Massive winter storm strands motorists in Greece and Turkey
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EUROKINISSI VIA AP
The city of Athens with the ancient Acropolis hill is covered with snow after heavy snowfall on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman walks past a the Runner, sculptured by Kostas Varotsos, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People play with the snow in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25. A snowstorm of rare severity disrupted road and air traffic Monday in the Greek capital of Athens and neighboring Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, while most of Greece, including — unusually — several Aegean islands, and much of Turkey were blanketed by snow.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firemen push a trapped vehicle at a motorway, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Greek soldier try to free a trapped vehicle at a motorway, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firemen push a trapped vehicle at a motorway, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abandoned vehicles are seen in an motorway way after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An elderly woman trapped in a vehicle for more than 24 hours is seen in a car trapped in a motorway after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A track driver trapped for hours in a motorway shovel snow in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A worker shovel at a motorway after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An abandoned vehicle, is seen in an motorway way after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abandoned vehicles are seen in an motorway way after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A fallen tree on a parked vehicle in Athens, after a snowstorm, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A couple walks past a fallen tree on a parked vehicle, in Athens, after a snowstorm on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firemen shovel snow at a motorway as they try to free a vehicle trapped in snow after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk in Cholargos suburb of Athens after a snowstorm, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The snow-covered Suleymaniye Mosque at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk over the Golden Horn at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People sit in a snow-covered park with Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk in a snow-covered park with the iconic Haghia Sophia in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk in a snow-covered park with the iconic Haghia Sophia in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People stand over the Golden Horn at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk over the Golden Horn with Suleymaniye Mosque in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The city's Golden Horn area with Galata Tower in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People walk over the Golden Horn with Suleymaniye Mosque in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An abandoned car sits on a main road at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man walks in a snow-covered street at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abandoned cars and trucks on a main road at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hundres of cars and trucks blocked on a main road at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People push a car in a snow-covered street at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A snow-covered street at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.