A janitor who discovered 24,500 euros ($26,000) in the bathroom of Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport has been praised for his “good character and inner conscience.”
Emrah
Evrensel, who earns minimum wage -currently 1,000 Turkish Liras a month
(approx. $350)- cleaning the airport’s VIP area, found a bag full of
cash on Nov. 6, which he then turned over to the authorities.
Evrensel
said he was startled by his discovery. “I could have kept the money for
myself. People think of every option. I did so but I chose the good
one,” he said.
Praising the janitor for his honesty, TAV Istanbul
General Manager Kemal Ünlü, said, “What he did is the result of a good
character and inner conscience.”
The money’s owner soon returned to the airport and retrieved the cash after officially being identified.
Airport
manager Mehmet Ali Ulutas said, “He [Evrensel] could have kept the
money to buy himself a modest house. However, he brought it to the
officials and set a good example.”
Evrensel was awarded a prize and a certificate of appreciation.
Meanwhile,
a currency exchange office in southern Turkey is still hunting for a
customer who unwittingly pocketed almost 10,000 liras (approx. $3,000)
in a mistaken transaction.
A male customer, aged 55-60, came into
the office in Seyhan district on Tuesday to change $10,500 and was
mistakenly paid 39,295 liras instead of 29,365.
“The customer may
not have realized that he was paid more,” the owner of the office,
Ercan Guven, said at the time, adding, “I hope he behaves with his inner
conscience and brings the money back.”
So far, however, the money has not been returned.
Hurriyet Daily News
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