8 Aralık 2021 Çarşamba

"Beat & Release": Groom's Wedding Day 'Pompalı Tüfenk' Gift a Tad Inauspicious

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 8 December 2021)














The gloomy-looking bride seems to be having a premonition. 

Last Sunday, İbrahim Mendaşağu got married in the Gürpınar 
neighborhood of Istanbul's  Beylikdüzü district.  As a wedding gift, his 
friend Onur İlkan Demirkol hung a "pompalı tüfenk" (pump-action rifle), 
complete with a red ribbon, around the groom's neck.  (!)

At this point, the master of ceremonies declared "don't let the devil fill 
this time, how about some nice applause?!" Thus prompted, those in the
wedding hall erupted in applause.  Meanwhile, as the groom and his pals 
posed for pictures, the cameras also caught sight of the bride's forlorn 
visage. 

Once the pictures were posted on social media there was a storm of 
negative reactions against Mendaşağu and his cohorts.  Concurrently, 
the Bakırköy public prosecutor began an investigation and yesterday 
police took both Mendaşağu and Demirkol into custody, seizing the 
rifle, as well.  After giving statements, the two men were released.

In his statement, Mendaşağu said that "Since my wife didn't want the rifle,
I returned it to my friend."  For his part, gift-giver Demirkol noted that 
"we went to the wedding hall and gave my friend a 'pompalı tüfenk' as a 
gag gift.  I mean, instead of pinning some gold or money on him, we hung 
the rifle on him.  He didn't say anything except 'thank you'.  I don't regret 
it at all.  We got fined and the rifle was seized. We didn't think it would 
become such a topic of conversation."

Demirkol, who said he had a receipt for his purchase of the rifle, was 
fined 944 TL (about $80).  In addition, the wedding hall was found to be 
unlicensed so it was sealed shut and the owners fined 3,469 TL (about
$250).
 














                        Beylikdüzü district of Istanbul

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