Electricity cut off in much of Turkey

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Since 10:30 am (local time) this morning electricity is cut off in much of Turkey. Now in about 15 % of İstanbul, electricity has come back. The reason is said to be a damage to a cable coming from Europe (I do not know how true this is).
 
There was no electric in Turkey today since hours.What about your countries?

Mod's note: Changed electric for electricity in the title of the thread
 
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/massive-power-blackouts-hit-turkish-cities.aspx?pageID=238&nID=80399&NewsCatID=341

More than half of Turkey’s provinces suffered a massive power cut on March 31 for an unknown reason, bringing to a halt mass transportation, hospitals and production for more than two hours.

Officials told daily Hürriyet that a technical problem in the system of the Turkish Electricity Conduction Company (TEİAŞ), which operates energy transmission lines, led to the massive outage.

The outage was confirmed to have hit 49 of the country’s total 81 provinces, from the Greek border to those in the southeast with Iran and Iraq. Doğan News Agency reported that almost all provinces were affected by the cuts, except for the eastern province of Van, which imports electricity from neighboring Iran.

Metro networks in Istanbul and Ankara, trams and the high-speed train in Eskişehir were all affected by the power cut, which began at around 10:36 a.m. in Istanbul and continued for around three hours. The traffic congestion was seen in Istanbul in the morning as commuters were unable to use the metro networks, Marmaray or trams in the city.

“Every possibility including a terrorist attack is being investigated” about the outage, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told reporters in Ankara on March 31. He added that a crisis desk had been established at the Energy Ministry and that the public would be informed every hour about the developments.

Energy Minister Taner Yıldız also said the authorities were investigating whether the power outage was due to a technical failure or a “cyber-attack.” “I also cannot say whether or not there was a cyber-attack. The most important thing for us is to bring the system back to life. This is not something we frequently experience,” Yıldız said, ruling out suggestions that the country was suffering from an energy shortage.

Yıldız said about 90 percent of electricity had been restored to Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city. “Crowded places such as metro stations have been given electricity and we believe the rest of the country should be fully powered shortly,” he added.

The Energy Ministry also released a statement, saying a problem occurred with the main distribution lines and that the cut likely originated in the Aegean region. The ministry said a power cut on the scale had not been seen in 15 years since the since 1999 Marmara earthquake.

In the western province of Kocaeli, one of the industrial centers of Turkey, several factories stopped production in the morning as most of the province was affected by the blackout.

Vangölü Electricity Distribution company (VEDAŞ) system management director Ali Cantürk Demir said Van had suffered only a partial electrical cut because the city receives electricity from Iran. He added that the southeastern province of Hakkari which directly receives power from Van also did not suffer majorly from the cuts.

Demir said Muş and Bitlis province in the region were also provided with electricity after 12:45 p.m.
Kocaeli Chamber of Industry head Ayhan Zeytinoğlu said factories halted production, as only a few facilities remained open with generators in 13 industrial zones in the city.

Textile factories in the Aegean province of Denizli also stopped production as employees were sent home due to the energy shortage.

Denizli Chamber of Industry head Müjdat Keçeci said their loss would be serious. Other factories in Bursa and Manisa provinces were also negatively affected.

The blackout trapped people in elevators in many cities including Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir as rescue teams rushed to subway stations to evacuate stranded passengers. Traffic lights were also out in several places in the city, causing huge traffic jams, with officers taking to the streets in an attempt to break the logjams.

Conspiracy theories for the outage also did the rounds on the Internet, with the situation the top trend under the hashtag #BuradaElektrikYok (There is no electricity here).

Turkey is seeking to move forward in its bid to create a regional power market by privatizing its power suppliers. It completed the privatization of 20 power distribution grids in 2013, and no longer owns any.
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Edit: quoted the whole text!
 
As usually official statements did not satisfy anyone , especially the experts in the electric distribution field.
 
Majisyen said:
There was no electric in Turkey today since hours.What about your countries?
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Well, there are some electricity disruptions in the South-West of Russia too, but they are most likely due to the severe storms that have been happening there since Friday. The wind has been so strong that it blew 2 buses off the road and a small passenger plane off the runway, many trees are fallen, etc. As a result, some electric wires were also torn off. I haven't heard of any major power cuts, only some local ones. fwiw
 
Niall said:
Wow!

And right after more airplane funny-business happened to Turkish planes:

http://www.sott.net/article/294540-Not-one-but-TWO-Turkish-Airlines-planes-make-emergency-landings-after-bomb-and-C-4-cargo-notes-are-found-in-lavatories

Also, breaking news:

Istanbul prosecutor taken hostage in courthouse by far-left Turkish group
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Wow! Indeed. Wasn't it the C's who said that fence sitters become targets for snipers? Between aiding ISIS whole cozying up to Russia I wonder if the Turkish oligarchs are a little over their heads these days, and if the chickens may come home to roost sooner than they think.
 
For some reason this airport business and outages remind me of this session: Session 29 December 2009

(Anart) Are they eventually going to just shut down international travel?

A: Yes

Q: (A***) How soon?

A: 8 months possible.

[...]

(Scottie) 5D city on a hill, 8 months until international travel stops... oh, and there's no time!!

A: It will not be total shutdown and it will not be long lasting either.

Q: (L) So in other words, they'll do it. They'll try it, and something will happen and there'll be a reaction.

(P*****) Why they will shut down the airports?

A: Wait and see.
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All OK in Serbia where I live. But, even if there would be power outages, no one would think its strange, because it happens here all the time since 1999.

But, “damage to a cable coming from Europe”? Symbolic?
 
Quote from: 17 August 96

Q: ... (T) OK, on the correlations things, to skip from lightning to another question I just thought of. Is there a correlation to the massive power blackouts on the West Coast that have been happening recently, to the government messing around with the HAARP Project, and other related weapons testing systems?
A: Not HAARP .
Q: (T) OK, not HAARP . Something else that they're messing with? (L) Well, why don't we just ask, what's the cause of the blackouts? (T) OK, what's the cause of the blackouts? Good question!
A: 4th density bleed through has many "fun" possibilities.
Q: (L) Oh, fun! (T) 4th density Bleedthrough? This is part of the bleedthrough from the different bases on the West Coast?
A: More or less.


Is it possible that this reference in the C's transcripts has any relation to any of the blackouts this past week in Amsterdam, Halifax or Turkey?
 
Niall said:
Wow!

And right after more airplane funny-business happened to Turkish planes:

http://www.sott.net/article/294540-Not-one-but-TWO-Turkish-Airlines-planes-make-emergency-landings-after-bomb-and-C-4-cargo-notes-are-found-in-lavatories
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And another one today!

Turkish Airlines flight returns to Istanbul after bags found
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/01/us-turkishairlines-flight-idUSKBN0MS43E20150401

A Turkish Airlines flight to Lisbon was diverted back to Istanbul on Wednesday after unaccompanied baggage was found on board, a spokeswoman told Reuters.

TK1759 was carrying 170 passengers and seven crew members to Lisbon, the spokeswoman said on condition her name was not used.

All passengers were being taken to another aircraft to resume their journey to Lisbon, she said.

It was the third time in a week a Turkish Airlines flight has been forced to change course. A Sao Paulo-bound flight landed in Morocco after a note with the word "bomb" was found in the lavatory on Monday.

On Sunday, a flight from Istanbul to Tokyo turned back shortly after take-off when another note was found on the lavatory door.
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A deja deja vu! Right after I wrote about the Dublin airport deja vu here:
https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,37728.msg566160.html#msg566160
 
With all this "heat" happening in Turkey (the plane bomb scares, this blackout and the prosecutor hostage crisis), could someone be sending a subtle message to Turkey? In the likes of, "if you don't do as your told a lot of things can go wrong ..."

Specially with the current "war" against Russia, one wonders.
 
I had an outage in my local area a few days ago in Massachusetts, US. Lasted about 5 hours. It's small in comparison but still coincidental timing with all the other outages
 
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