A 62-year-old mother is facing two to five years in prison for throwing a slipper at her 38-year-old son in the southwestern province of Denizli, Turkey, amid worries from the defendantโs lawyers that the case could set a precedent.
The son, Hasan Gรผzel, filed a complaint to police about his mother, ลenay Gรผzel, after she allegedly threw a slipper at him.
After the woman provided testimony at the police station, she was charged with โattempting to cause deliberately light injury.โ
The incident occurred on May 13 in the Haydar neighborhood of Denizliโs Honaz district, during which the mother and the son, who live in the same apartment but on different floors, started to argue over a disagreement in the family. Hasan Gรผzel shouted at his mother in front of her door, leading her to throw plastic slippers at her son after he reportedly insulted her. The slippers failed to strike the man.
Nonetheless, Hasan Gรผzel filed a complaint about his mother at the Honaz police station following the incident.
The prosecutor launched an investigation upon the complaint and prepared a criminal charge regarding the case, in which he sought imprisonment of between two and five years on the grounds that the slippers could be deemed an offensive weapon.
ลenay Gรผzel said she did not know slippers were considered weapons. โI threw my slipper because my son insulted me. It didnโt even hit him. If I had known that slippers count as weapons, I wouldnโt have thrown them. And so what if this slipper hit someone? It wouldnโt even hurt. Is there any mother who does not throw slippers at her child when sheโs angry at them?โ
Hasan Ozan Orpak, ลenay Gรผzelโs lawyer, said they were impatiently waiting for the ruling. โFrom now on, mothers should think twice before throwing slippers. We donโt know if every slipper-throwing mother will be tried now. But if a complaint is filed, why not? These mothers may be sentenced to prison from two to five years.โ
How weird?
