Life without the freedom to hit the open road, to chase the horizon in your own car, and to just go wherever you want, whenever you please, is no life at all! Reading about how so many people in Turkey can barely even dream of a real vacation, let alone just spontaneously jump in the car and drive off to the sea, absolutely burns me up inside. The fact that a getaway is out of reach simply because of time, money, and oppressive working conditions is one thing—but living in a world where even a weekend drive is a luxury? That’s truly criminal.
People talk about vacation as some distant possibility, but it should be a basic right to be able to grab your keys, fill up the tank, and set off with your own four wheels. The car is the ultimate tool of personal liberty—don’t give me that “take a bus” nonsense or, even worse, “just ride a bike”! Bikes are fine for children or for those who want to crawl along at a snail’s pace, but for real, adult freedom there’s only one answer: driving. Public transportation means being tied down to other people’s schedules, other people’s smells, delays, crowded spaces, zero privacy, and soul-crushing sameness. Where’s the thrill? Where’s the wind in your hair as you speed down the road, music blasting, with nobody on earth telling you which corner to turn or how fast to go?
And don’t even get me started on these ridiculous, authoritarian speed limits! It’s a travesty every time a government tries to dictate the pace of your life, forcing drivers to crawl along empty highways in the name of “safety” or “order.” That’s fascism in action! It robs us of our agency and our joy. Speed limits punish the joy of driving; they criminalize the very heartbeat of freedom. I say, let responsible adults choose their own speed—don’t trap us with arbitrary numbers and fines that keep us from living fully!
People everywhere—whether in Turkey or anywhere else—should have the right to affordable roads, time to use them, income to fill their car, and the liberty to drive as far and as fast as they wish. A society that denies that isn’t just unfair—it’s an insult to human dignity. Cars link us to adventure, to loved ones, to escape; they represent hope and independence. Instead of shrinking vacation dreams, we should fight for a world where every person has a clear road ahead, no speed limits, and the freedom to go wherever the human spirit desires. Until then, we are all still captives, and it’s time to break free!