Eleven people were killed when a fire that started in crop stubble spread through a village in southeastern Turkey overnight, authorities and reports said.
In neighbouring Greece, authorities ordered the evacuations of several villages south of Athens and in the southern Peloponnese peninsula because of wildfires.
The fires in Türkiye broke out in the area between Diyarbakir and Mardin provinces.
Diyarbakir provincial governor Ali Ihsan Su said the fire was fanned by wind and quickly passed through the villages of Koksaran, Yazicicegi and Bagacic. The blaze was extinguished early on Friday.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca posted on Twitter that 11 people had died, and about 80 more needed treatment, six of them in critical condition.
Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunci said authorities had launched an investigation into the cause of the fire.
Residents believe the fire was caused by a spark from a power line that ignited crop residue, according to the independent news site Gazette Duval, and some of the villagers who were taken to hospital had tried to put out the blaze.
Dozens of others were injured (Deere Photo via AP)
Meanwhile, in northwestern Turkey, firefighters were battling a forest fire near the town of Ayvacik in Canakkale province, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
No one was injured but authorities evacuated the small village of Kamkoy as a precaution, the news agency said.
It was one of several wildfires that have broken out in Çanakkale province over the past week amid strong winds and scorching summer temperatures.
Greece is also experiencing wildfires amid high winds, heat and dry conditions. Six villages and communities have been evacuated as a precautionary measure after wildfires broke out near Anavyssos, just south of Athens, and in the southern Peloponnese.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or property damage, and firefighters on the ground were being assisted by water cannon aircraft.
The Athens metropolitan area was under the most severe wildfire emergency on Friday, with access to forests and parks being banned due to weather forecasts.
