Unusually high temperatures, dry conditions, and strong winds have fuelled major wildfires in Turkey and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean.

Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey on Monday, as the country sweltered in a summer heat wave, officials said. Wildfires over the past week have led to at least 14 deaths in Turkey and sparked the evacuations of 19 villages and more than 3,

Wildfires driven by searing temperatures and strong winds ravaged Turkey and parts of Greece in recent days, leaving four people dead and forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to flee the flames.