13.11.2026 12:41
In Balıkesir’s Havran district, olive producer Levent Koca took off his muddy boots at the entrance and entered in his socks to avoid dirtying the floor of the District Population Directorate. Population Director Erhan Dayı put the boots on him with his hands and said, “May your heart not be muddy”; those moments were captured on camera.
In the Havran district of Balıkesir, olive producer Levent Koca, who came to the District Population Directorate at the Havran District Governorship to carry out official transactions, took off his muddy boots on the entrance stairs of the building so as not to dirty the floor and entered inside in his socks. Noticing the situation, Havran District Population Director Erhan Dayı put the citizen's boots on with his own hands and said, "It doesn't matter if your feet are muddy. Don't let your heart be muddy. Brothers like you are the crown of our heads."
HE TOOK OFF HIS BOOTS AT THE DOOR SO AS NOT TO DIRTY THE FLOOR
Levent Koca, who produces olives in the rural Hüseyinbeşeler Neighborhood of the district, came to the Havran District Population Directorate for driver's license procedures after his work in the field. Not wanting to dirty the floor of the public building with his boots, which had become muddy due to rainy weather and field conditions, Koca showed great consideration, took off his boots at the entrance, and walked to the transaction counter in his socks.
A MOVING GESTURE FROM DIRECTOR ERHAN DAYI
Seeing that the citizen was trying to carry out transactions in his socks, Havran District Population Director Erhan Dayı immediately intervened, had the boots brought, and put them on Koca's feet with his own hands. Director Dayı's words to producer Levent Koca at that moment, "It doesn't matter if your feet are muddy. Don't let your heart be muddy, your heart. Brothers like you are the crown of our heads," created emotional moments at the institution.
THOSE MOMENTS WERE CAPTURED ON CAMERA
The sincere dialogue and exemplary behavior between the public official and the producer citizen were recorded second by second by both the institution's security camera and the mobile phone cameras of those around. The footage quickly received great appreciation from citizens.