Mum who had 20 surrogate babies in a YEAR & ‘disappeared' when her husband was jailed for murder makes dramatic return
DADDY'S HOME Mum who had 20 surrogate babies in a YEAR & 'disappeared' when her husband was jailed for murder makes dramatic return
A RUSSIAN mum and influencer disappeared from our screens two years ago after her husband was arrested for murder.
But now Kristina Ozturk has made a dramatic comeback as her millionaire criminal husband has been released from jail to see his 21 kids for the first time in two years.
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Kristina pictured with 9 of her 20 surrogate babies
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Kristina and Galip instantly fell in love and decided to get a big family as soon as possible, but two years later he was jailed
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After two years of silence, the mum finally gave fans an update
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Kristina and her 21 children now live in Georgia as the family had to flee Turkey as her husband, Galip Ozturk, was facing a life improsement sentence.
Kristina's eldest daughter is from a previous marriage but the rest of her 20 children were all conceived with surrogacy in just one year.
Now 60 years old, he fled to Georgia in 2018 after a court upheld the sentencing for Galip, who allegedly ordered the murder of a Metro Tourism company employee - Kuvvet Köseoğlu - in 1996.
But the Turkish businessman was arrested again in 2023 for drug-related offences and has served two out of his eight-year sentence.
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Kristina hasn't updated her social media followers since her husband was jailed, keeping herself and their 21 children out of the limelight for the past two years.
But things changed yesterday when she finally uploaded a video of her and the family getting ready to welcome Galip home.
'It has been done,' Kristina captioned the clip, which showed her dressing up for her husband's return.
Their extended family was also there - including Galip's adult children from a previous marriage.
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It comes after one Reddit user posted a picture of the mum crying and said it was a 'sign of life' after years of silence.
But it turned out to be hapy tears for Kristina as she posted the screenshot of the call, crying tears of joys that her husband was able to secured a supervised release from prison.
To mark the special occasion, Kristina hosted a lavish party at their house in Batumi - where Galip and Kristina, who is 32 years his junior - initially met and fell in love.
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The pair were finally reunited this week
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The last time Kristina posted to her Instagram feed was on 14 November 2023 to mark her eldest daughter, Victoria's ninth birthday.
Kristina previously told Fabulous that she met Galip on her first time travelling outside of Russia and it was love at first sight.
She said the hotel owner and businessman was a 'mentor, guide and fairytale prince all rolled into one'.
Soon after falling in love, the pair decided they wanted a big family and set about finding surrogates to speed up the process.
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In the space of one year, the couple welcomed 20 surrogate babies into their lives, all biologically Kristina's.
They paid each of their surrogates €8,000 (£7,700) per pregnancy, and also employ 16 full-time nannies on a salary of $500 (£350) each per month.
The nannies work a rolling schedule of four days on, two days off and all live-in, with bedrooms near the kids. They also have their own kitchen where they can order food.
Speaking to Fabulous, Kristina said: "I've dreamed about this since childhood.
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"My husband also dreamed about having a big, happy family. So after we met, we started to put our dream into action."
Kristina is mother to Vika, Mustafa, Maryam, Ayrin, Alice, Hassan, Judy, Harper, Teresa, Hussein, Anna, Isabella, Ismail, Mehmet and Ahmet - all of whom are three - and Ali, Kristina, Alena, Sarah, Lockman and Alparslan, who are two years old.
Her and Galip's youngest child, daughter Olivia, was born in January 2021.
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