Electricity cut off in provinces where pro-gov’t firms supply power
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While Energy Minister Taner Yıldız blamed the power blackouts during the vote-counting after the March 30 local elections on cats, the electric switches are actually controlled by businessmen implicated in the Dec. 17 corruption investigation, daily Birgün has reported.
Birgün superimposed a map showing the provinces that experienced power blackouts (striped ones) with another map showing private energy suppliers by province (below). “The fact that the leading energy distribution networks belong to the business circles close to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is confusing,” it said