Municipality police
Istanbul’s shared taxis fined 1 million liras for violating rules
Authorities in Istanbul handed a total of 1 million Turkish Liras ($135,000) in fines to the city's shared taxis (minibus) for nearly 3,200 violations in 2020.
Internet cafe in western Turkey risks closure over hosting stray cats
A municipality in the western province of Bolu has cited "having stray cats inside" as justification for issuing a closure warning to a local Internet cafe, but its owner has vowed not to throw the cats out onto the street.
Bolu Municipality police officials stated that having cats inside the cafe was one of the reasons to warn the Internet cafe run by Olcay Özkök with closure.
Dried, sugared up tomatoes sold as wild strawberries seized in Turkey's west
Municipality police in the Aegean province of ?zmir have seized so-called wild strawberries, which were in fact dried and sugared cherry tomatoes, and commenced a legal process against the suppliers and sellers of the fake goods.
Chemically-scented strawberries seized in ?zmir market
Municipality police seized strawberries that were sprayed with chemical fragrance so as to smell better at the Bostanl? market in the Aegean province of ?zmir.
The Kar??yaka District Municipality received a tip-off that a fruit seller had sprayed strawberry extract on his products, ?so they could smell good.?