date:Feb 09, 2014
For citizens of Istanbul, vegetable prices have risen due to lorry drivers recently holding a protest over a number of days. They were angry because they are limited to when they can drive on a busy bridge to Istanbul.
Lorry drivers are not allowed to drive over the Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge between 7 and 10am, and 4 to 8pm as the government wish to bring a calmer traffic situation. However this decision is unacceptable to truckers and led to 1500 lorry drivers striking between 27 to 30 Janua