Residents of Mugla and surrounding areas were left devastated as wildfires continued to rage for a fifth day.
Together with tourists, they fled the danger in small boats while the coast guard and two navy ships waited out at sea in case a bigger evacuation was needed.
Nurten Almaz, a farmer in Mazikoy village in Mugla, said she lost everything.
"I feel so much pain, like I lost a child," she said.
The 63-year-old woman said she lost her animals and her home as well as "one century of people's labour."
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