Rumours have circulated that the policy was drafted after conservative Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan passed through Asmalimescit on June 15th and became angry that people were drinking in the streets.
Proširile su se glasine da je takva politika osmišljena nakon što je konzervativni premijer Recep Tayyip Erdogan 15. lipnja prošao Asmalimescitom i razljutio se jer su ljudi pili na ulicama.