Ministry of Interior Announces Measures to be Taken for New Year’s Eve

While we are preparing to leave 2021 behind and enter 2022, many people throughout Turkey have already made their New Year’s Eve plans. The Ministry of Interior also sent a circular to the governorships of 81 provinces on the measures to be taken on New Year’s Eve. In the statement shared by the Ministry, all senior executives will be on the field all over the country on Friday, December 31, and governors in provinces and district governors in districts. He will continue his duties until the first lights of the new year. specified.

In the statement, the necessary coordination will be provided from the Security and Emergencies Coordination Center when needed, starting today. The measures will be intensified until 08:00 on January 1, 2022. transferred. The New Year’s Eve measures stated in the statement were as follows:

New Year’s Eve measures announced by the Ministry of Interior

• At 7,560 application points by the General Directorate of Security
  • 21,558 traffic,
  • There will be 234 thousand 742 personnel from other units.
  • 38 thousand 741 teams,
  • 86 aircraft,
  • 55 boats
  • 228 detector dogs will be included in the applications.
• by the Coast Guard Command
  • 3 thousand 16 personnel will be on duty in 296 teams.
  • 163 floating elements
  • 9 aircraft
  • 124 land vehicles
  • 8 detector dogs will be used.

• The traffic teams will be deployed on the road routes with the headlamps constantly lit so that they can be easily seen by the drivers.
• In case of closure of the highway due to precipitation, vehicles will be directed to predetermined alternative routes or rest areas.
• After 00.00 on New Year’s Eve, alcohol inspections will be emphasized.
• Additional traffic measures will be taken on the routes that provide transportation to the tourism centers in the provinces where the ski centers are located.
• In traffic controls, attention will be paid to whether there is a technical defect or malfunction in the vehicles, whether the light equipment is working, and vehicles with any deficiencies will not be allowed to enter the traffic.
• On the road sections where accidents occur intensively, traffic teams will be assigned with fixed and on-road headlights on.
• In the event that situations such as icing, heavy snowfall or its type, which may endanger the safety of navigation, are detected on the route, necessary measures will be taken without delay, together with other institutions related to the condition of the road.
• Considering that the members of the terrorist organization are in search of legal/illegal passage to Turkey, the measures taken on the border line will be increased.

• Considering that terrorist organization members can carry out handmade explosive-style actions, the measures taken at customs gates, especially in metropolitan cities, will be increased.
• Air vehicles such as helicopters, UAVs and drones and motorized teams within the law enforcement units will be used effectively.
• Effective deterrent measures against migrant smuggling and illegal activities will be continued in the provinces with coastlines, especially with the units of the Coast Guard Command and other law enforcement officers.
• The year-round struggle to prevent the sale and seizure of drugs, contraband and counterfeit alcoholic beverages, which may pose a great threat to the life safety of citizens, will continue effectively on New Year’s Day.
• Effective, intense and sustainable inspections will be carried out in places such as accommodation facilities, entertainment venues, restaurants, cafes, which may be crowded due to the New Year’s programs, to determine whether the “Kovid-19 Outbreak Management and Working Guide” prepared by the Ministry of Health’s Coronavirus Science Board and the circulars published by the Ministry of Interior are complied with.
• Within the scope of the New Year’s Eve measures, the general principles of the fight against the epidemic, which are the general principles of cleaning, mask use and distance rule, will be followed.