Few Words About Turkey

Hi, I want to mention about the traffic jam in Istanbul where I live in Turkey. This city is the most crowded and big city in Turkey so traffic jam is one of the biggest problems for the citizens. Sometimes I spend two hours to go like 20kms. This problem is not limited to some certain hours. There is a traffic jam at almost every hour of the day in the city. The average amount of time an İstanbul resident spends in traffic is increasing and being more unbearable every day. City’s municipality and Turkish government are putting huge efforts in coping with these problems. Extra tunnels, subways, tramways and bus-only lanes have been constructed or there are ones still under construction. But it is not about only constructing them, the government should raise the public awareness about the use of the public transportation. Citizens should use the public transportation much more. And drivers are also the part of the traffic problem. They should follow the rules. Although the government tries to catch up with the speed of development, it is an inevitable outcome of the metropolitans.