Turkish authorities battling the country's worst ever wildfires have been accused of failing to prepare for the threat after official data showed they spent only a fraction of the modest funds budgeted to prevent forest fires this year.
Eight people have been killed in the fires which have swept through Turkey's southwestern coastal regions, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people including tourists and briefly threatening to engulf a power plant.
In contrast, Portugal budgeted 224 million euros to prevent and combat forest fires this year, and Spain's central government budgeted 65 million euros. "These figures show why there has not been effective intervention against the fires," Emir said, adding the ministry had been "caught unprepared". Among the 16 planes and 51 helicopters in the current operation are aircraft from Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Croatia, Iran and Azerbaijan.
The report budgeted 40 million lira to build an airplane and helicopter hangar and 15 million lira to buy walkie-talkies, but showed no funds were spent on these in the first half. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party has requested an investigation, alleging fire preparations and responses were late and inadequate.
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