In Turkey, it is estimated that the fires around Muğla destroyed at least 66,000 hectares of forest. Istanbul University Faculty of Forestry, Department of Soil Science and Ecology. Retired Lecturer Prof. Dr. Doğan Kantarcı, in his statement to the German news agency dpa, drew attention to the fact that at least 25 years must pass before the newly planted pines are ready for honey production. It is estimated that pine honey production in Turkey will decrease by 80 percent this year. Kantarcı, who made a statement to the Turkish press before, said that "the majority of the Marhalina Hellenica species, which produced the honey in the fires in Marmaris and Köyceğiz, disappeared."
