Baby-addicted mum with 22 young children tells of her anguish after her tycoon husband is sent to jail in fraud probe
A BABY-addicted mum with 22 children has told of her anguish after her millionaire husband was sent to jail.
Kristina Ozturk, 24, has quite literally been left holding the babies after her wealthy spouse Galip, 57, was hauled off by cops.
The Turkish tycoon was nicked in Russia on charges related to money laundering and falsifying documents as part of a special forces operation in May this year.
His wife luckily has an army of 16 live-in nannies to lend a hand with her huge brood – but is still finding it “harder” to manage without him.
The couple, who met at a gentlemen’s club in Moscow, live in a sprawling three-story mansion in Batumi, Georgia.
According to reports, Galip fled his homeland after an appeals court upheld his life sentence for ordering the murder of a man back in 1996.
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But the law eventually caught up with the businessman as he enjoyed his new life, seeing police storm his seaside hotel as part of the dramatic raid.
Kristina, who is originally from Russia, has now been left to take care of her enormous brood while her husband remains behind bars.
It also means the pair, who paid a production line of surrogates to create their huge family, have had to put their plans of having MORE kids on hold.
In a rare update regarding Galip’s legal woes, the mum filled in her 227,000 Instagram followers on how she is coping without him.
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She acknowledged she has let her content creating slip while navigating her new circumstances and thanked fans for their support.
The 24-year-old wrote: “Many of you have noticed with the events happening in our family, it’s been harder for me to keep the page.
“It’s hard to talk about some household things or joys when all thoughts are far away and busy just waiting for my husband to come home to us.
“I’m sure that day will come soon, but in the meantime, I just want to say thank you so much for all your support and kind words.”
Kristina previously described how she has been unable to escape the “feeling of loneliness” since Galip was arrested.
She said she struggled to sleep in his absence and missed his “voice, smile and embrace”.
The mum regularly shares insights into her unorthodox home life on social media – as well as her wish to have up to 105 children.
Kristina previously described property and transport magnate Galip as her “mentor, guide and fairytale prince all rolled into one”.
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They bonded over their desire to create a huge family after reportedly meeting at a strip club – where the mum-of-22 was earning up to £2,000 a night.
She now spends £4,000 a week on essentials for her babies including 20 large bags of nappies and 53 packs of formula – as well as around £70,000-a-year on nannies to take care of her babies.
