People who see things forgotten by citizens in public transport in Bursa astonish those who see them. The items, which are kept for a year, are then donated to various associations.
Citizens using the metro, sea bus, tram, intercity and city buses connected to BURULAŞ forgot thousands of belongings. Among the forgotten items are sewing machines, dentures, crutches, wireless headphones, cell phones, as well as hundreds of other items. Lost items forgotten in Osmangazi Metro Station Lost Property Office are kept for a year for their owners to come and collect them. If the goods, whose legal waiting period is one year, are not taken by their owners, they are donated to various associations and delivered to people in need.
10 thousand items are forgotten in public transportation vehicles per year
Stating that an average of 10 thousand items are forgotten per year, Lost Property Manager Hava Çetin said, “Lost items in all transportation vehicles affiliated with BURULAŞ are collected at the Katip Goods Office at Osmangazi Metro Station. Lost and forgotten items on the subway, tram, bus and BUDO are brought here. The items stay here for a year. One year later, we donate some of our belongings to various associations, and sell the rest at the municipality's nursing home and donate to the nursing home with its income. An average of 10 thousand items arrive annually and the number of lost items is increasing every year. In general, more items come according to the season. In the period when schools are open, students' belongings, umbrellas in rainy weather, caps, hats, and gloves in cold weather are often brought.
They forgot the mannequin
Stating that lifeless mannequins, dentures, sewing machines and many other items are forgotten in transportation vehicles, Çetin said, “Lost items found at 39 metro stations and 2 stations on the T11 tram line are collected at the end of the day. It is kept at the station during the day, a report is kept and brought to the Lost and Found Office by the people on duty at night. Lost items in other transportation vehicles are recorded at regular intervals and left to the Lost and Found Office. Since I work here, the items do not seem interesting to me, but of course, many of them are very interesting. The last sewing machine came, it was interesting even to me. In previous years, a very large painting had come, a lifeless mannequin came. Although not always, the path of interesting items falls here. We are trying to reach the passengers, if a phone number or ID is found inside the item, we always call the owner of the item. We have many passengers that we could not reach, my advice is that they should come here and ask in case of loss.”