	blizzard closes bosphorus blizzard conditions halted ping through the bosphorus waterway and piled snow up to cms deep in central istanbul paralysing the city for the second day running snow whipped by kph winds continued to fall on istanbul and northwest anatolia after hours and weather reports predicted no relief for another two days port officials said at least six large vessels in the black sea and in the sea of marmara were waiting for conditions to improve istanbul s ataturk international airport has been closed since yesterday reuter 
