Access problems encountered Thursday morning important Google’s servicesincluding the YouTubecausing disruption to users across Turkey and various European countries, according to Turkish officials and international media monitoring.

OR Union of freedom of expressionan organization that records internet censorship incidents in Turkey said that the interruption of Google’s services began at around 10:00 in the morning (Greek time), affecting thousands of users.

According to the DowndeTector platform, which records complaints about digital services, the situation began to normalize shortly before 12:00, with the number of relevant reports showing a significant decrease from 10:51 onwards.

Up to this time, in terms of her Google There was no immediate official positioning for the causes of the interruption, as it did not answer a reuters question by email.

Reactions from the principles and extension of the phenomenon

The Turkish Cyber ​​security He asked Google to submit a technical report, as announced by Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Omer Fatih Sayyan, via a post on the social network X.

Related map published by Sayyan imprinted that the vacation They were not only confined to Turkey but were spreading in large areas of Southeast Europe, including Ukraine, Russia and Western Europe.

According to users citing Reuters, the holidays were sporadic in Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania. In addition to access to online services and YouTube, difficulties were reported to Gmail’s telephone calls.

Picture of the situation in Germany

In Germany, the monitoring site allestoerungen.deowned by the American company Ookla, recorded an increase in Google holiday holidays from 09:00 (local time), ie 10:00 Greek time.

The incident confirms that even largest digital services providers are not unaccountable with technical problems, with immediate consequences for millions of users across Europe.