10.07.2025 11:10
In the Dereağzı neighborhood of the Marmaraereğlisi district in Tekirdağ, a water outage that has lasted for about a week has sparked public outrage. The residents, who are left without water right next to the water treatment facility, organized a protest with water jugs.
```html
Citizens living in the Dereağzı neighborhood, located right next to the TESKİ Marmaraereğlisi Drinking Water Treatment Plant in the Marmaraereğlisi district of Tekirdağ, where summer houses are dense, stated that they have been unable to access drinking water for about 7 days.
"WE ARE THE CLOSEST TO WATER BUT THERE IS NOT A DROP OF WATER" Neighborhood residents protested the situation by banging empty containers on the ground and reacting to TESKİ and Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality with slogans. Citizens in the neighborhood, which was also captured by drone from the air, said, "We are the closest to water but there is not a drop of water. What a contradiction?"
"NOT EVEN A SINGLE OFFICIAL CAME OUT TO MAKE A STATEMENT" Canan Başıbüyük, one of the neighborhood residents, said, "We have a summer house in Dereağzı neighborhood. The water has been cut off here for about 6 days. The water that is available is not distributed fairly. We have been trying to make our voices heard on social media and on television for days. In response, Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality, the district municipality, or TESKİ has not made any statement to the citizens. The cause of this interruption is currently unknown. If there is a malfunction, why is only one area unable to access water? Many people stay here both in summer and winter. In fact, there are fewer summer residents. This drought occurs here every year, but this year we are experiencing drought and water scarcity more severely. We have water tanks, but we cannot fill them at all because no water is provided. We cannot accept guests, we cannot meet any of our special needs. In such hot weather, being without water is unacceptable. This is a summer district affiliated with the Metropolitan Municipality. There are many summer areas in Turkey, but I don't think any of them are like this. If there is going to be a water cut, it should be fair to everyone; it cannot be done by cutting off just one area. A tanker brought water once yesterday, we filled our tanks, but it was gone the next day. So are we going to keep calling tankers? How will it be? The sad thing is that no official comes out to explain why this is happening," she said.
"I AM TAKING MY LAUNDRY AND GOING TO MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE" Bengül Yiğit, one of the citizens, expressed her grievances as follows:
"Today I will take my laundry and go to my daughter. We are really hurting inside, we want a solution to this. Our water has not been flowing for 10 days."
"THE SAME ORDEAL SINCE 2019" Osman Şahin, who stated that similar problems have been experienced in the neighborhood for years, said, "This water problem has been here since 2019. We stay here both in summer and winter. It is not as bad in winter, but we are left without water in summer. We are victims, please solve our problem," he appealed to the authorities.
```