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Traffic accidents and safety concerns in Turkey

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Turkey continues to report a series of fatal and injurious traffic accidents across multiple regions. Recent fatalities include Ali Can Özçimen in ~~Şanlıurfa~~ Şanlıurfa, who died in intensive care following a crash on GAP Boulevard, and 20-year-old Ramazan Yılmaz in ~~Konya.~~ Konya’s Beyşehir district, who died after his vehicle struck a tree. In Konya’s Altınekin district, 24-year-old Berkay Koyuncuoğlu died after his vehicle ~~lost control and~~ plunged into a roadside ditch. Fatalities and injuries have also been reported in Şanlıurfa, where a crash killed two people, including a child, and in Trabzon, where a ~~truck overturned~~ car plunged 7 meters down a retaining wall into a ~~stream.~~ stream, injuring five people. In Gaziantep’s Nurdağı district, two separate accidents involving a car collision and a truck rollover injured 21 people. Other significant incidents include a prison transfer vehicle overturning in Sivas, injuring seven, and a collision in Çorum that caused a vehicle to catch fire. In Antalya’s Gazipaşa district, a panel van struck a lighting pole and a greenhouse, injuring the driver. Legal and regulatory issues persist. In ~~Niğde, a family is appealing a court decision regarding a fatal crash involving an unlicensed minor, while an Alanya taxi driver faced license revocation after running~~ Alanya, a ~~red light. Infrastructure concerns were noted in Istanbul’s Karaköy district, where pedestrians bypass underpasses, and in Nevşehir, where~~ motorcycle accident has prompted residents ~~are demanding speed bumps.~~ to demand improved signaling near school routes. Regarding the major collision on the Gebze-Orhangazi-Izmir Highway near the Akhisar toll booths in Manisa, which ~~killed 12 people~~ resulted in at least 11 deaths and ~~injured 26,~~ 26–27 injuries, legal proceedings are ongoing. An expert report identified the tour bus driver, M. A., as the primary party at fault for attempting a reverse maneuver, while the truck driver, H. K., was found to be exceeding the speed limit. Both drivers have been arrested.

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