
The Istanbul Police Department announced that traffic regulations will be implemented on certain avenues and streets on Sunday, October 18, due to an event to be held in Zeytinburnu.
Istanbul Police Department announced that some avenues and streets will be closed to traffic and alternative routes will be used as of 09:00 due to the event to be held in Zeytinburnu on Sunday, October 18.
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Security units are implementing temporary traffic restrictions due to various events held in Istanbul.
The Istanbul Police Department announced that due to an event to be held in Zeytinburnu, traffic arrangements will be made on certain avenues and streets on Sunday, October 18.
According to the statement made by the Traffic Inspection Branch Directorate, the designated roads will be closed to vehicular traffic from 09.00 until the end of the event.
Drivers were asked to use alternative routes to avoid disruptions in transportation.
WHICH ROADS WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC IN ISTANBUL?
The avenues and streets that will be closed to vehicular traffic due to the event in Zeytinburnu are as follows:
- Zübeyde Hanım Avenue
- Prof. Dr. Muammer Aksoy Avenue
- Semiha Şakir Avenue
- Rauf Denktaş Avenue
- Yunus Emre Avenue
- Seyitnizam Avenue
- Asım Kazancıgil Avenue
- Balıklı Kazlıçeşme Yolu Avenue
- Belgradkapı Avenue
- Demirhane Avenue
- Zakirbaşı Street
- İmam Hatip Yolu Street
- Balıklı Silivrikapı Yolu Street
- Çinoğlu Dead End
- 40th Street
- 246th Street
ALTERNATIVE ROUTES ANNOUNCED
The Istanbul Police Department also announced alternative routes that drivers can use instead of the roads to be closed to traffic.
Accordingly, drivers will be able to use the following roads:
- Tenth Year Avenue
- Coastal Kennedy Avenue
- Ekrem Kurt Boulevard
- Prof. Turan Güneş Boulevard
WHEN WILL THE ROADS REOPEN?
The traffic restriction will start at 09.00 on Sunday, October 18, and will continue until the end of the event.
The exact time when the roads will be reopened to traffic has not been announced.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The specified roads in Zeytinburnu will be closed to traffic on Sunday, October 18, at 09:00.
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