Overview

• Abdulkadir Uraloglu posted a highway-driving video on Sunday that included the hashtag #TurkeyAccelerates and clips of folk songs and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speeches.
• The footage showed speedometer readings between 190 and 225 kph on the Ankara–Niğde highway, where the limit is 140 kph.
• He later reposted the video saying he had been fined and that sharing it had effectively denounced him.
• A copy of the penalty notice he shared recorded a speed of 225 kph and a fine of 9,267 Turkish Lira, about $225.
• He said the excess speed was unintentional and pledged to be more careful, adding that obeying the speed limit is mandatory for everyone.