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Downpours hit Istanbul and Ankara; road collapses in Fatih, swallowing truck and car

Heavy rain disrupted life in Istanbul and Ankara; a road collapsed in Istanbul’s Fatih district, where a truck and a car fell into the hole, while buildings in Ankara’s Keçiören were flooded.

The Turkiye Times Editorial DeskSeptember 28, 2026, 10:22 AM

Downpours hit Istanbul and Ankara; road collapses in Fatih, swallowing truck and car

A road collapsed at around 10 p.m. in the Zeyrek area of Istanbul’s Fatih district during a thunderstorm, and a truck and a car fell into the resulting hole. Both vehicles were pulled out with the help of teams and residents, and municipal police cordoned off the area. Across Istanbul, some underpasses, homes and shops were flooded.

A flooded street in Ankara after the downpour

In Ankara, overnight downpours flooded the entrances and basements of several buildings in the Keçiören district, where residents tried to pump out the water themselves.