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Google Outage Disrupts Services Across Turkey and Europe

9/4/2025

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On September 4, 2025, Google services, including YouTube, were down in Turkey and parts of Europe.
The outage started at approximately 10 a.m. local time, as reported by Turkey's deputy telecommunications minister.
The Freedom of Expression Association documented the incident, prompting Turkey's cyber security agency to seek a technical report from Google.
Affected regions included Turkey, southeast Europe, Ukraine, Russia, and western Europe.

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Story summary

On September 4, 2025, Google services, including YouTube, were down in Turkey and parts of Europe.
The outage started at approximately 10 a.m. local time, as reported by Turkey's deputy telecommunications minister.
The Freedom of Expression Association documented the incident, prompting Turkey's cyber security agency to seek a technical report from Google.
Affected regions included Turkey, southeast Europe, Ukraine, Russia, and western Europe.