As southern Turkey grips with violent fires, peasants are doing all they can to save their animals.
In this region, hundreds of tourists and residents were evacuated from their hotels and homes on Sunday.
8 people died.
In Marmaris, farmers shelter their animals on a nearby beach usually frequented by tourists.
Firefighters are battling forest fires that continue to rage in villages near the coastal town.
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A small miracle nevertheless came to ease the sentence of Sercan Bayat who lost 8 animals.
When the fire finally died down, the breeder found an orphan kid and was able to save it.
“We called it Miracle.
It allows me to forget that I lost cattle, at least for a little while.
They were everything to me.
They are my children, ”he confides, his throat tight.