For Istanbulites, heavy snowfall is never quite something you expect. Half the time, dramatic weather alerts about an approaching βsnowpocalypseβ turn out to be false alarms. And so, when snow finally does arrive in earnest, it always catches the city by surprise, whether or not it was all over the news the day before. The city is caught somewhere between disbelief and quiet delight, unsure whether to complain about traffic or to step outside and take in the rare spectacle.
This time, the snowfall coincided with the winter school break.
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