The officials announced that schools were closed in Adana, Trabzon, Bayburt, Erzincan, Ağrı, Bingöl, Sivas, Adıyaman, Muş, Tunceli, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Malatya, Kilis, Siirt, Rize, Bitlis, Giresun, Kayseri, Adana, Diyarbakır, Ordu, Trabzon and Kırşehir for one day, in Artvin, Bitlis and Van for two days.

At the same time, public sector employees were given a day off due to heavy snowfall and frigid cold in some provinces of Turkey.

ILKHA