Education has been interrupted due to the snow in several provinces of Turkey. Officials of 39 provinces across central, eastern and southeastern Anatolia, as well as in the Black Sea region, announced on December 13 and December 14 that they closed schools after heavy snowfall hit large swathes of the country.
Schools were closed in Tunceli, Kars, Sivas, Düzce, Elazığ, Bitlis, Sakarya, Muş, Bingöl, Yozgat, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, Konya, Karaman, Ordu, Bolu, Karabük, Tokat, Giresun, Erzurum, Ağrı, Kahramanmaraş, Samsun, Niğde, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Nevşehir, Ankara, Ardahan, Malatya, Iğdır, Aksaray, Şırnak, Adıyaman, Mardin, Trabzon, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Hakkari provinces.
Offices said they were taking measures in mobile teaching, including state-sponsored provision of transportation for schoolchildren due to reasons like lack of teachers or schools in villages and neighborhoods where the children live.
They also announced that measures were taken in order to avoid any unfavorable situations, all teaching and training education has been given a one-day recess.
