CHP Deputy Gizem Özcan: “Görkem Hasdemir Forest Fire Training Institute should be established in Muğla”

Republican People's Party (CHP) Muğla Deputy Lawyer Gizem Özcan, forest fires in the fight against education and institutional deficiencies brought to the agenda.

Ozcan, 2021 Marmaris fire martyred in the office of the forest worker Görkem Hasdemir in order to keep the name of a Forest Fire Fire Training Institute in Muğla said.

He drew attention to the closed centers
Deputy Özcan, pointing to the vital role of trained personnel in the fight against the fire, the Buca Forest Fire Training Center, which was closed in 2019, was not replaced by a new institution, and the Belek Forest Fire Fire Base lost its function with the transfer of the Ministry of Tourism.

Loss of life in 2025 and fire in Muğla
In July 2025, Bursa, Eskişehir, Izmir and Sakarya in the major fires of 16 officials and volunteer citizens lost their lives in reminding Ozcan, said that the lack of education and equipment increased the losses, he said.

Questions posed to Minister Yumaklı
Özcan asked 9 questions to the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Yumaklı under the following headings:

• The reasons for the closure of Buca Forest Fire Training Center,

• The transfer of Belek Forest Fire Base to the Ministry of Tourism,

• Studies on the establishment of new training centers,

• Connection of the loss of life in July 2025 and the deficiencies of education and equipment,

• Whether volunteers and staff will be constantly subjected to exercises,

• He plans for the establishment of a Forest Fire Training Institute in Muğla under the name of Görkem Hasdemir.

Özcan emphasized that it is necessary to create a corporate, scientific and sustainable infrastructure in the fight against forest fires.

Kaynak: CUMHA - CUMHUR HABER AJANSI