"A road safety manual containing religious passages warning motorists that their safety depends less on the quality of their driving than on divine will, has riled many in Turkey who see it as an affront to the country's secular principles and carte-blanche for reckless behaviour on the road. The municipality of Beyoglu, a major Istanbul city district, published the 66-page manual entitled "Traffic Education and Information for Students" with the aim of distributing it to aspiring drivers in neighbourhoods under its jurisdicton."
TURKEY: ROAD MANUAL'S ISLAMIC FATALISM DRIVES SOME UP THE WALL
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