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Marmara blackout of 2012
Power outage in Turkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Marmara blackout of 2012 is a widespread power outage that began at 13:43 local time (EET, UTC+2), 14 January to 27 April 2012 throughout parts of the Marmara Region of Turkey.
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The affected area includes parts of Istanbul, the most densely populated city, and Kocaeli where the vast majority of the country's industry is located.[1] The blackout knocked out metro and tram operation in Istanbul, 104 days fully restored.[2]