With Ramadan Bayram also Known as Eid al-Fitr, it is drawing near and lining up with Mid-spring break for schools in Türkiye next Week, the Ministry of the Interior Thursday published a circular focusing on passage safety measures across the country.
During the Eid festivities that will be held between the 21st and 23rd of April yearhundreds of thousands of Turks based in Major cities, including Istanbul, are expected to hit ways to visit their relatives in hometown or head towards resort towns in Southern and western provinces, causing intensity in passage in Total.
According to Anadolu Agency reports, the Ministry of Interior published, on Thursday, a circular titled “Ramadan Bayram Traffic Procedures.” in 2023″ to the 81 county governors.
like with all holiday involving higher rate of Travel, additional traffic police crews will be sent to main ways to ensure safety. According to the statement made By the Ministry, strict traffic precautions will be taken and a total of 51,300 police and gendarmerie traffic teamsaccounting for 99245 personnelwill be published on highways during the said period.
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to ensure the highest level of passage safety Traffic flow control and patrols also To connect with 13 helicopters and 138 drones across the country.
According to the ministry, the existing air monitoring will be intensified in Istanbul the capital of Ankara, provinces along the Aegean coast including Izmir, Manisa, Mugla and Balikesir, in Mediterranean tourist center Antalya in Central provinces of Eskisehir, Kayseri, Yozgat, Konya. Other provinces that will also Taking advantage of air traffic control will include Afyonkarahisar, Aydın, Bursa, Kocaeli, Manisa, Sakarya, Adana, Ağrı, Balikesir, Batman, Burdur, Diyarbakır, Isparta, Niğde, Osmaniye, Tekirdag, Yalova and Van.
In addition, 36 police and gendarmerie inspectors six members of inspection groups set to supervise teams sender on the earth.
At the same time, the use of car seats for small children, seat belts and helmets during Eid wilderness excursions also set to be strengthened and monitored. during inspections, information materials will be distributed by teams in field.
Moreover, it was announced that public announcements And videos related to traffic security procedures will be featured on TV channels and on www.trafik.gov.tr.
Likewise, stickers with focus logos on awareness raising for Safe driving, such as “Kemerim hep aklımda” and its translation is “Seat belt always on My opinion, “Bu yolda sana çok güveniyoruz” roughly translated as “We trust you.” on This way,” he will be suspended up in specific locations.
law enforcement teams will also They are posted on the sites on 20 highways where there is highest number of Traffic accidents occurred in the last Three years during the Eid celebrations.
the vehicles Transportation of seasonal agricultural products will not be allowed to travel between 12 am and 6 am between cities, according to the regulations of the circular, to help reduce passage.
Traffic guarantee safety It is of grave concern in Turkish, a official Data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) in May 2022 shows That 5,362 personnel lost their lives, and 274,615 personnel were injured in accidents across the country in 2021.
