“We spare no effort in fighting forest fires effectively”

Delivering remarks following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting, President Erdoğan said: "We are one of the two countries in the world that employ UAVs in the fight against forest fires. By means of this capability, we have reduced our initial response time to fires from some 40 minutes to 11 minutes. Also, we have reinforced our 'green homeland army' with our 25 thousand forest rangers and nearly 130 thousand volunteers. Our aerial vehicles' water-dropping capacity, which stood at 73 tons in 2002, has more than quadrupled to 426 tons at the present. We do whatever is necessary and spare no effort in fighting forest fires effectively."

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a press conference following the Presidential Cabinet Meeting at the Ahlat Presidential Complex in Bitlis.

"WE ARE ONE OF THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT EMPLOY UAVs IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FOREST FIRES"

Describing Türkiye as one of the countries hit the hardest by global warming and climate change, President Erdoğan stressed that the most destructive impacts of global warming are seen in forests. Drawing attention to Türkiye's efforts to combat wildfires in an effective manner, President Erdoğan said: "We are one of the two countries in the world that employ UAVs in the fight against forest fires. By means of this capability, we have reduced our initial response time to fires from some 40 minutes to 11 minutes. Also, we have reinforced our 'green homeland army' with our 25 thousand forest rangers and nearly 130 thousand volunteers. Our aerial vehicles' water-dropping capacity, which stood at 73 tons in 2002, has more than quadrupled to 426 tons at the present. We do whatever is necessary and spare no effort in fighting forest fires effectively."