A woman with Alzheimer's left a note and disappeared from home.

A woman with Alzheimer's left a note and disappeared from home.

05.08.2026 12:03

In Bursa, a 72-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease left a note at home and went missing. The worried family applied to the police to find the elderly woman. It was learned that in the note, she wrote that she had asked her son for money, but the wallet was thrown in her face, and she was angered by this situation. The missing woman was found sitting in the garden of Bursa City Hospital.

Emine Buran, a 72-year-old Alzheimer's patient who went missing after leaving a note at her home in the Osmangazi district of Bursa, was found at Bursa City Hospital as a result of search efforts by her family and the police.

SHE LEFT A NOTE AND RAN AWAY

The incident occurred yesterday afternoon in the Başaran neighborhood. Emine Buran, 72, who has Alzheimer's disease, left a note at her home and went outside. Her family, who received no news from the elderly woman even though it was evening, reported the situation to the police and filed a missing person report.

WHEN I ASKED FOR MONEY, HE THREW IT IN MY FACE

It was determined that Emine Buran left a note of complaint before leaving the house, and the note contained the following statements:

"I left the house. Let everyone spend their money freely. I asked Sebahattin for money. He gave me 400 lira to take Engin to the doctor. I said, 'This isn't enough.' He threw the wallet in my face. I said, 'Am I your slave?' When I asked for money, he threw it in my face. I got angry and threw it at him. Look after this child; I've been saying it for five months."

FAMILY FOUND HER AT THE HOSPITAL

Upon the report, the teams and the woman's relatives began a search in the area. As a result of the searches, 72-year-old Emine Buran was found sitting alone in the garden of Bursa City Hospital. It was learned that the elderly woman's health condition was good, and she was handed over to her family.

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