(18 Feb 2015) Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has been hit by a storm that has dumped up to a 60 centimetres (24 inches) of snow in some areas since Tuesday, wreaking havoc on roads.
Some 850 accidents occurred across Istanbul and visibility dropped to five metres (16 feet), according to the city's mayor in a statement posted on the municipality's website.
Around 5-thousand workers and 1,028 vehicles have been deployed citywide to help clear the snow, the mayor added.
The governor's office released a statement forbidding trucks and vehicles without snow chains from entering traffic.
Schools closed and flights were cancelled at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, according to Turkey's state-run news agency, Anadolu.
Some residents of the city, which has a population of over 14 million, struggled to cope with difficult commutes to work.
But others thoroughly enjoyed the rare snowfall.
Turkey's weather authority predicts the cold, snowy weather in Istanbul will continue through Thursday.


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