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Mayor of Batman Turkey Sues Batman Movie Makers
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by Jarrett Martineau | November 12, 2008 at 09:56 am
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This ain't no Thanksgiving chicken, kids.
Huseyin Kalkan, mayor of Batman, Turkey, is suing the studio responsible for producing the Batman franchise and Christopher Nolan, the director of The Dark Knight, for using the name of Batman without informing the townspeople.
So, who's got more bat-clout in this bat-tle?
Warner Bros, producers of:
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Batman Forever
- Batman & Robin
- Batman Begins
- Batman: The Dark Knight
Batman, town of:
- Town Name: Batman
- Provincial Capital: Batman Province
- Closest River: Batman River
[drum roll....]
Verdict: Batman, ftw!
The mayor of Batman, a small oil-producing town in Turkey, has filed suit against The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros., the studio behind the record-shattering blockbuster, looking for a cut in the film's royalties in exchange for using the city's name without permission.Which begs the question of where hizzoner has been the past 70 years.
"There is only one Batman in the world," Mayor Huseyin Kalkan said, per Variety. "The American producers used the name of our city without informing us."
In addition to the name share, Kalkan claims the emotional distress that apparently comes from having one of the most indelible superheroes share a moniker with your town has led to several unsolved murders and a high suicide rate.
A WB rep, meanwhile, says the studio has seen reports of the legal action in the media but have yet to receive any court papers.
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at 10:15 on November 12th, 2008
(great Batman pics in this story JM)
The mayor of Turkey is suing Batman Studios? Looks like a cash grab to me, thanks for sharing
at 16:27 on November 12th, 2008
What a JOKE! Like, yeah! Where's he been for the last 70 years?
at 07:00 on November 13th, 2008
(The pic )It's Hasankeyf, a town of Batman in southeastern Turkey and it will be under the waters in five years because of the planned dam there.
The bridge is called Malabadi and it is in the border of Diyarbakir / Batman.
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at 16:41 on November 26th, 2008
man wotchu been sippin on. u been on that HpNo boi that stuff is wack amybe u been smokin crack
at 07:39 on November 13th, 2008
Batman (short for the Bati Raman mountains) is of course an ancient city because Hasankeyf is located in there but the word "bat" flying mammal" (order Chiroptera), c.1575, a dialect alteration of M.E. bakke, which is prob. rel. to O.Sw. natbakka, O.Dan. nathbakkæ "night bat," and O.N. leðrblaka "leather flapper," so orig. sense is likely "flapper." The shift from -k- to -t- may have come through confusion with bakke "nocturnal insect," from L. blatta "moth." O.E. word for the animal was hreremus, from hreran "to shake." Batty "nuts" is attested from 1903.(etymology dictionary). so this is just an attempt for a chas grab.meaningless lawsuit!
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at 07:43 on November 14th, 2008
Quote "In the early years of the Republic, Batman was attached to the province of Siirt and known as "Iluh". It first became a district in 1957, changing its name to Batman, and then a province centre in 1990."
So some hick mayor thinks he can sue for damages? When Batman (the Comic) was created in 1939. (18 years before his town renamed itself).
I would hazard a guess that the town's emotional distress has come from having such an idiot for a mayor.
at 07:47 on November 14th, 2008
Oh and I wonder how his 10 months in jail for spreading terrorist propaganda went... hope he didnt drop the soap.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/14/europe/EU-GEN-Turkey-Kurdish-Mayor.php
at 06:31 on January 19th, 2009
Yeah because two fucked up things make one thing ok? Turkey is one fucked up country, a politician being jailed for stating an political opinion. That's just sad
at 16:36 on November 26th, 2008
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