04.09.2025 18:56
Salih Bostancıoğlu, whose house was destroyed in the earthquake in Hatay and is now living in a container, forgot his bag filled with money and gold in the park while saving to buy a house. Necmettin Arvuloğlu, a cleaning staff member at Altınözü Municipality, found the bag and handed it over to the municipal police to return the gold and money to its owner. The market value of the valuable items inside the bag exceeded 1 million lira.
A citizen whose house was destroyed in the Hatay earthquake and is living in a container forgot his bag in the park while trying to buy a house. The cleaning staff who found the bag returned it, filled with gold and money, to its owner, earning praise.
Salih Bostancıoğlu, who lives in the Defne district of Hatay and is saving money to buy a house, forgot his bag filled with money and gold in the Altınözü district.
HE TOOK THE BAG TO THE MUNICIPALITY AS SOON AS HE FOUND IT
The bag belonging to Bostancıoğlu, who lost the gold and money he had saved with the dream of buying a house, was found by Necmettin Arvuloğlu, a cleaning staff member at the Altınözü Municipality. Thanks to Arvuloğlu's initiative, who handed the bag over to the municipal police teams, the money and gold were returned to their owner.
ITS VALUE EXCEEDS 1 MILLION LIRA
In the count made by the municipal police teams, it was found that the bag contained 62,700 Saudi Riyals, 4,970 Euros, 18,500 Syrian Liras, 500 Turkish Liras, 3 pieces of 22-carat bracelets, 1 piece of gold bracelet with a clasp, 1 piece of transfer bracelet, 1 piece of gold necklace, 2 pieces of gold rings, 2 pairs of gold earrings, 1 piece of gold chain bracelet, 1 piece of silver chain bracelet, 2 pieces of bracelets, and 1 gram of 22-carat gold. The valuable items, whose market value exceeds 1 million lira, were delivered to their owner intact.
"MAY GOD INCREASE HIS LIKENESSES"
The citizen Salih Bostancıoğlu, who regained his bag, expressed his gratitude for the sensitive behavior, saying, "First of all, I thank the municipal staff who found the bag. I am also grateful to the municipal police teams who helped deliver the money to me. We tried not to mix our earnings with haram, and we saw the benefit of that. May God bless, may He increase his likeneses," he said.