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title: "Court of Cassation: calling spouse a \"donkey, animal\" constitutes an attack on personal rights"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-17-court-cassation-calling-spouse-donkey-animal/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-17
updated: 2026-09-17T09:26:03.309Z
category: life
sources: 3
agreement: agree
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# Court of Cassation: calling spouse a "donkey, animal" constitutes an attack on personal rights

The Court of Cassation's 2nd Civil Chamber ruled that a husband who called his wife "eşeksin, hayvansın" ("you're a donkey, you're an animal") was at fault, finding the words constituted an attack on personal rights and that the wife must be paid material and moral compensation.

## Who is in this story

- [Court of Cassation 2nd Civil Chamber](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yargitay-2-hukuk-dairesi/) — Institutions
- [Court of Cassation (Yargıtay)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yargitay/) — Institutions

## News sources

- [Yargıtay'dan emsal karar: Eşe 'eşek' demek hem boşanma hem tazminat sebebi](https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/yargitaydan-emsal-karar-ese-esek-demek-hem-bosanma-hem-tazminat-sebebi-43309485) — Hürriyet (pro-government) — 2026-09-17
- [Eşe 'Eşek' demek hem boşanma hem tazminat sebebi](https://www.dunya.com/gundem/ese-esek-demek-hem-bosanma-hem-tazminat-sebebi-haberi-840358) — Dünya (independent) — 2026-09-17
- [O söz, hem boşanma hem tazminat sebebi](https://www.diyarbakirsoz.com/yasam/o-soz-hem-bosanma-hem-tazminat-sebebi-569033) — Diyarbakır Söz (independent) — 2026-09-17

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-17-yargitay-ese-yonelik-eseksin-hayvansin-sozleri/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-17-court-cassation-calling-spouse-donkey-animal/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-17-kassatsionnyy-sud-slova-ty-osyol-ty/

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