Over 10,000 Syrians register for electricity on Istanbul’s European side
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More than 10,000 Syrians registered as new electricity users on the European side of Istanbul in the first half of the year, according to report prepared by an electricity provider in the region.
“A total of 9,498 Syrian families and 869 Syrian companies have now [become] our consumers as of the end of the first six months of the year,” said the CLK Boğaziçi Electricity Co. in a written statement on July 30.
According to a report by the company, the number of its Syrian consumers soared by 727 percent in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2015.
“While only 860 Syrians applied for an electricity subscription in the first half of 2015, this figure rose to 7,117 in the same period of this year,” said the company.