2020_Turkish_wildfires
2020 Turkey wildfires
Series of forest fires in Turkey
The 2020 Turkey wildfires were a series of forest fires that broke out in several areas across Turkey throughout 2020. In the first ten months of the year, a total of 16,441 ha (40,630 acres) of forestland was destroyed in 2,957 recorded wildfires. For comparison, the figures for the previous year were 11,332 ha (28,000 acres) of forestland destroyed by 2,668 wildfires.[1][2] As of August 2021[update], figures for 2020 fire starting have not yet been published by the General Directorate of Forestry.[3]