http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=101488

31.01.2007

Continued heavy snowfall and poor weather conditions paralyze life across Turkey. The far-reaching effects of inclement weather cancel sea transport in Istanbul and block roads elsewhere in the country. Numerous ferry services were canceled in İstanbul. Roads to 582 villages were blocked by heavy snow in Hakkari, Bitlis, Malatya and Sakarya.

Continued heavy snowfall and bad weather conditions paralyze life across Turkey. Wide reaching effects of bad weather conditions cancel sea transport in Istanbul and block roads elsewhere in the country.

Sea transportation is at a halt in İstanbul due to storm as roads and communication are cut in villages Turkey-wide because of heavy snow fall.

İstanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc. announced that the Eskişehir-Topçular public ferry services were cancelled due to bad weather conditions in Istanbul and the Marmara Sea. The lines where services are currently unavailable are: Fast ferry: Yenikapı-Yalova, Pendik-Yalova, Armutlu Mudanya and Bandırma and Kartal-Yalova departing from Bostancı-Yenikapı; Sea bus: All lines are closed other than İstanbul Boğazı route; Conventional ferry: İstanbul-Bostancı, Adalar, Yalova, Çınarcık; Public ferry: Sirkeci-Harem.

Roads to 582 villages were blocked by heavy snow in Hakkari, Bitlis, Malatya and Sakarya. Over 130 of the villages are in Hakkari, where snow accumulation has reached 20 inches in the city center and 4 feet in elevated areas. Officials reported the Hakkari-Çukurca highway was reopened to traffic late Monday night and snow removal teams are still operating along the Hakkari-Şırnak highway.

Erhan Yılmaz, attorney manager of Bitlis Road Transportation Services, said that roads to 260 villages were closed to traffic in Bitlis. Local Weather Bureau Manager Mehmet Elkatmış also gave the total snow accumulation at 25.59 inches at the city center and in excess of 1 meter in rural areas.

Roads to 11 villages from the city center of Malatya, 22 in Akçadağ 10 in Arapgir, 10 in Arguvan, 19 in Darende, 11 in Doğanşehir, four in Doğanyol, 17 in Hekimhan, seven in Kale, five in Kuluncak, 21 in Pütürge, two in Yazıhan and two in Yeşilyurt were blocked. An official from the Malatya provincial authority said in a statement that roads to 88 villages have been opened since late Monday and that 18 emergency teams were working around the clock.

A written statement by the Sakarya Governorship said that roads to a total of 51 villages were blocked by heavy snow in Sakarya. These are eight villages in Akyazı, two in Geyve, 10 in Hendek, 14 in Kocaeli, nine in Pamukova and eight in Taraklı. 279 villages in Ordu and 27 villages in Adıyaman are currently inaccessible.

Two schools’ roofs were blown off by the storm in Kozan, Adana and many solar energy panels were destroyed. Transportation is not possible in 6,095 residential areas all over Turkey, the Anatolia Agency reported.

Seventeen minor avalanches were reported on the Hakkari-Van highway. Moreover, over 85 villages in Artvin do not have electricity and communication lines are cut with another 42.

I was supposed to go to Hakkari real soon but I'm glad I changed my mind. Has the weather affected airports or?

I love Turkey, but reading this I'm very happy to live in Holland where we hardly have snow. I hate cold weather!

I LOVE cold weather and very hot weather! Its the in-between temperatures I dont like .

Does this mean I can go and live in Turkey?

Anyway... to return to the subject, are there any TC Turkish members affected by the snow?

Snow is affecting me - I haven't seen any this year or last year for that matter

sorry...was trying to put a picture in here, but it's not working...

here's a picture for you all...

merhaba
surley thats not Istanbul :-S

it doesn't say which part of turkey the picture was taken in

I wish all my friends in Turkey safety.
Be just little bit more careful, my friends.

I found this and want to share with you. This is Istanbul. I forgot this condition for many years since leaving Russia.

all covered in snow i think!!!

"Kar ne kadar çok yağsa yaza kalmaz." ~atasözü

İs it still snowing badly ?

Heavy snowfall affects most part of Turkey

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=101977

05.02.2007

Heavy snowfall affected almost allparts of Turkey yesterday. Transportation cannot be provided to and from a total of 424 villages in the eastern Anatolia due to snow, also troubling the rescue work.

The first tunnel at the Hakkari-Van highway and various locations on the Hakkari-Şırnak highway were blocked due to avalanche. Yüksekova-Şemdinli highway was also blocked due to heavy snow.

In Sivas, transportation cannot be provided to 295 villages. It was reported that communication also cannot be provided with 25 allocation units. Power has been provided to 44 villages due to electricity blackouts. The snow reaches 14 or 16 inches in some places.

Secretary General of Konya Local Government Muammer Sönmez audited the rescue works in the İkipınar village of Meram with correspondents. Sönmez said that roads to 423 villages, measured at 4.880 kilometers are currently blocked due to heavy snow. “Yesterday, 1.200 kilometer-roads to 163 villages were opened. Up until now, rescue work has been conducted in 5.274 kilometer roads in 274 villages in 2006-2007 winter season”.

Soldiers helped rescue work to open village roads in Hakkari, Yüksekova. All the village roads in Yüksekova were blocked due to heavy snow. Gendarme forces reinforced the rescue teams with street machines. The roads had been blocked for almost a week. A fully-equipped ambulance was also available for possible patients.

THY cancels Istanbul flights to Van, Konya and Kayseri. Meanwhile, the first snow of the last three years started early morning in Izmir. Izmir Weather Bureau official Ersan Dündar warned that the snow will continue at intervals in Izmir.

how lucky and yet unlucky turkey is to have so much snow, we get a few snowflakes and everything grounds to a halt in england