Over 380 ‘night watchmen’ to patrol Istanbul streets

Some 386 “night watchmen” started patrolling the streets of Istanbul from late Aug. 13, which state-run Anadolu Agency described as a bid to “enhance safety in the city.”

The night watchmen, assigned to various neighborhoods of the city, will be on duty from sunset to sunrise six days a week, on an average of eight-hour shifts per day. The watchmen are at first being accompanied by police officers but they will later be assigned in pairs in every neighborhood they are assigned to.