4 Mayıs 2026 Pazartesi

"Load & Release": Traffic is All Screwed Up! - Literally!, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sabah Newspaper, 3 May 2026)














         Would that the screws had been lira coins...

Traffic was disrupted in Silivri, Istanbul, due to screws spilling onto 
the road from a truck carrying construction materials. The screws, 
spread across an area of ​​approximately 4 kilometers, caused numerous 
tire punctures and long queues on the D-100 highway. Legal action 
was taken against the truck driver, and the vehicle was impounded.

The incident occurred around 09:00 on the D-100 highway, in the 
Yeni Mahalle area, heading towards Edirne. For reasons yet unknown, 
screws spilled from a truck carrying construction materials onto the 
road, stretching for approximately 4 kilometers. The scattered sharp 
objects damaged the tires of several vehicles. 

Following reports from drivers, teams from Silivri Regional Traffic, 
Highways Directorate, and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) 
were dispatched to the scene. All lanes of the highway were closed to 
traffic for approximately two hours to clean up the screws. Traffic was 
diverted to a side road during this time. Long queues of vehicles formed 
during the cleanup operation.

The screws on the road were collected by the traffic police, highway 
crews and local shopkeepers working together. After the work, traffic 
flow was restored in a controlled manner from a single lane. On the 
other hand, a short argument occurred between a tanker driver waiting 
in traffic and a traffic police officer on duty. 

Culprit Y.K. with confessional poster he's selling. Why not 
cash in?
















Silivri District Police Department teams started working to identify the 
truck and driver from which the screws were spilled. As a result of the 
investigations of the police teams, it was determined that the driver of 
the truck from which the bolts were spilled was a person named Y.K. (33).

Y.K., who was apprehended along with the pickup truck, was found to 
be working as a screw  polisher (!) in Silivri's Ortaköy neighborhood, 
and checks revealed that the vehicle lacked a valid inspection certificate. 
The vehicle was impounded, and legal proceedings were initiated against 
suspect Y.K. for "damaging property" and "endangering traffic safety."





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