22.05.2026 19:21
In Şanlıurfa, 117,661 TL was found on a beggar during inspections by municipal police teams targeting beggars at the bus terminal.
Teams of the Sanliurfa Metropolitan Municipality Police Department carried out inspections targeting beggars, whose numbers have increased across the city ahead of the approaching Eid al-Adha. Ekrem K., who was asking passengers for money at the Sanliurfa Intercity Bus Terminal by claiming to be in poor health and financial distress, was monitored by the teams for a while.
BEGGAR COLLECTED 117 THOUSAND LIRA
The beggar, caught red-handed while collecting money from citizens, was taken to the Police Department by the teams. During a body search of Ekrem K. conducted there, 117,661 TL, believed to have been obtained from begging, was seized.
Officials from the Sanliurfa Metropolitan Municipality stated that inspections targeting individuals who try to gain unfair profit by exploiting citizens' emotions will continue.