Eight people have died and hundreds have been injured in wildfires along the southern coast of Turkey. It’s devastating a region known for tourism. The EU is providing the planes to fight the fires, and citizens have stepped up to support each other for evacuations. Durrie Bouscaren reports from Istanbul about questions that are being raised over the government’s mismanagement of the fires.
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