Crime and punishment for Turkey minister’s fast lane folly
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Turkey’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu had posted a video of himself driving 225kmh on a highway.
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ANKARA - Turkey’s transport minister was slapped with a speeding ticket after posting a video of himself driving 225kmh on a highway – nearly twice the legal limit – prompting ridicule on social media and a public apology.
The clip, set to folk music and excerpts of a speech by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praising the government’s infrastructure, showed Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu’s speedometer soaring and his car zipping past others in the fast lane on the Ankara–Nigde motorway.
Traffic police later issued a fine of 9,267 lira (S$290) for breaking the speed limit around 50km outside the capital Ankara.
Facing backlash, Mr Uraloglu shared an image of the ticket on social media platform X, writing: “Apologies to our nation”.
Turkey’s maximum speed limit on highways is 140kmh. In 2024, 6,351 people died in nearly 1.5 million road accidents, official data show. REUTERS
