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Districts that have burned most often in Türkiye

Districts of Türkiye with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 426. With two or more: 284. Top of the list is Şırnak merkez, which has burned 107 times in 9 years, with 34,782 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Şırnak merkezŞırnak107×9 years · 34,782 ha
  2. 2YüksekovaHakkâri41×10 years · 10,559 ha
  3. 3ÇukurcaHakkâri38×7 years · 10,077 ha
  4. 4LiceDiyarbakır36×9 years · 10,888 ha
  5. 5SilopiŞırnak35×10 years · 7,331 ha
  6. 6NusaybinMardin33×8 years · 59,495 ha
  7. 7MidyatMardin32×6 years · 14,479 ha
  8. 8SilvanDiyarbakır28×8 years · 11,028 ha
  9. 9GüçlükonakŞırnak27×7 years · 17,051 ha
  10. 10CizreŞırnak24×8 years · 6,950 ha
  11. 11SavurMardin23×7 years · 9,898 ha
  12. 12PervariSiirt22×8 years · 6,663 ha
  13. 13UludereŞırnak21×7 years · 4,327 ha
  14. 14DerecikHakkâri18×4 years · 3,637 ha
  15. 15ÇınarDiyarbakır17×5 years · 9,263 ha
  16. 16ÖmerliMardin17×7 years · 8,790 ha
  17. 17DoğubayazıtAğrı17×6 years · 7,460 ha
  18. 18BulanıkMuş17×4 years · 5,614 ha
  19. 19ŞemdinliHakkâri16×6 years · 5,598 ha
  20. 20HaliliyeŞanlıurfa16×5 years · 3,998 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1NusaybinMardin59,495 ha33× · 51 %
  2. 2ManavgatAntalya43,333 ha1× · 20 %
  3. 3Şırnak merkezŞırnak34,782 ha107× · 20 %
  4. 4GüçlükonakŞırnak17,051 ha27× · 34 %
  5. 5MarmarisMuğla16,749 ha4× · 18 %
  6. 6GündoğmuşAntalya15,861 ha1× · 10 %
  7. 7MidyatMardin14,479 ha32× · 13 %
  8. 8KöyceğizMuğla13,167 ha2× · 9.4 %
  9. 9SilifkeMersin13,139 ha6× · 4.8 %
  10. 10Seferihisarİzmir12,253 ha8× · 32 %
  11. 11MilasMuğla12,175 ha11× · 5.8 %
  12. 12MenteşeMuğla11,770 ha7× · 7.2 %
  13. 13SilvanDiyarbakır11,028 ha28× · 8.6 %
  14. 14LiceDiyarbakır10,888 ha36× · 11 %
  15. 15YüksekovaHakkâri10,559 ha41× · 4.3 %
  16. 16AydıncıkMersin10,475 ha4× · 27 %
  17. 17Çeşmeİzmir10,258 ha8× · 37 %
  18. 18ÇukurcaHakkâri10,077 ha38× · 11 %
  19. 19KozanAdana10,029 ha4× · 5.4 %
  20. 20SavurMardin9,898 ha23× · 11 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1NusaybinMardin51 %59,495 ha · 1,157 km²
  2. 2Çeşmeİzmir37 %10,258 ha · 274 km²
  3. 3GüçlükonakŞırnak34 %17,051 ha · 497 km²
  4. 4Karşıyakaİzmir32 %1,627 ha · 51 km²
  5. 5Seferihisarİzmir32 %12,253 ha · 389 km²
  6. 6AydıncıkMersin27 %10,475 ha · 389 km²
  7. 7Bayraklıİzmir22 %758 ha · 34 km²
  8. 8ManavgatAntalya20 %43,333 ha · 2,192 km²
  9. 9Şırnak merkezŞırnak20 %34,782 ha · 1,771 km²
  10. 10ÖmerliMardin19 %8,790 ha · 454 km²
  11. 11MarmarisMuğla18 %16,749 ha · 922 km²
  12. 12OsmaneliBilecik18 %9,051 ha · 505 km²
  13. 13CizreŞırnak16 %6,950 ha · 445 km²
  14. 14KavaklıdereMuğla15 %5,003 ha · 323 km²
  15. 15Gaziemirİzmir15 %952 ha · 63 km²
  16. 16GömeçBalıkesir15 %2,464 ha · 164 km²
  17. 17EceabatCanakkale13 %5,402 ha · 417 km²
  18. 18MidyatMardin13 %14,479 ha · 1,153 km²
  19. 19Menderesİzmir12 %9,773 ha · 788 km²
  20. 20BodrumMuğla12 %8,035 ha · 676 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.