KAYSERİ (AA) – In Kayseri, Kırşehir, Yozgat and Nevşehir, emphasis was placed on traffic inspections before Eid al-Adha. Kayseri Provincial Police Department Regional Traffic Inspection Branch Directorate teams took the necessary precautions throughout the city so that citizens can travel safely before and during Eid al-Adha. During the inspections carried out to prevent possible negativities, drivers were warned to be careful and obey the rules.
The teams continue their inspections with drone support. Regional Traffic Inspection Branch Deputy Manager Commissioner Ferhat Sabit Susuz told the AA reporter at the Kayseri-Ankara highway application point that they would be on the field on a 24-hour basis for the peace and security of the citizens. Emphasizing that they have taken the necessary precautions, Susuz said: “We are in the field with radar speed inspections, drone-assisted inspection, bus control and life tunnel activities to prevent and minimize traffic accidents.
Regarding the usage areas of radar speed control and EDS, the ‘Life 112 Emergency’ mobile application has been made available to our citizens. Thanks to this transparent application, drivers can see our checkpoints in advance and reduce their speed to a safe level. Our request from drivers is to obey the speed limits, ensure that everyone in the vehicle uses their seat belts, and take short breaks when they get tired.
We are on the field not for punishment, but to protect your life safety. We say, ‘Let the end of the road be a holiday, focus on the road, the holiday will not be possible without you.’ – Kırşehir Kırşehir Governor Murat Sefa Demiryürek visited the gendarmerie enforcement point at the highway entrances on the Ankara-Niğde Highway Kırşehir connection road and participated in the inspections. Demiryürek also visited the joint application point of the police and gendarmerie near İnanç village and received information about the work from the teams.
Chatting with the drivers at the application points, Demiryürek wished them a “good journey” and asked them to be careful. During the inspections, children traveling were given various gifts and chocolates. Governor Demiryürek, in his statement to journalists after the inspections, stated that no problems have been experienced so far, thanks to the common sense shown by the citizens. Demiryürek said, “All the measures we take are for our people to reunite with their homes and loved ones in peace and security, and to spend the holiday in happiness.
As Kırşehir, our greatest wish is to celebrate the holiday without any accidents on our 683 kilometers of state road network and 2 thousand 502 kilometers of private administration road network. I wish convenience to all our friends on duty.” he said. Governor Demiryürek was accompanied by Provincial Police Chief Mesut Görücü and Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Ahmet Yıldırım. – Yozgat Yozgat Governor Mehmet Ali Özkan visited the Yozgat-Ankara highway application point and celebrated the holidays of the officials and drivers.
Özkan chatted with the drivers and warned them to obey traffic rules and wear seat belts. During the inspection, children in the vehicles were given various gifts and chocolates. In his statement to the journalists here, Özkan stated that transit passages are intense since Yozgat is adjacent to 8 cities, and that the police, gendarmerie, health, AFAD, fire brigade, municipal police and all relevant institutions continue their duties in the field.
Governor Özkan was accompanied by Provincial Police Chief Tuncay Beijing and Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Cezmi Yalınkılıç. – Nevşehir Nevşehir Governor Hüseyin Kök chatted with the police and drivers at the enforcement point on the Nevşehir-Avanos highway and celebrated their holidays. Kök reminded the drivers of stopped vehicles to comply with traffic rules. In practice, drivers and other passengers were offered chocolate and cologne.
11The water discharged from a height of 173 meters at the Karakaya Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) in Çüngüş district of Diyarbakır turned into a visual feast. The amount of water in the basin of Karakaya Dam and HEPP, Turkey’s third largest dam and second largest hydroelectric power plant, reached 9.5 billion cubic meters with heavy rainfall. In the Karakaya Dam and HEPP, which has an installed capacity of 1800 megawatts with a total of 6 units, 2 discharge gates of the dam were opened in the first place on May 11, after 7 years, against the risk of possible floods due to the water level approaching the maximum level.
The discharge of pressurized water from the dam set, whose body height is 173 meters, turned into a visual feast. Rainbows occasionally form in the region due to sunlight.
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