Manavgat, Turkey, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 30th Jul, 2021 ) :Turkish firefighters made progress Friday containing deadly wildfires that forced the evacuation of entire villages and Mediterranean coast hotels already reeling from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.
Blazes that erupted Wednesday to the east of the tourist hotspot Antalya on Turkey‘s scenic southern coast have officially killed four people and injured nearly 200.
But they have also threatened to scare off tourists who had only just started to return to Turkey in what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had hoped would be a boon for the developing country’s fragile economy.
The soaring flames turned summer skies dark orange over five-star hotels and villages dotting rolling hills that have been parched by another dry summer.
They had spread by Thursday evening to the Aegean Sea on Turkey‘s western coast and spanned a region stretching 300 kilometres (185 miles) and covering most of the country’s top…