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(CNN Türk website, 8 January 2026)
"Formula One" tractor.
Emine Tüzün (67), who lives in the Eğirdir district of Isparta, has
received multiple fines from Istanbul for the license plate of her
tractor, which she never took out of her village (!). Emine hanım,
who had the previous fines cancelled as a result of her appeals,
recently received another fine notice. She said (in exasperation!)
that she would change the license plate as soon as possible.
Emine hanım, a mother of 11 children (!) living in Gökçehüyük
village in Eğirdir district, is facing trouble because of the license
plate of her tractor. In 2021, she received nine fines for allegedly
passing through Istanbul's highways and bridges without paying tolls.
These fines were served in 2022, and after appealing, the fines were
cancelled. In May 2024, she received another notification for a 690
lira fine for exceeding the speed limit on the Istanbul Northern Ring
Road. She appealed this as well. After reviewing camera footage,
the fine was determined to have been issued in error and was
cancelled by court order.
The real culprit. The resemblance is uncanny. Easy mistake.
However (!), Emine hanım recently received a notification from the
Istanbul 5th Enforcement Office regarding her tractor's license plate,
this time alleging a debt of 735 lira in toll fees and 1019 lira in late
payment interest for illegal crossings on bridges and highways
in 2025.
She related that: "I received a payment order for my tractor, which
has the same license plate as a luxury car with an Azerbaijani
registration, and is registered in my name, for allegedly crossing
the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge and the Northern Ring Road without
paying. I am being asked to pay the debt, which amounts to 1019 lira
including late payment interest, or to declare my assets within 10 days.
I am shocked. We have appealed again to CİMER (the Presidential
Communication Center) and the relevant institutions. Let's see what
the result will be."
Radar trap love for a faraway tractor.
Emine hanım added that she received the first payment notice in 2022
and appealed, proving that the vehicle allegedly involved in the illegal
crossing was not a tractor: "After we appealed, the camera recordings
were reviewed, and it was determined that the violator was a car with
Azerbaijani license plates. The Ministry apologized for this mistake
and said the fine was canceled."
Emine hanım also noted that the same license plate received a speeding
ticket from the Istanbul Traffic Control Branch Directorate in May 2024,
saying, "We appealed this fine as well. A year later, the Istanbul
Anatolian 3rd Magistrates' Court canceled the fine on the grounds that
it was issued in error. Just when we thought we were free, the
enforcement office issued a payment order for the collection of another
debt."
Fed up with the fines and the experiences she's had coming from Istanbul,
about 600 kilometers away from her village (!), said she will change her
tractor's license plate as soon as possible by making the necessary
applications and wants to stop receiving fine notices. Emine hanım said,
"We were shocked that a tractor that never leaves the village and only
works in the fields was fined as if it were driving around in a city like
Istanbul. Imagining the tractor being caught by radar seemed a bit
far-fetched to me. Because the maximum speed for tractors is 40
kilometers per hour. I don't even want to think that there are traffic
police officers who don't know this."
The little tractor that could...but didn't.
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