24.10.2026 10:10
Naciye Demirtaş Daş (41), a public bus driver in Muğla, collected the poems she wrote to support children with DMD in a book titled 'Aşk Bir Tufan' (Love Is a Storm). The mother of two, who sold 1,000 copies of her book released 6 months ago, added her own savings to the income she earned and deposited 150,000 liras into a governor's office-approved account for the treatment of 11-year-old Mert Özkaya.
In MUĞLA, public bus driver Naciye Demirtaş Daş (41) turned her passion for poetry into goodness. Daş, who collected the poems she wrote to support children with DMD in a book titled 'Love Is a Storm', added her own savings to the income from her work and donated 150,000 lira for the treatment of Mert Özkaya (11).
Naciye Demirtaş Daş, who works as a public bus driver within the Transportation Department of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, is married and a mother of two, and transformed the poetry she had been interested in since childhood into a meaningful social responsibility project. Aiming to support children battling DMD muscle disease, Daş brought together 41 of the poems she wrote and published her 24-page book titled 'Love Is a Storm'. The book, which deals with themes such as love, affection, nature, hope and the struggle for life, also became hope for contributing to a young child's treatment.
SHE SOLD 1,000 BOOKS AND ADDED HER SAVINGS ON TOP
Daş, who sold 1,000 copies of her book, which she brought to readers 6 months ago, decided to use the income for the treatment of 11-year-old Mert Özkaya, who has DMD. Adding her own savings to the money from book sales, Daş donated a total of 150,000 lira to Mert's governor-approved IBAN account. Daş, who did not just put her poems on paper but used them to support a child's struggle for life, said she experienced the happiness of contributing to another child's dreams while realizing her own.
HOW HAPPY I AM IF I CAN TOUCH SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAMS
Naciye Demirtaş Daş, who explained that her dream of publishing a poetry book turned into a movement of goodness over time, said, 'My aim was to publish a book, but it needed to touch someone. Because my dream was to be a bus driver, and if I have taken a step toward making someone else's dreams come true while realizing my own dream, how happy I am. I am very happy that such an opportunity existed and that I can touch a fellow human being.'
Stating that she donated 150,000 lira to Mert Özkaya by adding her own contribution to the income from her book, Daş said, 'I think being aware and being different is the most beautiful thing. Being aware of many shortcomings around us and taking a step in their absence and supporting them is a very beautiful happiness.'
Mert Özkaya's father Hasan Özkaya also thanked Naciye Demirtaş Daş, with whom he spoke by phone.