12.11.2026 00:50
A person in Malatya, claiming that a road was built through land belonging to his family but that the expropriation compensation was not paid, plowed the median of the intersection on the highway with a tractor, surrounded it, and placed a container on it. While official records established that the area was classified as a road, the container was removed by municipal teams. An investigation was launched against the citizen on two separate charges, and an administrative fine was imposed.
Sefa B., a citizen who claimed that a road was built through land belonging to his family at the entrance of the Yazıhan district on the Malatya-Sivas highway but that no expropriation compensation was paid to them, said yesterday that they had land with title deeds and plowed the median at the junction with a tractor and surrounded it.
HE ALSO PLACED A CONTAINER
Sefa B., who claimed that the 9,762-square-meter area here belonged to his family, also placed a container. Sefa B., alleging that they could not find anyone to address, said, “We will continue to use our area as agricultural land by planting crops such as barley and wheat again.”
IT WAS FOUND IN OFFICIAL RECORDS TO BE 'ROAD IN CHARACTER'
Thereupon, security forces and municipal teams were dispatched to the area. In the checks carried out, it was determined that the area was 'road in character' in official records. The container placed at the junction was removed by the municipal police teams of Yazıhan Municipality and towed to a trustee parking lot.
A JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED INTO TWO SEPARATE OFFENSES
Due to the action that endangered road safety, the Yazıhan Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation. Legal proceedings were taken against Sefa B. for the offenses of 'encroachment on property to which one has no right' under Article 154 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and 'causing construction pollution' under Article 184.
In addition, an administrative fine was imposed under the Zoning Law No. 3194 and the Misdemeanors Law.