The Dersim-Ovacık highway has been closed to traffic early in the morning.

In a statement made by the Governor's Office, it was said that the operations in the region continued and the road would be therefore be closed until the operations have ended.

Ferhat Tunç: They don’t want us to go to the Derism

Artist Ferhat Tunç showed his reaction to the news by twitting on his account: 

"We were going to meet with our HDP deputy friends in Dersim today to investigate the forest fires in the region. When we got up though we learned that Dersim-Ovacik road had been closed. Clearly this is an arbitrary decision to prevent us from going to the fire zone!"