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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 March 2022)
Discussing rules of engagement and Geneva Convention.
In Balıkesir, married couple A.K. and N.K. got into an argument and
threw walnuts and plates at each other. In the ensuing investigation of
the incident, the public prosecutor deemed the walnuts and plates to
be "weapons" and a public case has been filed for "simple wounding
with a weapon" against both of them.
A family quarrel in the kitchen turned into a fight between A.K. and
N.K., the parents of two children, with A.K. hurling walnuts at his
wife N.K., who counterattacked with plates. Both husband and wife
suffered bumps and bruises on their heads and went to the hospital,
after which they filed police complaints against each other.
The public prosecutor saw fit to open a public case against the couple
for "wounding with a weapon". N.K.'s lawyer Neslihan Çallıoğlu
explained that "there was an argument between my client and her
husband, who threw walnuts and injured my client. In self-defense,
my client threw plates at her husband. The walnuts and plates were
deemed to be "weapons" so a public case was opened against both of
them. The use of a 'weapon' in an attack increases the gravity of the
wounding."
Lawyer Çallıoğlu added that "defense petitions have been submitted.
We're waiting to find out when the case will be heard. The importance
of the case is that it will show that anything used in an attack may be
deemed a 'weapon' and a related case opened for 'wounding with a
weapon'. When we get angry we don't think that whatever is in our
hand is a 'weapon' but legally it may be deemed to be. So we ought
not forget that a 'weapon' need not be a gun or a knife, it could be
anything, as far as the law is concerned. It's my opinion that we should
solve our problems by talking them out."
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