A simit vendor in Türkiye finds gold, finds its owner, finds peace
, the traditional Turkish sesame pastry, found six half- and twelve quarter-coins made of gold. Haci Mehmet Aksu, 45, was in Kahramanmaras’ Turkoglu municipality, in the Cumhuriyet district, when a bag piqued his interest.
Aksu, who opened up the bag to inspect the contents, realised there were 6 half-coins and 12 quarter-coins of gold within. He handed over hisAksu entrusted the gold with the police and then went over to the Turkoglu municipality and the religious affairs directorate and had his find announced from loudspeakers.After conducting research, the police determined that the gold belonged to Duran Arslan, 68, and invited him to the station to hand over his coins.
Arslan told the Anadolu Agency that he had brought the gold along to pay for his 72-year old wife Nergiz Arslan’s intensive care expenses.vendor brother for taking the gold to the police. I had saved up for the gold for my wife and I. My wife was sick, I meant to use the gold to cover her hospital expenses.
Simit vendor Haci Mehmet Aksu said he saw a bag as he was selling simit and he was suspicious. When he opened up the bag, he saw the gold and “I immediately brought [the bag] to the police station. Then I notified the gendarmerie, the municipality, mukhtars and mosques. We found the owner today. I did my duty as a human being.”