Google services temporarily down in Turkey and parts of Europe

Some Google services, including YouTube, experienced temporary outages on Thursday in Turkey and parts of Europe, including Greece and Germany, according to a Turkish deputy minister, internet monitoring organizations, and users in the affected regions.

The Freedom of Expression Association, which monitors local censorship on the internet, said the outage on Alphabet’s Google, opens new tab began around 10:00 a.m. in Turkey.

Tracking website Downdetector said services were mostly restored before 0900 GMT, with the number of reports of service disruptions decreasing from 0751 GMT onward.

Google did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on the matter.

Turkey’s cyber security watchdog has requested a technical report from Google, deputy transport and infrastructure minister Omer Fatih Sayan said on X.

A map posted by Sayan showed Turkey, large parts of southeast Europe, and some locations in Ukraine, Russia and western Europe as affected.

There were sporadic outages in Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania, including problems accessing websites, YouTube and some phone contacts linked to Gmail, users there said.

In Germany, outage tracking website allestoerungen.de, a division of U.S.-based Ookla, reported an uptick in Google disruptions from around 09:00 a.m.