Abstract
The liability of a person who causes damage by violating the bodily integrity of another person as a result of an unlawful and faulty act is not only a requirement of tortious act liability but also of equity. In this context, there are many regulations that deal with the compensation of loss caused by the violation of bodily integrity. One of these regulations is the regulation that no equity reduction can be made based on the amount of compensation in Article 55 of the Turkish Code of Obligations. Within the framework of the said regulation in question, Articles 50 and 51 on the determination of the amount of compensation and the scope of the compensation, in which cases the amount of compensation can be reduced, the scope of the discretion granted to the judge and the provisions of the article 52 on whether the reduction will be made, whether the reduction to be applied to the compensation to be paid to the physically injured person is equitable or not has been discussed for a long time. In our opinion, the said discount does not have a equitable purposes, but to prevents arbitrary discounts on the basis of quantity and it applies only in cases where the economic situation deteriorates as a result of the amount of the compensation paid. For this reason, the said article should be applied in specific situations and should be interpreted narrowly.