Firefighters halted the spread of a two-day forest fire in northwest Turkey on Wednesday, and authorities said shipping would partially be reopened after a suspension in the nearby Dardanelles Strait.

Ship traffic resumed on Thursday in one direction in Turkey's Dardanelles Strait, its forestry minister said, as firefighters brought a major blaze in the northwest Canakkale region under control.

Firefighters battled a forest fire in northwest Turkey for a second day on Wednesday, prompting mass evacuations and causing shipping to be suspended through the nearby Dardanelles Strait.

A wildfire forced the partial suspension of shipping in Turkey’s busy Dardanelles strait for several hours on Tuesday, the country’s coastguard said.. The suspension affected vessels ...

(Reuters) -Ship traffic resumed on Turkey's Dardanelles Strait in one direction on Saturday after an earlier halt due to mechanical failure on a bulk carrier, the Ministry of Transport and ...

“The traffic at Dardanelles was suspended for both directions on Tuesday at 18.45 (11.45pm, Singapore time) hours due to the aircraft intervening in the forest fire in the region by safely ...

Their aim was to gain access to the Dardanelles — a strait in peninsular Turkey that connects the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea and separates Europe from Asia — and thus free it up for their navy.