Macron thanks Türkiye for wildfire support

French President Emmanuel Macron thanked Türkiye in Turkish on July 28 after Ankara sent two firefighting aircraft to assist crews battling wildfires in France.

“Teşekkürler Türkiye!” Macron wrote on X, sharing an announcement by Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı.

Yumaklı said Türkiye assigned two aircraft at France’s request under instructions from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The deployment followed a separate mission involving two Turkish aircraft sent to Spain.