Holy Crazy Lawsuit Batman!

Did you know that there's a southeastern city in Turkey named Batman? The mayor of that city, Huseyin Kalkan, is now suing Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties to The Dark Knight! Kalkan explains: "There is only one Batman in the world. The American producers used the name of our city without informing us." Variety digs deeper into the craziness, pondering why "no one from the town of Batman has explained why it took so many years to take legal action. Batman first appeared as a comicbook character in 1939 and the TV series started in 1966. Tim Burton's first bigscreen rendition came out in 1989." Hmm, wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the latest film is racking it up at the box office, "about to pass the $1 billion mark." But wait, it gets stranger! Kalkan's series of charges also includes placing the blame on Nolan & Co. "for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the film's success has had on the city's inhabitants." Allegedly some former natives of Batman have had problems registering their businesses abroad.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on November 12, 2008 5:16 PM

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spiritross

My favorite always was

Joe, Montana - Population 16

MrCow

lol... batman turkey

virgil

I tried to go to Batman about 10 years ago when I was in eastern Turkey, but was told I'd be kidnapped by Kurdish terrorists, which I learned later was alarmist claptrap. I even had a Batman mask I was going to wear in front of the sign and everything. Why must you run this story and mock my pain? And why is their mayor such a twerp?

Kingpin

I think they once had a bit of free advertising on the Daily Show, but I'd known about Batman from a Atlas for a while.

Still, he's batshit-insane.

Guest

Can anyone say free publicity for a town no one on Earth had heard of before?

blkiznewprez

Welcome to Barack HUSSEIN Obama's Batm... wait.

i thought i was HUGO for a second. *shudder*

Steven

Took 69 years! This is a good comic relief story.

Kojak

lol point taken.

But there IS a Batman. I swear

ed_Extinct

And Batman is the name of a PERSON...

reminds me of this conversation from the movie Stand By Me

Vern: Do you think mighty Mouse could beat up Superman?

Teddy: What are you, cracked?

Vern: Why not? I saw the other day, he was carrying five elephants in one hand!

Teddy: Boy, you don't know nothing! Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman's a real guy. There's no way a cartoon could beat up a real guy.

Vern: Yeah, maybe you're right. It'd be a good fight, though.

Kojak

"There is only one Batman in the world. The American producers used the name of our city without informing us."

Who the hell knew there was a town named Batman??? And Batman is the name of a PERSON, not a PLACE. Wackjobs in need of media attention.