5. Core Values
A transport approach, in which the pipelines are used as part of the social, economic, cultural, technic, and technological advancements, high-speed trains become prominent, and air transportation is accepted routinely, forms the basis for the complex transport systems of today named as transport modes. In this regard, the 2023 vision;42 was set forth as a development tendency, in the field of an economic and social development process generating values for Turkey to gain the competitive capacity with national technology move at international level by increasing efficiency at each field, supremacy of law, fundamental rights and freedoms protected with a strong democracy, stability and sustainability in economy, and the increase in prosperity and fair sharing being continuous in the field of humane, social, and spatial development areas.
The set of values, enabling the making of technological advancements and innovative efforts without losing its essence and making concessions to its values in all efforts on ensuring traffic safety, should be reasserted in the traffic safety efforts.
Traffic safety core values are as follows:
- Human-oriented, environment-friendly, and sustainable
- Lawful and respectful to social and ethical values
- Based on information and technology, and open to innovation
- Accountable, objective, and reliable
- Effective, consistent, and intensive
- Local, national, and unique
- Open to cooperation, leader and exemplary in the international arena.
1. HUMAN-ORIENTED, ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY, AND SUSTAINABLE
Concerning the fact that human is the essence of the universe and an honourable creature that beautifies the world, it expresses that the ultimate goal of ensuring traffic safety is to protect humans.
Protecting the environment and nature being the most important life component of human indicates the importance of worrying about the necessity to protect the available resources for the future generations to use while using the ones available in all traffic safety activities
HUMAN-ORIENTED, ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY, AND SUSTAINABLE
2. LAWFUL, RESPECTFUL TO SOCIAL AND ETHICAL VALUES
All efforts, planning, intervention, and measures made in the field of traffic safety being lawful, and respectful to social and ethical rules is of vital importance.
The infrastructure works, involving the road and environment of road traffic safety activities, technical works, including the manufacturing and all the other engineering stages of vehicles, formal and non-formal education activities, promotion and campaigns indicates that behaviours that are in line with the basic principles of the legal system, legislation, ongoing values of Turkey for thousands of years, and internationally accepted ethical rules will be displayed in all stages of post-accident intervention and the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the victim with the control of all elements of traffic safety
The presentation of all efforts, researches, academic and scientific literature made in the field of traffic safety in Turkey, and all accumulation of knowledge generated in this field to the traffic safety in Turkey, expresses that we shouldn’t abstain from using the technical and technological advancements constantly progressed to ensure the safety of life and property of the Turkish citizens and that we need to adapt the modernization process of science and technology in a way to provide economic and social benefits to the traffic safety.
3. BASED ON INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY, AND OPEN TO INNOVATION
The presentation of all efforts, researches, academic and scientific literature made in the field of traffic safety in Turkey, and all accumulation of knowledge generated in this field to the traffic safety in Turkey, expresses that we shouldn’t abstain from using the technical and technological advancements constantly progressed to ensure the safety of life and property of the Turkish citizens and that we need to adapt the modernization process of science and technology in a way to provide economic and social benefits to the traffic safety.
4. ACCOUNTABLE, OBJECTIVE, AND RELIABLE
It indicates that the credibility of the accountability concept, indicating the control of all stakeholders assigned in ensuring traffic safety, with various forms and methods on the businesses and transactions, while they fulfil their roles, authorities, and responsibilities. increases in terms of reliability, when supported with objectivity. All Ministries, Institutions, and Organizations being in the endeavour of delivering public services under the optimum conditions, use all facilities provided by our nation to the government, back to the benefit of the nation with the most effective and efficient manner.
5. EFFECTIVE, CONSISTENT, AND INTENSIVE
It means the achievement of all aims and objectives as a result of getting the best and optimum result by making use of the government’s resources ideally, and the efforts to be made based on Action Plans within the Strategy Paper by ensuring that all institutions and organizations being a part of the safe system show maximum effort to achieve traffic safety.
In accordance with the Safe System Approach, it indicates the making of effective, consistent, and intensive efforts without delay by all Ministries, Institutions, and Organizations, assigned in the field of engineering (infrastructure, road, environment, and vehicles), education (formal, non-formal, and campaigns), control (controls in all elements of engineering, education, and post-accident aid along with police and gendarmerie) and post-accident intervention /care, treatment, and rehabilitation) under the 4E rule in traffic safety.
6. LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND UNIQUE
It indicates the use of elements particular to Turkey and the nation to enhance and improve the country in all production mechanisms rather than having external dependence and ensuring the highest added value by fulfilling the best role and service. It explains that we should be able to ensure our development with elements particular to Turkey without needing any element produced in foreign countries, at both informational, technical, and technological dimension in ensuring traffic safety.
7. OPEN TO COOPERATION, LEADER AND EXEMPLARY IN INTERNATIONAL ARENA
The key to becoming reputable and known in the international arena, the geography Turkey is located in, and in climates where our origins are based on, is to work hard and put forth quality products. It indicates that ensuring the safety of life and property by ensuring traffic safety in Turkey finds a response in friendly and fellow nations being willing to develop cooperation by following the same methods with Turkey, as well as attracting the attention of the United Nations we are a member and other international organizations and strengthening the position of Turkey.