Following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks on Saturday arguing that smoking inside private vehicles, for both drivers and passengers, must be prohibited, more than 5,000 people have been fined by traffic police for smoking in cars, according to Turkey’s Interior Ministry.
A total of 37,065 personnel across the country enforced the smoke-free cars policy Wednesday aided by 169 sniffer dogs. Some 150,000 vehicles were checked.
“I sometimes see drivers smoking in cars, and whenever I see them, I warn them, tell them it’s shameful. Now we’re working on something to stop both drivers and backseat passengers from smoking,” Erdoğan said, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.
Also, over 9,000 vehicles were fined for lack of proper documents and faulty parts. Nearly 2,000 vehicles were disqualified from traffic, the ministry announced on Thursday.
Some 693 suspects, wanted for various crimes — including murder, being member of an armed terror group, and drug-related crimes — were detained during the checks. Six missing people, including two children, were also recovered.
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from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/09/26/following-erdogans-remarks-police-fine-more-than-5000-for-smoking-in-cars/
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