31.05.2025 20:40
A dispute broke out between street vendors and municipal police teams affiliated with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in Çekmeköy, Istanbul. During the argument, a street vendor who brandished a knife was taken into custody. Those moments were recorded by a mobile phone camera.
People selling goods on the street in Madenler, a district of Çekmeköy in Istanbul, were warned by the municipal police teams affiliated with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) that selling is prohibited.
PULLED A KNIFE ON THE MUNICIPAL POLICE
Street vendors who did not heed the warnings began to argue with the municipal police. The argument escalated into a fight. One street vendor attempted to attack the municipal police with a knife in hand.
POLICE INTERVENED
The municipal police, unable to convince the street vendors, called a police team to the scene. The police took the street vendors who attacked the municipal police to the police station.
THE MOMENTS WERE RECORDED
Meanwhile, those moments were recorded by a mobile phone camera.