Taxi Crisis in Mersin: Threatening Colleague Arrested

In Mersin, a taxi driver who picked up two tourists from the bus station based on a ride-hailing app request was threatened by another taxi driver. During the incident, the tourists in the taxi apologized out of fear.Upon seeing the footage shared on social media, the police took action and arrested the threatening taxi driver. According to the statement from the Provincial Police Department, an investigation was launched after a post on a social media platform reported the incident.The teams took the suspect, B.G, who harassed the commercial taxi driver and the passengers, into custody. The suspect was fined 180,000 lira for "persistently following another vehicle in traffic for the purpose of attack or getting out of the vehicle for this purpose". B.G's driver's license was suspended for 2 months, and his vehicle was banned from traffic for 2 months."While the taxi's path was being blocked, the tourists in the vehicle apologized nervously."Meanwhile, it was determined that B.G was also working as a taxi driver at the bus station and that he had threatened the taxi driver who picked up two foreign passengers based on a ride-hailing app request, which was recorded by the vehicle's camera.