The women’s affairs department at the city hall of Turkey’s primarily Kurdish-populated Diyarbakır city is carrying out active work towards increasing the number of women drivers in the local public transport system.

Sixty women have applied to Diyarbakır City Hall to become a public transport bus driver, the city hall website informed. 

The aforesaid city hall department is working on increasing the number of women public transport bus drivers by 35, this year alone.

Diyarbakır City Hall is holding courses for women wishing to become public transport bus drivers. And after passing the subsequent respective driver’s exam, these women join the ranks of drivers of public transport vehicles in the city.