Posted a video of himself driving at 225 km/h, the Turkish Minister of Transport is punished: I apologize to the nation

2025-08-25 14:59:29Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Posted a video of himself driving at 225 km/h, the Turkish Minister of Transport
Turkish Transport Minister fined for posting video of himself driving at 225 km/h

Turkey's transport minister has been fined for speeding after posting a video showing him driving his Audi at 225 km/h on a highway.

The video featuring the Minister of Transport is accompanied by folk music and excerpts from a speech by President Tayyip Erdogan praising road infrastructure.

It also shows the mileage of Uraloglu's car with the arrows "flying" and the car passing others in the fast lane on the Ankara-Nigdi highway.

Police later issued him a fine of nearly 240 euros for speeding, as they stopped him about 50 kilometers outside the capital Ankara.

225 km/h is almost double the speed limit in Turkey, so Abdulkadir Uraloglu's action has caused strong reactions from commentators on social media, forcing him to issue a public apology.

Faced with negative reactions, Uraloglu uploaded a photo of the police fine to the X platform, writing: "Sense of the nation."

The maximum speed limit on Turkish highways is 140 km. Last year, 6,351 people were killed in about 1.5 million traffic accidents, according to official figures.


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