Mr Yumaklı said Turkey broken an all-time temperature record on Friday of 50.5C in the southeastern Sirnak. Information published by the country’s General Directorate of Meteorology suggested that temperatures would rise by another 10 degrees, starting Saturday. The highest temperatures for July were seen in 132 other locations.

Bursa, in Turkey, has been surrounded by wildfires forcing almost 2,000 people to flee their homes, while a firefighter has died battling the blazes - which have been raging since late June

The funerals of 10 rescue volunteers and forestry workers killed while battling a wildfire have been held in Turkey

A firefighter has been left dead after horror wildfires have forced thousands of people to evacuate in both Greece & Turkey with one official warning 'the real difficulties are ahead'

New wildfires have broken out on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast and the government has declared two western provinces to be disaster zones.

New wildfires broke out on Turkey's Mediterranean coast Friday as the government declared two western provinces in the country disaster zones.

Thirteen people in Turkey have been killed by the wildfires so far, including 10 volunteers and forestry workers in the central Eskisehir province.