Nearly 4,000 residents of the region have been moved to safety and six have been arrested on suspicion of sabotage, authorities said.
Wildfires have swept through parts of western Turkey, prompting the evacuation of nearly 4,000 residents, the disaster management agency said.
Helicopters and tanker aircraft, grounded by strong winds, were used to fight the blaze on Saturday in the resort city of Izmir on Turkey's Aegean coast, broadcaster NTV reported.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said 900 residents in five affected districts were evacuated overnight in Izmir, the country's third-most populous city.
The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Saturday that 1,430 people in Izmir were moved to safety, 1,475 in Manisa, 516 in Bolu and 550 in Aydin, after a total of 131 wildfires broke out on agricultural and forest lands in these cities over the past week.
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli told reporters that 17 homes were burned down and 105 houses and 44 workplaces were evacuated in Izmir's Yamanlar neighborhood overnight.
“Currently, two planes and 11 helicopters are still involved in the operation,” Yumakli said, according to the AFP news agency.
Some 1,600 hectares (3,950 acres) have been affected, the minister added.
Six people have been detained for alleged sabotage related to the wildfires, two of them in Izmir and four in the northwestern city of Bolu, according to Yumakli.
Forest fires are common in Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean regions during the arid summer months.
Elsewhere in the Mediterranean, heatwaves this year have also sparked wildfires. At least one person has died after Greece's worst wildfires this year broke out on the outskirts of the capital Athens in recent days.
Experts say climate change is causing extreme weather events around the world, including wildfires and floods.
