Are you obliged in this situation to get closer to the middle of the roadway before turning left?

In the photo you are driving along a wide street in a town, with tram tracks running along the roadway; ahead of you there is a junction where you intend to turn left. Before turning left, you must move closer to the middle of the roadway, which here means towards the tram tracks. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver who intends to turn left to move closer to the middle of the roadway or, on a one-way roadway, to its left edge; the only exception is when the dimensions of the vehicle make such a turn impossible or when traffic is allowed in only one direction. Tracks in the roadway do not change this rule - the tram runs down the middle, and you position yourself next to it, leaving space on your right for vehicles going straight on. Before you drive onto the tram tracks, you check in the mirror that no tram is coming from behind, and you remember that at the junction a tram going straight on has right of way over you turning left, so you wait for it to pass.

Legal basis: Art. 22 para. 2 point 2 and para. 3 and Art. 25 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)