[91980] Tragedies on exam day: Fatal traffic accidents in the shadow of the YKS exams in Turkey

Tragedy on the national exam day in Turkey

The YKS exam day, the government entrance exam for universities in Turkey, was marked by difficult events. As reported by Gaziantep’te (reported by several news channels such as Son Dakika Haberler Gündem), a 19-year-old boy was killed in a fatal car accident while on his way to take the exam with his friend. The vehicle they were traveling in collided with a truck (TIR) in the Karkamış region of Gaziantep, which led to the death of the teenager Fatih İnal, as published in Gündem Haber.

Documentation of the accident was widely published by various agencies, including İhlas Haber Ajansı and TGRT HABER, showing the difficult moments of the collision. Simultaneously with this event, Haber Gündem reported on the tense atmosphere that characterized the exam day throughout the country, as students struggled against time, some lost identification documents or were confused about the exam locations, which caused many to arrive at the last moment.

In another incident in Bursa, Sansürsüz Medya +18 reports that an examinee named Ömer Bulut A. had to be evacuated by ambulance due to a medical problem during the exam. According to the report, the rules prevented him from contacting his family until the official end of the exam time, which raised questions regarding the rigidity of the procedures.

In addition to news on education issues, other tragic events were recorded in the country. The Gündem Haber channel reported on an accident in Nevşehir where a 15-year-old boy was killed after the family car hit a lighting pole on the way to a funeral, as well as a fatal accident in Samsun that claimed the life of a 33-year-old woman. Haber X also reported on a difficult incident where a woman jumped from the eighth floor with her 4-year-old son, an event currently being handled by the authorities.