Disaster Season Begins Again: Türkiye’s Wildfires

While we focus on addressing the immediate needs, we also want to emphasize the importance of our ongoing efforts to warn authorities in high-risk areas. Most of these fires are tragically avoidable, often caused by human negligence—whether through careless barbecuing, improper waste disposal, or unattended farm equipment. Despite the best efforts to contain these fires, bad post-fire management, such as failure to properly cool the affected areas, often leads to re-ignition. This pattern has been observed once again.

Forests, especially during seasons of rising temperatures, should be closed off as they are ticking time bombs, waiting to be ignited by the smallest spark. As always, we are ready to help, as we have done so many times before.

In addition to our immediate response efforts, we have also prepared visual guides on how to assist animals that have been burned and are in need of care. The importance of such knowledge cannot be pointed out enough, as wildlife often suffers the most during these disasters.

It is important to recognize that with the growing threat of climate change and the lack of preventive measures, wildfires are becoming an annual catastrophe. The impact on biodiversity is severe and entire ecosystems are at risk of being wiped out, species lose their habitats, and the delicate balance of our natural world is disrupted. The urgency to address these fires goes beyond human safety; it is about preserving the rich biodiversity that is already under immense pressure due to climate change.

Without proactive efforts and extensive preventive measures, we will have to face these disasters year after year. The time for action is now. We must work together to protect not only our communities but also the irreplaceable biodiversity that is the true victim of these fires.