In accordance with the circular regarding the 'Traffic Measures' published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in order to reduce the traffic density in the provinces of Istanbul and Ankara after returning from the holiday, trucks, tractors and tankers will be closed from 14 on Sunday, April 2024, 05.00 to 15 on Monday, April 2024, 05.00. It was announced that they would not be allowed to enter Ankara and Istanbul.
In his statement on his social media account, Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya warned citizens to obey traffic rules.
Minister Yerlikaya's statement is as follows:
Traffic density on our highways started to increase again;
! Please let's not speed too much! Let's not forget to wear seat belts in both our vehicles and buses. ! Let's obey the traffic rules.
During the holiday, our Traffic Police and Gendarmerie Traffic continue their inspections on a 24-hour basis.
The 7th day of the holiday will be on Friday, April 12, 2024;
664 traffic accidents occurred. 349.174 vehicles were inspected. Speed and radar procedures were carried out on 24.583 vehicles, and other procedures were carried out on 27.808 vehicles.
Total in the first 7 days of the holiday:
(Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
There were 4.370 traffic accidents. Unfortunately, 55 of our citizens lost their lives. 7.331 of our citizens were injured. May God have mercy on our citizens who lost their lives, and I wish a speedy recovery to our injured.
Please keep in mind: You Can't Compete with Life!
