No water for 4 days. Kadıköy, İstanbul seems to be punished by İSKİ… İstanbul news roundup

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Kadıköy is one of the busy, secular and settled district in the Anatolian side of Istanbul. It is governed by CHP, main opposition party, but water supply is provided by İSKİ, of Istanbul Municipality of AKP, governing party. 4 days is a bit long time and probably intentional…

A Kadıköy resident, Cem Hakverdi @cmhkvrd_ published some photos: 

kadıköy’de 4 gündür su yok. bir türlü onarılamayan su borusu yüzünden kadıköy’de vaziyet böyle 

Some residents just started a protest with smily faces. Well, the situation is a bit tragi-comical.

Caferağa Dayanışması ‏@direncaferaga “Susuz nereye kadar bitti buraya kadar” diyerek yürüyüşümüze başladık 🙂

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