Massive power outage causes chaos in Turkey

A massive power outage caused chaos across Turkey on Tuesday, shutting down the subway networks in Istanbul and the capital of Ankara, with the government not ruling out an outside attack on the system.

The outage, the worst for 15 years to affect the country of around 76 million people, began at 10:36 am (3:36 pm China time) in Istanbul, the Anatolia News Agency quoted the Turkey Electricity Transmission Co as saying.

It also affected nearly all the country's provinces from the Greek border to the southeast.