Isn’t bathing grounds for divorce?

Türkiye has just been formed an additional amount to the causes of divorce in your country: do not bathe. A priori one might think that common sense should be contemplated but this was not the case. Only a few countries have accepted it.

This was established by the Turkish Supreme Court after studying the case of a woman who sued her husband over a lawsuit He showered “rarely”, smelled of sweat and brushed his teeth only once or twice a week.

The woman, identified only as AY by Turkish media, she asked for a divorce from her husbandCY, citing lack of personal hygiene as the main reason.

According to the complaint filed at the 19th Family Court in Ankara, the defendant had the same clothes for at least five consecutive days, He rarely showered and constantly smelled of sweat.

In support of the complaint, the woman’s lawyer filed a series of witnesses to confirm these claimsincluding mutual acquaintances and even some of the man’s work colleagues.

And the witnesses were convincing. All affidavits are confirmed the defendant’s poor personal hygieneOR.

Ultimately, the court approved the woman’s request for divorce and also ordered her husband to pay her 500,000 Turkish lira ($16,500) as compensation to his now ex-wife for putting up with his lack of personal hygiene.

“The spouses must cfulfill responsibilities of life together,” AY’s lawyer Senem Yılmazel told Turkish daily Sabah.

“If life together becomes unbearable due to behavior, the other party You have the right to ask for a divorce. We must all be careful in human relationships! That is why we must pay attention to both our behavior and our cleanliness,” she added.

In Turkish civil law, the accepted grounds for divorce are divided into two categories: particular reasons and general reasons; the latter include all the reasons that make life unbearable for one or both parties.

In the present case, the Regional Court of Justice and, on appeal, the Supreme Court, whose the recent verdict was finalshe believed that her husband’s poor personal hygiene was a valid reason for divorce.

Court documents showed that CY reportedly did not shower more than once every seven to 10 days and only brushed her teeth once or twice a week, forcing her to his breath had an “unbearable” odor.

Interestingly, some of the man’s colleagues agreed to appear as witnesses in this case and testified that his bad body odor made them Working with him was torture.

Next time, surely, the man will wash more or at least make friends with his colleagues.