Sabotage on the escalator in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality metro

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Surveillance cameras have captured footage of two individuals intentionally damaging the escalators at the Gayrettepe station of the Istanbul Metro.

The video was shared on the İBB Haber social media account yesterday (August 31) with the following statement: "Individuals who sabotaged the escalators of the metro were caught on camera. Today, at 16:10, we are releasing the footage that was captured by security cameras on the M2 metro line at Gayrettepe." The footage clearly shows two individuals intentionally damaging the escalators.

News channels known for their affiliation with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) have regularly reported that escalators connected to the metro were not working.

The coming local elections including the election of the Major for the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) are expected to be held on March 31, 2024, seven months from now. 

In the previous local elections in 2019, the opposition had won the seat of the İBB Mayor after a long rule of the İstanbul municipality by first Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, elected from the Welfare (Refah) Party back in 1994,  and then Mayors from the ruling AKP, ever since the party formed the governments, starting in 2002. (EMK/PE)