Major Security Inspection at Muğla Bus Terminals
Teams from the Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, which operates within the municipality and conducts searches of passengers and luggage using X-ray machines and similar equipment at the entrances to intercity bus terminals—which citizens use to travel to different provinces and districts—seize cutting and piercing tools as well as unlicensed firearms and hand them over to police units.
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Since 2025, the Metropolitan Police and Private Security Services have seized 2,520 cutting tools and more than 30 unlicensed firearms and turned them over to law enforcement agencies.
Ahmet Şan, Director of the Municipal Police Department of the Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, stated, “We operate as private security officers under Law No. 5188 at the terminals run by our Muğla Metropolitan Municipality. During inspections of passengers and their bags as they pass through X-ray machines at our terminals, a total of 2,520 cutting tools and more than 30 firearms have been detected since 2025.The detected firearms are reported to our law enforcement units via the General Directorate of Security’s KAAN application and handed over to them; the cutting tools, on the other hand, are destroyed in coordination with our law enforcement units,” he said.
Ahmet Aras, Mayor of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality and President of the Aegean Coastal Municipalities Union, said, “Our bus terminals are among the city’s most important public spaces, used by thousands of citizens every day. Our priority is for everyone living in Muğla and visiting our city to feel safe. With this in mind, our municipal police and private security teams are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The inspections we conduct are not merely routine checks but also an important responsibility aimed at protecting public order and personal safety. We will continue to work in full cooperation with our law enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of our citizens,” he said.
