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The city's airport and the Dardanelles Strait, as well as a part of the highway, were shut due to the wildfires for several hours on Monday before re-opening after sunset.
Firefighters in Turkey are battling wildfires in the centre of the northwestern province of Canakkale, fanned by strong winds, and hundreds of residents have evacuated in precaution, local authorities and media said on Monday.
Airplanes, helicopters, vehicles and around 700 personnel are fighting the blazes, city Governor Omer Toraman said in a post on X.
