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Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya held a press conference on the 2020 Public Safety Assessment and 2021 New Year Measures. Yerlikaya stated the following in his statement:
* We will be in all parts of Istanbul, as in every New Year, to welcome the new year. We hope that everyone will comply with Covid-19 measures as they welcome the new year.
* Within the scope of the measures, all entrances to Sultanahmet Square and İstiklal Street from 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 31 to 10:00 a.m. on Friday will be restricted.
* 4 thousand 871 gendarmes, 24 thousand 298 policemen, 4 thousand 918 guards, 160 coast guards, a total of 34 thousand 247 friends will be on duty on New Year’s Eve.
Governor Yerlikaya shared the following information at the meeting, in which he explained Istanbul’s specific security measures:
A total of 53,553 security forces work in Istanbul, including 6,313 gendarmes, 42,920 police officers, 5.23 guards and 937 coast guard officers. With the measures taken and the effective operations carried out, the number of forensic cases in the area of police responsibility decreased by 7% and in the gendarmerie area by 47% compared to the previous year.
Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya held a press conference on the 2020 Public Security Assessment and 2021 New Year Measures.
REDUCE THEFT AT HOME AND AT WORK
In 2020 compared to 2019, what is known as catalog crimes; home robbery decreased by 11%, workplace robbery decreased by 10%, car theft decreased by 31%, car theft decreased by 5%, extortion crimes decreased by 8%.
The number of daily home burglaries decreased from 57 in 2018 to 43 in 2019 and 37 in 2020. The number of robberies at workplaces in one day decreased from 30 in 2018 to 23 in 2019 and 20 this year. Car theft for a day was 10 in 2018. It dropped to 7 in 2019 and this year to 6.8 per day.
INTERNET SCAMS INCREASE
Another issue that I wanted to draw attention to Governor Yerlika was related to the crimes of fraud. Unfortunately, fraud crimes increased 14% in 2020, especially due to phone and internet fraud. Governor Yerlikaya said: “This is our task,” and recalled the warning messages sent to citizens by the Interior Ministry and security units, saying, “This is our task.” , do not believe in demanding money “,” The prosecutor, the police or public officials will not ask you for an account number, money or gold for the operation. don’t give these people credit. “
2 THOUSAND 507 TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
Stating that “Our fight against all types of terrorist organizations continues with determination,” Governor Yerlikaya shared the following information on terrorist crimes: Between 2018, 2019 and 2020, against PKK, ISIS, AL-KAIDE, FETO, DHKP-C, MLKP and other terrorist organizations A total of 2,507 operations were carried out in Istanbul. In these operations; 8,635 suspects were captured, of which 2,999 were arrested. This year; A total of 507 operations were carried out against terrorist organizations. In these operations; 2,417 suspects were captured, 745 of them were arrested.
19 thousand 721 PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR NARCOTIC CRIMES
As part of the fight against drug crimes, 64,263 people were captured, 9.1 tons of drugs were seized, 7 million 459 thousand 944 synthetic pills in operations carried out in 2018 in the last 3 years. In 2019, 63,626 people were captured, approximately 13.4 tons of drugs, 10 million 49 thousand 803 synthetic pills were seized. In the operations carried out this year; While 55,146 people were captured, approximately 11.7 tons of drugs and 4 million 533 thousand 421 synthetic pills were seized. In the last three years, 182,019 suspects have been captured, of which 19,721 have been arrested. Unfortunately, due to drug use; There were 285 deaths in 2018, 108 in 2019, and 72 in 2020.
90 PEOPLE LOSE LIVES IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
Governor Yerlikaya shared the following traffic information, which took a significant amount of time for Istanbul: The number of vehicles in our province increased by 4% compared to last year, reaching 4 million 432 thousand 258. The The number of licensed drivers increased by 17% to 6 million 403 thousand 473. In the practices carried out, while the number of vehicles controlled in 2019 was 4 million 18 thousand 76, this year 5 million 173 thousand 580 vehicles were controlled, with an increase of 28.7% compared to last year.
In fatal accidents: 136 citizens died in 2018, 120 in 2019 and 90 in 2020. Regarding the application of the seat belt; 2 million 806 thousand 119 vehicles were controlled and 162 thousand 852 drivers who did not use seat belts were sanctioned. Belt wearing rate; Increased to 94%. This year, 11,440 drivers who were not sensitive to pedestrian priority were penalized.
According to the 2020 digital report; 75.3% of the population using the Internet in Turkey. The number of Internet users reached 62.7 million. Regarding cybercrime: 3,622 files were transferred to the court in 2020. Compared to last year, these crimes have been reduced by 36.1%. In the last 3 years, 2,789 people were arrested and 1,067 arrested.
This year; 11,521 inspections were carried out, including 5,212 commercial taxis and 4,797 tourism companies, and 1,512 hanutçu. A sanction of 7 million 737 thousand 134 TL was imposed on people and companies with non-compliance detected during these audits.
Search and rescue activities increased by 52%, 367 citizens were evacuated from the sea and rescued. In order to protect the marine habitat, 71 boats were seized for illegal fishing.
2 million 831 thousand 500 packs of smuggled cigarettes and 38 thousand 433 kilos of tobacco were seized in alcohol and cigarette smuggling operations. This year there were 125 incidents and 100 suspects were arrested.
Affiliated with the Istanbul Regional Directorate of Customs and Foreign Trade; As a result of the efforts of our maritime, airport, customs protection and smuggling units, various types of illegal goods valued at 1.2 billion lire were seized.
Especially the rules of isolation; 6 million 15 thousand 321 inspections were carried out in people, public places and businesses. 11,390 of the people and companies that did not comply with the regulations were subject to administrative action, and 9,659 of them were prosecuted.
Governor Yerlikaya recalled that there is a curfew restriction from tonight until 5 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2021, and affirmed that the necessary legal actions will be taken in relation to conduct that constitutes the opposite.
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