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Turkey news: Police chases, rescues, and unusual recoveries

Several incidents were reported across Turkey. In Edirne, a police chase involving a vehicle carrying seven Somali migrants ended in a crash on the Edirne-Havsa D100 highway, resulting in injuries to the driver and one migrant. A separate vehicle also fled police, crashing into a bakery wall; three Somali women were detained, while three others escaped.

In Mersin, an auto locksmith reported that a tool bag valued at approximately 100,000 lira was taken from outside his shop. Security footage showed an unidentified individual taking the 40-kilogram bag, but the same person returned it fully intact one day later.

In Gaziantep, police and psychologists successfully intervened to prevent a young woman from falling from the Şehir Gösteren Bridge. Meanwhile, in Edirne, a public transport driver, Ayhan Korkmaz, received praise for deviating from his route to rush a medical emergency passenger to Sultan 1. Murat State Hospital.

In Denizli, an intoxicated female driver caused a multi-vehicle collision in Pamukkale after accelerating instead of braking, striking both moving and parked cars.

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Ayhan Korkmaz · Burçin Özer · Edirne · Gaziantep · Somali · Sultan 1. Murat State Hospital