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Everyone loves a good joke... unless the joke is on them. No one likes to be ridiculed or humiliated while others look on laughing. Even worse, no one wants to be physically hurt by a joke. But with "eşek şakalar," "practical jokes," "pranks," or whatever you want to call them, things sometimes cross the line. Does that mean the victim can bring a lawsuit if they are injured?
Yes, victims of practical jokes could bring lawsuits, depending on the circumstances. If someone thinks it would be funny to pour a few drops of oil on tile floor to make a co-worker lose their balance and spin around like a first-time skater on the ice, that could result in a lawsuit.
While some might think it's funny to see the victim flail their arms like a windmill to try to keep their balance, it stops being funny if the victim is injured. The victim could bring a lawsuit under a legal theory of battery. Battery involves intentionally causing harmful or offensive contact to someone. But wait - the joker with the oil didn't actually "touch" the victim. Doesn't matter... the force could be indirect.
It isn't a legal defense to say, "Oh, c'mon... it was just a joke." Here, a practical joke goes off well, with Haluk and Meltem from "Çocuklar Duymasın." Çocuklar Duymasın'ın Sahne Arkasında Efsane Şaka https://youtube.com/shorts/In-TIW2xWa4?si=CMvJfSQnr8YC1WIi
But sometimes, the victim could get hurt, in a more physical setting shown here, falling over while bound to a chair. Eşek Şakası https://youtube.com/shorts/8h2sF6YmMgE?si=JKj4QcKcxMNxZSLw If the practical joke results in injury, it could be taken to court. And that could result in serious legal action that includes pain and suffering, medical bills, or time lost from work. When one considers the possible bad outcomes of a bad prank, maybe life gives us enough "dertler" (Herkesin bir derdi var... https://www.communityabroad.com/turkish/post/1000000052500 ) without worrying about lawsuits from silly practical jokes that went wrong.
Everyone loves a good joke, as long as it is harmless and no one is hurt in the end. The law follows this rule as well.
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