TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ASKS TAXI DRIVERS ONE THING

"I ask for one thing from you in the name of my nation: Quality,”
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 The Uber dispute “is finished” in Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said early on June 11, while calling on taxi drivers to take measures to improve conditions that led people to prefer Uber, which was recently banned in the country.

“Something called Uber has emerged. The president has made a clear instruction on the matter. No one can earn undeserved money in this country. Their technology doesn’t count,” Yıldırım told drivers during a pre-dawn sahur Ramadan meal in Istanbul.

“No non-taxpayers can do business here,” he said, assuring yellow cab drives that “it is our duty to remove this network, which works illegally in your field.”

Istanbul traffic police have stepped up their inspections to identify Uber vehicles and motorcycles utilizing Scott, an Uber-like ridesharing app, following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s June 1 comments.

“Something called Uber has arisen. But that business is now over. There is no such thing anymore ... We already have a taxi system. Uber exists in Europe. I do not care,” Erdoğan had said in an iftar fast-breaking meal speech on June 1.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yıldırım said the taxi drivers’ chamber should take responsibility for providing better services for users.

“How did this [Uber] enter the market? Not as a prime minister but as a brother of yours, I ask for one thing from you in the name of my nation: Quality,” he said.

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LIVERPOOL

  A private hire taxi driver told a little girl to get into his car before following her to school in Childwall this morning.

Police officers are carrying out enquiries following the suspicious incident near a primary school at 8.40am.

A pupil at St Paschal Baylon Primary School reported that a male taxi driver had spoken to her inappropriately.

The incident is believed to have happened at traffic lights on Bowring Park Avenue, close to the Turnpike Tavern.

The girl reported that the taxi driver had asked her to get into the vehicle, before following her up the road and staring at her.

She went to school and immediately reported the incident to a teacher.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish more details on the man and his vehicle and an alert has been issued to remind pupils to be vigilant when going to school.

Local Policing Inspector Andy Wignall said: "Although no attempt was made to grab the girl, it is clearly an alarming incident and one which we take seriously.

"We will be carrying out high-visibility patrols at the school tomorrow and I would encourage anyone with information to speak to us, whether you were passing, saw anything suspicious or have any more details on this taxi.

"The girl involved did exactly the right thing in ignoring this man and speaking to an adult straight away so it is good to see stranger danger messages work.

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