OREANDA-NEWS The Turkish capital Ankara was covered with snow. This was reported by the local Haber TV channel.

Since the morning of Thursday, March 21, there has been heavy snowfall in the city, unusual for the end of March. Weather conditions are complicated by strong winds. Most of the precipitation fell in the higher areas of the city of Dikmen and Inchek. In addition, there is ice on the roads.

On the recording made to local residents, you can see that snow covered the ground and cars in a dense layer, as well as settled on trees. Some residents of the city went outside with umbrellas. Public utilities began active work to eliminate the consequences of bad weather and began to sprinkle roads and streets with salt.

According to Turkish forecasters, snowfall in Ankara will be accompanied by a decrease in temperature by 4-6 degrees. They added that the cold snap will last until the end of the week.

In January, it was reported that the first snow fell in Istanbul due to the arrival of the "Siberian" cyclone in the country.