Statement from İSKİ to Cumhuriyet: When will the waters come in Istanbul?

In Istanbul, where life has come to a halt due to heavy rainfall, citizens are also victimized by water outages.

On Wednesday, when the rain was effective, around 16.30, there was a water outage in nearly a hundred neighborhoods within the borders of Gaziosmanpaşa, Sultangazi, Eyüpsultan, Bayrampaşa, Esenler, Kağıthane, Şişli, Beyoğlu and Beşiktaş. Citizens reacted to the long-term victimization.

In the mass message sent by İSKİ to the users at 18.13 regarding the problem, the reason for the outage was stated as "Energy outage caused by TEİAŞ (Turkish Electricity Transmission Joint Stock Company) that occurred in the pumping center". While the message stated that water could not be provided until 20:00 due to the malfunction, it was announced that water could not be provided until 11:00 in the second information message sent at 08:54 on Thursday morning, as the problem could not be resolved within the said time period.

BEDAŞ UPDATE

In the query made on İSKİ's website, it was noted that while the time was updated to 13.00, this time "BEDAŞ ENERGY OUTAGE" was written instead of TEİAŞ in the fault description section.

BEDAŞ (Boğaziçi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş.) is part of the partnership of Cengiz Holding and Koloğlu Holding (CK Enerji).

IT WILL RETURN TO NORMAL IN 20 HOURS

In the statement sent by İSKİ to Cumhuriyet regarding the issue, it was stated that water could not be supplied to 88 neighborhoods in 9 districts due to the malfunction in the energy system feeding Kağıthane Drinking Water Purification and Pumping Centers at 16.20 on October 14, 2026. It was emphasized that water supply started at 10:00 this morning and the system will return to normal around 13:00.

In the statement stating that there was a problem with the underground cables in the 34.5 kW transmission lines feeding the facilities of the Alibeyköy Switchyard, it was underlined that the responsibility of the transmission line belongs to BEDAŞ AŞ. It was stated that the efforts to solve the problem were carried out in coordination with BEDAŞ.