30.03.2026 22:20
During a wedding ceremony in the Torbalı district of İzmir, the officiant left the table after a witness made a joke saying, "I don't know him." After a while, the officiant returned and responded to the panicking couple and guests with his own joke.
During a wedding ceremony in the Torbalı district of İzmir, one of the witnesses jokingly responded to the marriage officer's question to the witnesses, "Are you witnesses?" with, "I don't know them, they stopped me on the street."
HE CLOSED THE REGISTER AND GOT UP FROM THE TABLE
Upon the witness's response, the marriage officer pretended to close the marriage register and leave the hall. The young couple and the witnesses, thinking the joke was taken seriously, experienced great panic and regret in that moment. It was observed that the guests were also uneasy as the hall suddenly fell silent.
RETURNING, HE RESPONDED TO THE JOKE
After a while, the marriage officer returned to the hall and stated that his action was actually a counter-joke. With the realization of the truth following the moments of fear, laughter erupted in the hall. The marriage officer added color to the ceremony with this response to the joke made at his expense, while the marriage procedures for the young couple were completed.