A Controversial Practice at a Chain Supermarket: They Made Customers Tape Their Bags Shut and Put Them in Lockers.
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In Ankara, a chain supermarket is facing criminal and administrative proceedings for allegedly taping customers' bags and shopping bags and asking them to leave their belongings in lockers while shopping.
Allegations that customers' shopping bags were taped shut at a chain supermarket in Sincan, Ankara, have sparked widespread outrage. Sincan Municipality has initiated criminal and administrative proceedings against this practice, which it deems humiliating for citizens.
Criminal and administrative proceedings have been initiated against a business that taped customers' bags and put them in lockers under the pretext of “theft prevention” in Ankara's Sincan district.
In a chain supermarket operating in Sincan, Ankara, it was reported that customers' bags and shopping bags were taped shut to prevent theft, and customers were not allowed to carry these items inside the store while shopping. Customers were forced to leave their bags and shopping bags in small lockers within the store. Following this practice, the municipality conducted an inspection. Administrative and criminal proceedings have been initiated a…
Ankara breaking news: Sincan Municipality General Coordinator İsmail Can Ocak made a strong statement against a chain supermarket that taped citizens' bags under the pretext of "theft prevention" and forced them to put their belongings in small lockers. - October 20, 2026, 11:54
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