Sweet way to honour Turkish kings of the road

IT WAS with great delight that I read of the achievement of the Turkish contractor, Gama Tubin, in completing phase one of the Ballincollig bypass ahead of schedule.

Sweet way to honour Turkish kings of the road
Thu, 23 Sep, 2004 - 01:00

In recognition of this and the long tradition of a Turkish aspect to Cork culture might I respectfully suggest that the new bypass be named the Hadji Bey Expressway.

It would be a small but nevertheless sweet victory for those championing the use of relevant local placenames.

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