Severe Winter Conditions Continue

ANKARA, Jan 8 (A.A) - Severe winter conditions have been continuing to paralyze daily life and traffic throughout Turkey.
In central province of Kayseri, 15 people who could not return to their village because of heavy snowfall and stormy winds, have been stranded in Yahyali township.
Yahyali Head Official Ethem Acar told the A.A correspondent that these people had been accommodated in guesthouses of public institutions.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Airlines' (THY) cancelled its flights bound between Istanbul and Kayseri.
Heavy snowfall has severed access to 3 thousand 473 village roads in 17 provinces.
Continuing snowfall have been hampering efforts to re-open these roads.
THY CANNOT FLY AIRPLANES FOR THREE DAYS BECAUSE OF UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS
Turkish Airlines (THY) has been unable to fly airplanes between Konya and Istanbul for the last three days because of unfavorable weather conditions.
There are still 22 village roads blocked by snow in Karaman. Ermenek-Mut highway is closed to traffic because of a landslide while Ermenek-Hadim highway is closed because of snow.
A total of 58 villages in Konya's Bozkir and Hadim townships are not given electricity because of heavy snow fall and snow storm.
In Balikesir, there are 240 village roads closed to traffic while 60 villages don't have power. Telephone lines in 104 villages in Balikesir are not working because of the power outage.