TURKEY: Heavy snowfall in Turkey forces airlines to cancel flights, causes traffic jams in Istanbul and affects daily life in Istanbul and other cities
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TURKEY: Heavy snowfall in Turkey forces airlines to cancel flights, causes traffic jams in Istanbul and affects daily life in Istanbul and other cities
- Title: TURKEY: Heavy snowfall in Turkey forces airlines to cancel flights, causes traffic jams in Istanbul and affects daily life in Istanbul and other cities
- Date: 2nd February 2012
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (FEBRUARY 01, 2012) (REUTERS) VIEW OF ISTANBUL IN HEAVY SNOWFALL VARIOUS OF LOCAL FERRIES IN BOSPORUS TRAM MOVING ON BRIDGE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN SNOW VARIOUS OF PEOPLE FISHING IN SNOW MOSQUES IN SNOW (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ISTANBUL RESIDENT, SULEYMAN OZDEMIR SAYING: "The weather condition is as you see, it is snowing heavily. It has been many years since there was a snowfall this heavy." MORE PEOPLE FISHING IN SNOWFALL SLOW TRAFFIC DUE TO SNOWFALL MAN TRYING TO FIX HIS CAR CARS MOVING SLOWLY IN HEAVY SNOWFALL PEOPLE WALKING HAKKARI, TURKEY (FEBRUARY 01, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING IN HEAVY SNOWFALL MAN TRYING TO CLEAR THE ROAD FROM SNOW CHILDREN TRYING TO CLEAR THE ROAD HEAVY MACHINERY CLEARING ROAD CARS STUCK UNDER SNOW PEOPLE CLEARING SNOW FROM ROOFTOPS
- Embargoed: 17th February 2012 12:00
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- Location: Turkey, Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Environment
- Reuters ID: LVA469ROL9J5XTLOIVQYGJX201SX
- Story Text: Heavy snowfall affected daily life in various cities of Turkey on Wednesday (February 01), causing traffic jams and forcing people to fight their way through the snow-covered streets.
At istanbul airport, many flights were delayed or cancelled.
Municipality workers tried to keep the city's main traffic arteries open but traffic jams still clogged many roads in Istanbul.
Local trams and ferry lines were also partly stopped due to snow storms.
"The weather condition is as you see, it is snowing heavily," said Istanbul resident Suleyman Ozdemir.
"It has been many years since there was a snowfall this heavy," he added.
Not only in Istanbul but also in eastern provinces of Turkey, snowfall caused hundreds of village roads to be blocked. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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