Google Partly Down In Turkey, Parts Of Europe

Google has experienced partial outages in Turkey and across parts of Europe, government and watchdog sources have confirmed.

Several Google services, including YouTube, were inaccessible in Turkey and parts of Europe on Thursday, according to the Turkish deputy minister for telecommunications and a local internet monitor.

The Freedom of Expression Association, which tracks online censorship in Turkey, reported that the outage affecting Alphabet’s Google began around 10:00 a.m. local time (07:00 GMT) in Turkey.

Omer Fatih Sayan, Turkey’s deputy minister, said on X that the local cybersecurity watchdog had requested a technical report from Google regarding the disruption. A map shared by Sayan indicated that the outage affected Turkey, large portions of southeastern Europe, and certain areas in Ukraine, Russia, and western Europe.