefig...

Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Turkey and Cyprus that have forced evacuations and killed 10 firefighters.

Heatwave-Fueled Wildfires Disrupt Travel in Western Turkiye - The Adept Traveler

July 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM Everybody can reply

The Adept Traveler

@adepttraveler.bsky.social

Turkey's wildfires shut Izmir airport, reroute flights, and prompt AFAD evacuations inland. Pack masks, watch airline alerts, and avoid fire-zone travel. #TurkeyWildfires #TravelAlert

Wildfires sweeping western Turkey under a 104 °F heatwave close highways and divert flights at İzmir and Antalya. Tips for flexible itineraries and smoke safety.

adept.travel

July 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM Everybody can reply

Turkey Türkiye

@hispanatoliaen.bsky.social

#turkeywildfires #News - It has emerged that one of the 10 firefighting crew members killed yesterday in one of the #wildfires in #Turkiye got married on 14 July - barely a week ago - and had just started work after the wedding.

hispanatolia.com/en/10-dead-d...

July 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM Everybody can reply

1 reposts

Ten workers killed battling wildfires in Turkey

News Analysis

@newsanalysis.com

At least 10 fire and rescue workers died battling wildfires in Turkey's Eskisehir province on Tuesday. 14 others were hospitalized. #TurkeyWildfires #News

At least 10 fire and rescue workers died battling wildfires in Turkey's Eskisehir province on Tuesda...

www.bbc.com

July 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM Everybody can reply

2 reposts 1 likes

2 1

Sight Magazine

@sightmagazine.bsky.social

Wildfire in central Turkey kills 10, injures 14, minister says; Cyprus battles fires @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Turkey #Turkeywildfires #IbrahimYumakli #Eskisehir #Cypruswildfires

sightmagazine.com.au/news/wildfir...

Wildfire in central Turkey kills 10, injures 14, minister says; Cyprus battles fires - Sight Magazine

Ten firefighters were killed and 14 were injured as they battled to contain a wildfire in Turkey's Eskisehir province, a minister said.

At least two dead by wildfires in Izmir (Turkey)

July 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM Everybody can reply

Turkey Türkiye

@hispanatoliaen.bsky.social

#Turkiye #News #turkeyisburning - #TurkeyWildfires: at least two dead in #Izmir #wildfires. In the last week Turkey has suffered 624 fires, of which 3 are still active, including in Ödemiş and Buca (Izmir). #odemisyaniyor #bucayanıyor

In the last week Turkey has suffered 624 fires, of which 3 are still active, including in Ödemiş and Buca (Izmir).

France shuts schools, Italy limits work outdoors in "exceptional" European heatwave - Sight Magazine

July 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM Everybody can reply

Sight Magazine

@sightmagazine.bsky.social

France shuts schools, Italy limits work outdoors in “exceptional” European heatwave @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Europeheatwave #France #Italy #Spain #Turkeywildfires

sightmagazine.com.au/news/france-...

Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave.

Thousands flee wildfires in Turkey as Europe is hit by early heatwave - Sight Magazine

July 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM Everybody can reply

Sight Magazine

@sightmagazine.bsky.social

Thousands flee wildfires in Turkey as Europe is hit by early heatwave @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Turkeywildfires #Europeheatwave #France #Spain #Italy #Portugal #Germany #extremeheat

sightmagazine.com.au/news/thousan...

Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday and more than 50,000 people were evacuated in an early summer heatwave.

June 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM Everybody can reply

1 likes

Turkey wildfires disrupt travel as Izmir airport closes

Eastern Eye News

@easterneye.bsky.social

Turkey wildfires disrupt travel as Izmir airport closes

#TurkeyWildfires #Izmir #IzmirAirport #TravelDisruption #FlightCancellations #WildfireEmergency #TurkeyTourism #ClimateChangeImpact #AdnanMenderesAirport #Heatwave

www.easterneye.biz/turkey-izmir...

Hundreds of UK tourists, including several from Glasgow, have been left stranded

www.easterneye.biz

June 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM Everybody can reply

3 likes

3

Turkey Türkiye

@hispanatoliaen.bsky.social

#Environment #News #TurkeyWildfires - #Wildfires continue to rage in #Turkiye, forcing #Izmir #airport to close. More than 50,000 people have had to be evacuated as the fires, fanned by #heat and winds of up to 120 km/h, multiply.

Wildfires in Turkey force Izmir airport to close

More than 50,000 people have had to be evacuated as the fires, fanned by heat and winds of up to 120 km/h, multiply.