According to foreign media reports such as the New York Post, a "sperm gate" incident recently occurred in Izmir Province, Turkey. A Turkish businessman (pseudonym H.S.T.) reportedly accused his biological son's mother of previously stealing his sperm to make herself pregnant. But a Turkish court recently dismissed the claim, ruling that sperm could not have been "stolen."
Screenshot of the New York Post report
The woman involved in the case, Sevtap Sensari, 45, had filed a paternity lawsuit against the 61-year-old businessman. In 2000, Sensari met businessman H.S.T., and the two fell in love, saying that H.S.T. had promised to marry her, but later reneged on his promise.
H.S.T. said she wanted to have a son, and the two agreed that she should undergo artificial insemination to guarantee that the boy would be born. The businessman promised to marry the child after she was born, and he would provide financial support once dna tests proved the child was his. In 2015, Sensari took his sperm to Cyprus for surgery because the Turkish health system does not provide artificial insemination services for unmarried couples.
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However, when Sensari gave birth to twin baby boys and demanded that H.S.T. fulfill his obligations, he refused to admit it and became very violent. Sensari decided to end the relationship and took him to court, demanding that he admit to being the father of the child and pay around £26,900 for a paternity test.
"He used beatings and violence to silence me and oppress me for 17 years, but after the birth of the child, I couldn't let that happen any longer," Sensari said. However, H.S.T declined to provide a DNA sample and told the court that his sperm was "stolen" and that police were investigating the matter.
Today, another court in Turkey's Izmir province has ruled that if Sensari manages to collect his sperm, he must have given it to her voluntarily. Although the court has ruled that the man is the father of the child, the paternity lawsuit is still pending. (Editor: HHJ)