İzmir’s water utility İZSU has cut supplies in several districts on Friday, 6 November, mostly because of main pipe failures, and has scheduled an overnight cut in Çiğli’s Yakakent neighbourhood from Friday evening into Saturday morning, according to Ege Telgraf, Son Mühür, İzmir’de Son Dakika, Yeni İzmir and Türkiye Gazetesi.
İZSU is the water and sewerage authority of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality. It announces both emergency (fault) and planned cuts, with expected restoration times that can change as repair work goes on.
Overnight cut in Yakakent
The longest planned outage affects Yakakent in Çiğli, where water will be off from 20:00 on Friday until 07:00 on Saturday, 7 November, about 11 hours, Yeni İzmir, Türkiye Gazetesi and İzmir’de Son Dakika reported. The cut is for renewal work at the Çamlıkent drinking water pumping station.
Morning faults across the city
In Karabağlar, the Aydın neighbourhood has been without water since 01:15 because of a main pipe failure, with supply expected back around 11:00, according to Son Mühür, Ege Telgraf and Türkiye Gazetesi. In Menemen, a main pipe failure cut water at 08:59 in the Cumhuriyet, Gazi, Kemal Atatürk and Ulus neighbourhoods, with restoration planned for 11:30.
In Ödemiş, the Bıçakçı neighbourhood lost water at around 20:00 on Thursday after a main pipe failure, and crews were expected to finish by 11:00 on Friday, about 15 hours in total, Son Mühür and Türkiye Gazetesi reported.
Other cuts reported on Friday morning:
- Konak: Lale and Mehtap, 09:25 to 12:25 (Ege Telgraf, İzmir’de Son Dakika)
- Güzelbahçe: Çamlı, Mustafa Kemal Paşa and Yelki, 09:30 to 12:25 (Ege Telgraf, İzmir’de Son Dakika)
- Dikili: Gazipaşa, İsmetpaşa and Salimbey, 09:30 to 11:30 (Ege Telgraf, İzmir’de Son Dakika)
- Seferihisar: Sığacık, in the Güneşköy Sitesi area, 09:15 to 11:15 for connection work (Son Mühür, Ege Telgraf)
Restoration times are İZSU’s estimates and may change.
For more on daily life in the city, see our guide to living in İzmir.
Sources
- İzmir’de sular ne zaman gelecek? İZSU açıkladı: 6 Kasım İzmir su kesintisi (Ege Telgraf)
- İzmir’de 15 saati bulan su kesintisi! 6 kasımda 2026’da o mahallelerde vanalar kapatıldı (Son Mühür)
- 6 Kasım 2026 İzmir’de 9 ilçede su kesintisi: Bazı mahallelerde saatlerce su akmayacak! (İzmir’de Son Dakika)
- İzmir Çiğli’de su kesintisi: Yakakent Mahallesi’nde saatler sürecek (Yeni İzmir)
- İZSU su kesintisi 6-7 Kasım (Ödemiş, Çiğli, Seferihisar, Menemen, Karabağlar) İzmir planlı kesinti programı (Türkiye Gazetesi)
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