Turkish Firefighters Defend Gallipoli Battlefield Site From Flames

Hot and dry conditions in the Mediterranean are causing wildfires, and one in western Turkey is threatening the site of a famous battle.
Turkish Firefighters Defend Gallipoli Battlefield Site From Flames
Australian soldiers stand guard as a bugle is played during a dawn ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Gallipoli at Anzac Cove in Turkey on Apr. 15, 2015. Burak Kara/Getty Images
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Firefighters in western Turkey have been battling to prevent a wildfire from reaching memorials and graves at the site of the World War I battle of Gallipoli, on the western side of the Bosphorus south of Istanbul.

Dry, hot, and windy weather conditions have caused multiple wildfires to break out in western Turkey, as well as across the Aegean Sea in Greece earlier this week.
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